June 23: Victory Day in Estonia; Jāņi in Latvia; Grand Duke's Official Birthday in Luxembourg
Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1780 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army victory in the Battle of Springfield effectively put an end to British ambitions in New Jersey.
- 1858 – Edgardo Mortara, a six-year-old Jewish boy, was seized by papal authorities and taken to be raised as a Roman Catholic, sparking an international controversy.
- 1946 – Canada's largest onshore earthquake, measuring 7.3 Mw, struck Vancouver Island, but only caused two casualties since there were no heavily populated areas near its epicenter.
- 1956 – Gamal Abdel Nasser (pictured) became President of Egypt, a post he held until his death in 1970.
- 1991 – The first installment of the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series was first released, transforming Sega into a leading game company.
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