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Historical Events on June 23

  • American Revolution

    1780

    American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).

  • War of 1812

    1812

    War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.

  • American Civil War

    1865

    American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.

  • Mexican Revolution

    1914

    Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.

  • Manhattan Project

    1959

    Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.

  • Cold War

    1961

    Cold War: The Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent, comes into force after the opening date for signature set for the December 1, 1959.

  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    1967

    Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.

  • Kingston upon Hull

    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 arsonist Peter Dinsdale.

  • United Kingdom

    2016

    The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.

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