Today in History
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2005 The first YouTube video is posted
The 18-second “Me at the Zoo” video features co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. It has received over 13 million views (2014).
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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 kilometers (71 miles) in the MIT Daedalus aircraft, named after the mythological inventor of aviation.
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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 afterward.
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1984 The discovery of the virus causing AIDS is announced
The HIV virus was discovered by French virologists Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
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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 Sugar” and ”Wild Horses”.
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
