On This Day: April 23rd

The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy.

The April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers, with at least 50 others missing and presumed dead.

A vehicle-ramming attack kills 11 people and injures 15 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.

At least 111 people are killed and 233 injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.

The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", is published by co-founder Jawed Karim.

NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.

Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.

Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.