June 23 in Pop Culture History
1683 – William Penn signed a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
1860 – The United States Congress established the Government Printing Office.
1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes received the patents (#79265 & #79868) for an invention he called the “Type-Writer.” He also invented the ‘QWERTY keyboard’ in 1873.
1894 – The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris.
1926 – The College Board administered the first SAT exam.
1938 – The first ‘Oceanarium’ opened at Marineland in St. Augustine, Florida
1944 (Tornado) Shinnston, West Virginia
1951 #1 Hit June 23, 1951 – July 27, 1951: Nat King Cole – Too Young
1953 – Frank J. Zamboni was issued a patent (#2,642,679) for his ice resurfacer.
1960 – The US Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
1973 – A fire at a house in Hull, England which killed a six year old boy, was the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
1980 – The David Letterman Show debuted on NBC daytime. It was cancelled a few months later.
1982 – A record low temperature of -117ºF. was recorded at the South Pole.
1984 #1 Hit June 23, 1984 – July 6, 1984: Duran Duran – The Reflex
1989 – Batman and Honey I Shrunk The Kids were released in theaters
2000 – Gone in 60 Seconds, Me, Myself and Irene and Chicken Run debuted in theaters
2004 – Fahrenheit 9/11 and White Chicks were released in theaters
2012 #1 Hit June 23, 2012 – August 24, 2012: Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
2013 – Nik Wallenda became the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
