On This Day - April 23rd 1597 - William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I in attendance.
On This Day - April 23rd 1635 - Boston Latin School, the first public school in the United States, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
On This Day - April 23rd 1867 - William Lincoln patents the zoetrope, a machine that shows animated pictures by mounting a strip of drawings in a wheel.
On This Day - April 23rd 1935 - The first official Children's day was celebrated in Turkey.
On This Day - April 23rd 1942 - In the Baedeker Raids, German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British bombing of Lübeck.
On This Day - April 23rd 1968 - Students protesting against the Vietnam War at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
On This Day - April 23rd 1979 - Blair Peach, a New Zealand born teacher, died at an anti National Front demonstration allegedly as a result of police brutality.
On This Day - April 23rd 1988 – Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon leaves the charts for the first time after spending a record of 741 consecutive weeks (over 14 years) on the Billboard 200.
On This Day - April 23rd 2003 - Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
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