Historical Events for 23rd April 2024

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1789 - President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York, first official resident of a US President
1849 - Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky and members of the Petrashevsky Circle are arrested in St. Petersburg
1860 - Democratic convention in Charleston, South Carolina divided over slavery
1924 - British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley, London
1931 - US gangster film "The Public Enemy" starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow premieres
1952 - Crude oil pipeline from Kirkuk, Iraq to Banias, Syria completed
1959 - 1st heliport in Britain opens in London
1985 - Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 10 points in his last game as a Laker in a 121-117 win over Seattle SuperSonics at the LA Forum
2015 - Kawhi Leonard is named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the first time

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