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April 23rd ...
1343 – Estonia: St. George's Night Uprising.
1910 – Theodore Roosevelt made his The Man in the Arena speech.
1940 – The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
1949 – Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
1985 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke.
1564 – Birth of William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (traditional approximate birth date in Julian calendar based on April 26 baptism) and, in 1928 of Shirley Temple.
303 – Death of Saint George.
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