TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013

Today is Tuesday, April 23, the 113th day of 2013. There are 252 days left in the year.

1348 ― First English order of knighthood founded (Order of the Garter)

1867 ― Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel

1949 ― Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing

1956 ― U.S. Supreme court ends race segregation on buses

1969 ― Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy

1977 ― Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10

1984 ― AIDS-virus identified (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

1985 ― Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula

1989 ― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Los Angeles Laker

1993 ― Peter Townshend's musical “Tommy," premieres in NYC