June 23 in History

• 1894

  June 23, 1894:

  French historian and educator Pierre de Coubertin co-establishes the International Olympic Committee.

• 1925

  June 23, 1925:

  An H.F. Lambert and A.H. MacCarthy-led expedition becomes the first to reach Mount Logan’s summit.

• 1980

  June 23, 1980:

  Comedian David Letterman makes his debut as a host of his own television comedy show, “The David Letterman Show” on NBC.

• 1989

  June 23, 1989:

  The film, “Batman” is released in theatres.

• 1992

  June 23, 1992:

  John Gotti, a leader of the Mafia in the United States receives a life sentence for the murder of Paul Castellano, also a Mafia boss.

• 2011

  June 23, 2011:

  The Moscow Film Festival premieres “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”.

• 2013

  June 23, 2013:

  Nik Wallenda, a 34-year-old aerialist, walks on a high wire across a river (Little Colorado River Gorge) near the Arizona-based Grand Canyon National Park.

• 2016

  June 23, 2016:

  The United Kingdom votes in favor of Brexit (the kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union).

• 2018

  June 23, 2018:

  A soccer team in Thailand gets trapped in a cave.

• June 23, 2018:

  Kit Harington and Rose Leslie, both of “Game of Thrones” fame tie the knot in Scotland.