My Birthday: An
Important Day in
History
By: Lacy Hopkins
My Birthday
• My Birthday is on April 23rd. These following
events happened on my birthday.
In 1956 The U.S. Supreme Court
Ends Race Segregation on Buses
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a part of the U.S Civil Rights
Movement.
• The movement ended after the ruling of the Browder v. Gayle
case which lead the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that the law of
segregating buses was unconstitutional.
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In 1962 the 1st U.S. Satellite to
Reach the Moon Launched.
• On April 23, 1962, The Ranger 4 was
launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• Three days later it landed on the surface
of the Moon.
• Even though the Ranger landed, the
program system failed so it was not able
to take pictures of the Moon.
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John Edwards Trail
• The trial for Presidential candidate John Edwards began in North
Carolina on April 23, 2012.
• John Edwards was charged with using campaign funds illegally and
concealing them.
• He was found not guilty on one count and the jury was in a deadlock
on the rest of the charges, so the judge declared a mistrial.
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William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564.
William Shakespeare also died on April 23, 1616.
William Shakespeare is one of the most famous play writers in history.
Plays he has written includes Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and
A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Shirley Temple
• Shirley (Jane) Temple Black was born on April 23, 1928.
• Shirley Temple was a “child star”. She was an actor, dancer and
singer.
• In the 1930s Shirley Temple was at the rise of her career. But, by
the time Shirley was in her 20s, her acting career went cold.
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The Apollo
• On April 23, 1972, the Apollo 16 astronauts explored Moon’s
surface.
• The Apollo was the 5th space shuttle to take man to the Moon
and return to Earth.
• The Apollo also landed on apart of the moon that had not been
looked at by man yet.
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Coca-Cola
• On April 23, 1985, the Coca-Cola company
announced that it was going to change the
secret formula of Coke.
• However, the new flavor was not popular.
They ended up changing back Coke back to
the original formula.
• The “New Coke” as they called it, later
became known as Coca-Cola II before
changing it back to the original Coke.
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Hank Aaron
• Hank Aaron hit his first major league homerun of his career on
April 23, 1954.
• At this time, Hank Aaron was a member of the Milwaukee
Braves.
• Hank Aaron played major league baseball for 23 years. He was
the record holder for the most home runs until it was broke in
2007.
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