CoM Moderators Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 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 More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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