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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_23" title="June 23">June 23</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke%27s_Official_Birthday" title="Grand Duke's Official Birthday">Grand Duke's Official Birthday</a></b> in Luxembourg
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1266" title="1266">1266</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Saint_Sabas" title="War of Saint Sabas">War of Saint Sabas</a>: In <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trapani" title="Battle of Trapani">an action off Trapani</a></b>, Sicily, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetian</a> fleet captured all 27 opposing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Genoese</a> vessels.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a> – In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Egyptian_referendum" title="1956 Egyptian referendum">a nationwide referendum</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser" title="Gamal Abdel Nasser">Gamal Abdel Nasser</a></b> was elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Egypt" title="President of Egypt">President of Egypt</a>, a post he held until his death in 1970.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(1991_video_game)" title="Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)">The first installment</a></b> of the video-game series <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog" title="Sonic the Hedgehog">Sonic the Hedgehog</a></b></i> was released.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992" title="1992">1992</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_War_of_Independence" title="Croatian War of Independence">Croatian War of Independence</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Miljevci_Plateau" title="Battle of the Miljevci Plateau">Battle of the Miljevci Plateau</a></b> ended after a failed counterattack by forces of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Serbian_Krajina" title="Republic of Serbian Krajina">Republic of Serbian Krajina</a> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Army" title="Croatian Army">Croatian Army</a> who had captured the plateau.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a> – Citizens of the United Kingdom <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">voted in favour</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">leaving the European Union</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aymer_de_Valence,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke" title="Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke">Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1324); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mich%C3%A8le_Mouton" title="Michèle Mouton">Michèle Mouton</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1951); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Ring" title="Doug Ring">Doug Ring</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2003); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Ch%C3%A1nh_Thi" title="Nguyễn Chánh Thi">Nguyễn Chánh Thi</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2007)</p>