The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Date: June 23, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act. Date: June 23, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)
The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched. Date: June 23, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today)
The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa. Date: June 23, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1956…
Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career. Date: June 23, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world. Date: June 23, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force. Date: June 23, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference. Date: June 23, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
Seventy-four people were killed and 150 other injured in a stampede at a football match between Boca Juniors and Club Atlético River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Date: June 23, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)
IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry. Date: June 23, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)