History for April 23 - On-This-Day.com
William Shakespeare 1564 - Poet, playwright ("Julius Caesar," "Romeo and Juliet," "MacBeth"), believed to have been born on April 23 based on his baptism on April 26, 1564, James Buchanan 1791 - 15th U.S. President, nickname: Old Buck, Shirley (Jane) Temple Black 1928 - Child actress ("Little Miss Marker," "Heidi," "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm")
Roy Orbison 1936 - Singer (Traveling Wilburys), Lee Majors (Harvey Lee Yeary II) 1940 - Actor ("The Six Million Dollar Man," "Big Valley," "The Bionic Woman"), Michael Moore 1954 - Director
1908 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt signed an act creating the U.S. Army Reserve.
1985 - The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was changing its 99-year-old secret formula. New Coke was not successful, which resulted in the resumption of selling the original version.
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