Today is Wednesday, April 23, the 113th day of 2014. There are 252 days left in the year.
1348 ― First English order of knighthood founded (Order of the Garter)
1949 ― Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
1956 ― U.S. Supreme court ends race segregation on buses
1964 ― Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes first major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Cincinnati Reds win 1-0
1972 ― Apollo 16 astronauts explore Moon surface
1977 ― Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10
1984 ― AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) virus identified
1985 ― Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula
1991 ― USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions
1993 ― Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy,” premieres in NYC