Tukuk-OS📅 December 23
13 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 23? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2008 — The Guinean military engineered a coup d'état, announcing that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election.
- 1997 — The Pioneer Helmet, one of only six Anglo-Saxon helmets to be discovered, was first placed on public display.
- 1990 — About 88 percent of eligible voters in Slovenia voted to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1990 Slovenian independence referendumSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- 1984 — An engine fire caused Aeroflot Flight 3519 to crash shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk, USSR, killing all but one of the 111 people on board.
- 1958 — Tokyo Tower, then the world's tallest freestanding tower, opened.
- 1957 — Leading the Australia national cricket team, Ian Craig became the youngest-ever Test cricket captain at the time.
- 1919 — The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was enacted, lifting most of the existing common-law restrictions on women in the United Kingdom.
- 1916 — First World War: Allied forces gained a strategic victory at the Battle of Magdhaba on the Sinai Peninsula.
- 1888 — During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (pictured) severed part of his left ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel in Arles, France.
- 1815 — Jane Austen's novel Emma was first published, the last novel released during her lifetime.
- 1783 — George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis (painting shown).
George WashingtonGeorge Washington's resignation as commander-in-chiefContinental Army
- 1776 — American Revolutionary War: American troops, overwhelmed by British reinforcements, retreated from the Battle of Iron Works Hill.
- 583 — Yohl Ikʼnal (signature pictured) acceded to the throne of the Maya city-state of Palenque.
Births
- 2002 — Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician
- 2000 — Victor Boniface, Nigerian footballer
- 1999 — Samuel Lino, Brazilian footballer
- 1996 — Bartosz Kapustka, Polish footballer
- 1994 — Reed Alexander, American actor
- 1992 — Spencer Daniels, American actor
- 1992 — Mbwana Samatta, Tanzanian footballer
- 1992 — Jeff Schlupp, German footballer
- 1991 — Kyren Wilson, English snooker player
- 1990 — Brice Dja Djédjé, Ivorian footballer
- 1990 — Mitch Haniger, American baseball player
- 1990 — Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress and singer
Deaths
- 2024 — Shyam Benegal, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1934)
- 2024 — Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname (born 1945)
- 2024 — Sophie Hediger, Swiss snowboarder (born 1998)
- 2023 — William Pope.L, American performance artist (born 1955)
- 2022 — Brandon Montrell, American TikTok personality and stand-up comedian (born 1979)
- 2021 — Joan Didion, American writer (born 1934)
- 2020 — Leslie West, American singer and guitarist (born 1945)
- 2017 — Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (born 1927)
- 2015 — Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1941)
- 2015 — Don Howe, English footballer and manager (born 1935)
- 2015 — Jean-Marie Pelt, French biologist, pharmacist, and academic (born 1933)
- 2015 — Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1923)
Observances & holidays
- Birthday of the Queen Silvia, an official flag flying day (Sweden)
- Children's Day (South Sudan and Sudan)
- Christian Feast Day: Abassad (Coptic Church)
- Christian Feast Day: Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Coptic Church)
- Christian Feast Day: Dagobert II
- Christian Feast Day: John Cantius
- Christian Feast Day: O Emmanuel
- Christian Feast Day: Psote (Coptic Church)
- Christian Feast Day: Thorlac Thorhallsson, patron saint of Iceland; The last day of preparations before Christmas.
- Christian Feast Day: Victoria
- Christian Feast Day: December 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of all level operational control structures servicemen (Ukraine)
- Festivus, a secular holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld
- HumanLight (Secular humanism in United States)
- Kisan Diwas (Uttar Pradesh, India)
- Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca City, Mexico)
- Tibb's Eve (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Tom Bawcock's Eve (Mousehole, Cornwall)
- Victory Day (Egypt)
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