June 23 is the 174th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 191 days remaining until the end of the year.
On this day in 1757, Battle of Plassey was fought, 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeated a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj Ud Daulah at Plassey.
It was a decisive British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, establishing British rule of India for the next 190 years.
In 1894, International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
In 1926, the College Board administered the first SAT exam. It is a standardised test for college admissions in the United States.
In 1956, 99.95 per cent of Egyptian voters mark their ballots to elect Gamal Abdel Nasser as the first president of the Republic of Egypt. He had toppled the Egyptian monarchy in 1952 in a military coup.
In 1968, 74 were killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.
In 1992, Mafia boss John Gotti, who was nicknamed the ''Teflon Don'' was sentenced to life after escaping unscathed from several trials during the 1980s. He was found guilty on 14 accounts of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering.
On this day in 1757, Battle of Plassey was fought, 3000 British troops under Robert Clive defeated a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj Ud Daulah at Plassey.
It was a decisive British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, establishing British rule of India for the next 190 years.
In 1894, International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
In 1926, the College Board administered the first SAT exam. It is a standardised test for college admissions in the United States.
In 1956, 99.95 per cent of Egyptian voters mark their ballots to elect Gamal Abdel Nasser as the first president of the Republic of Egypt. He had toppled the Egyptian monarchy in 1952 in a military coup.
In 1968, 74 were killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.
In 1992, Mafia boss John Gotti, who was nicknamed the ''Teflon Don'' was sentenced to life after escaping unscathed from several trials during the 1980s. He was found guilty on 14 accounts of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering.
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