Today in History
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1971 The Rolling Stones release Sticky Fingers
The album is often considered one of the British rock band's best. It includes hits like “Brown Suga
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1984 The discovery of the virus causing AIDS is announced
French virologists Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medic
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1985 Coca-Cola releases New Coke
The new formula was so unpopular that the original Coke was re-introduced as Coca-Cola Classic soon
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1988 Kanellos Kanellopoulos flies across the Aegean Sea in a human-powered aircraft
The Greek Olympic cyclist flew a record-breaking 115 km (71 mi) from Crete to Santorini in the MIT D
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2005 The first YouTube video is posted
The 18-second clip “Me at the zoo” shows co-founder Jawed Karim at San Diego Zoo. It has been viewed
Births On This Day,
April, 23
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1936 Roy Orbison
American singer-songwriter
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1928 Shirley Temple
American actress, singer, dancer
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1891 Sergei Prokofiev
Russian pianist, composer, conductor
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1858 Max Planck
German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1791 James Buchanan
American politician, 15th President of the United States
Deaths On This Day,
April, 23
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2007 Boris Yeltsin
Russian politician, 1st President of Russia
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1998 Konstantinos Karamanlis
Greek politician, 3rd President of Greece
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1993 Cesar Chavez
American activist
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1992 Satyajit Ray
Indian director, producer, screenwriter
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1616 William Shakespeare
English playwright, actor
