April 23rd

A temple, built on the Capitoline Hill, is dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the nation's toughest illegal immigration measure into law.

Boris Yeltsin, the first freely elected Russian president, died at age 76.

Co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded the first video to YouTube.com.

The U.S. resumed diplomatic relations with Libya.

James Earl Ray, convicted of assassinating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died.

Kanellos Kanellopoulos flies across the Aegean Sea in a human-powered aircraft. The Greek Olympic cyclist flew a record-breaking 115 km (71 mi) from Crete to Santorini in the MIT Daedalus aircraft, which was named after the mythological inventor of aviation.

The Coca-Cola Co. announced it was changing its secret formula for Coke. (Negative public reaction forced the company to revert to the original version.).

AIDS-virus identified as HTLV-III (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).

The Rolling Stones album "Sticky Fingers" was released.

Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death (later reduced to a life sentence) for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

Leftist students at Columbia University in New York City began a weeklong occupation of several campus buildings.

Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his 755 major-league home runs in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals. (Aaron's career total is second only to Barry Bonds.).

About 200 people died in a dance-hall fire in Natchez, Miss.

Child actress Shirley Temple was born in Santa Monica, Calif.

Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces (US Civil War).

James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, was born in Franklin County, Pa.

President-elect George Washington and his wife moved into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House in New York City.

Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England.

William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance.

King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of Clontarf, freeing Ireland from foreign control.