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jeffhoard | April 24, 2009 01:22 AM | in History

April 23: What is one significant event that happened Today in History?

Find an interesting, obscure and/or important event that happened today in history. Bonus points if you can provide links to historical articles and videos. Please only post 1 event each.

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BEST ANSWER chosen by asker | dcanswerer | April 24, 2009 01:33 AM

Best thing I can think of is the Columbia University protests in 1968. Students took over a number of buildings on campus and shut down the school.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUHSqgR01Mc
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/1968/

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jeffhoard | April 24, 2009 01:50 AM

Great footage, looks great in the archive

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sysaaron | April 24, 2009 01:38 AM

Operation Bi'ur Hametz ("Passover Cleaning") was a Haganah operation carried out on 21–22 April 1948. The objective of the operation was the capture of Haifa and was a major event in the final stages of the civil war in Palestine, leading up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

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cp24 | April 24, 2009 01:41 AM

April 23, 2009 at 4:52pm ET
Apple reaches 1 billion downloads for their App Store.

According to macnn,
http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/23/apple.hits.1b.app.download/

The winner (who hasn't been announced at the time I posted this answer)
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will receive a 17 MacBook Pro, an iPod Touch 32GB, a US$10,000 iTunes Gift Certificate, and an Apple Time Capsule. Total US Retail Value of all prizes is US$13,746.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/23/apples-app-store-1-billion-served/

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/23/apple_reaches_1_billion_app_m...

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albanian | April 24, 2009 01:48 AM

This is one of the most important days in history. On April the 23rd in 1516 the Germans introduced their Beer Purity Law.

"Germany now has a tradition celebrating an annual “Beer Day,” or to be exact “German Beer Day,” on April 23. This day marks the anniversary of the German beer purity regulations of 1516, the world’s oldest existing rules for food quality and the pride and joy of Germany’s brewing trade. The rules specify that beer must be brewed solely from water, hops and malt: “Hops and malt for beer, may God preserve them here.”