June 23
People born on this day are Cancer.
- 1973
A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
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A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo, killing two and injuring four. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
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Sonic the Hedgehog is released in North America on the Sega Genesis platform, beginning the popular video game franchise.
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NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center.
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The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
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American social news and discussion site Reddit is founded in Medford, Massachusetts by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian.
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Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
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Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
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Militants storm a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, killing ten climbers and a local guide.
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The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.
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Brexit: The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
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Twelve boys and an assistant coach from a soccer team in Thailand are trapped in a flooding cave, leading to an 18-day rescue operation.
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2008Lilliana Ketchman, American dancer and YouTuber
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2006Eli Junior Kroupi, French footballer
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1994Roger Martínez, Colombian footballer
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1993Tim Anderson, American baseball player
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1992Luiza Galiulina, Uzbekistani gymnast
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1992Nampalys Mendy, French footballer
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1991Katie Armiger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1990Clevid Dikamona, French footballer
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1990Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player
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1990Laura Ràfols, Spanish footballer
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1989Lisa Carrington, New Zealand flatwater canoeist
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1989Jordan Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
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