April 23: St George's Day in various countries; Yom Ha'atzmaut in Israel (2015); Children's Day in Turkey
- 1348 – The first-ever appointments to the Order of the Garter, an order of chivalry founded by King Edward III of England, were announced.
- 1661 – Charles II, King of England, Ireland, and Scotland was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
- 1918 – First World War: The British Royal Navy conducted a raid on the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
- 1985 – The Coca-Cola Company replaced its flagship soft drink, Coca-Cola, with "New Coke" (pictured), which generated so much negative response that the company put the previous formula back on the market less than three months later.
- 2009 – Gamma-ray burst GRB 090423 was detected, coming from the most distant known astronomical object of any kind at the time.
More anniversaries: April 22 – April 23 – April 24
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