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This is a list of selected December 23 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

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Clement Clarke Moore
1912 book cover of A Visit from St. Nicholas
Several transistors, with a centimeter tape, for scale
Voyager
Tokyo Tower at night
General George Washington
Resigning His Commission
Flooding in Toowoomba

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
1793 – French Revolution: A Royalist counter-revolutionary army was decisively defeated at the Battle of Savenay, although fighting continued in the War in the Vendée for years afterward.	refimprove section
1823 – A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, was first published anonymously. Authorship was later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore.	refimprove section
1876 – The Constantinople Conference opened, which resulted in political reforms in Bosnia and the Ottoman territories with a majority Bulgarian population.	appears on January 20
1913 – U.S. president Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act, establishing a central banking system of the United States, the Federal Reserve.	Act: unreferenced section; Reserve: expansion, outdated
1938 – The first living specimen of a coelacanth, long believed to be extinct, was discovered in a South African fisherman's catch.	Page numbers needed banner
1947 – The transistor, invented by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley, was first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.	refimprove section
1954 – Drs. Joseph Murray and J. Hartwell Harrison performed the first successful kidney transplant.	refimprove
1972 – The Nicaraguan capital of Managua was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake, killing more than 10,000 people.	refimprove
1972 – In one of the most famous plays in the history of American football, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris made the Immaculate Reception of a pass by quarterback Terry Bradshaw near the end of a playoff game.	refimprove section, too many quotes
1986 – Piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, the Rutan Voyager became the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California after a nine-day trip.	refimprove section

Eligible

583 – Yohl Ikʼnal acceded to the throne of the Maya city-state of Palenque.
1783 – George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis (painting shown).

1815 – Jane Austen's novel Emma was first published.
1919 – The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was enacted, lifting most of the existing common-law restrictions on women in the United Kingdom.
1958 – Tokyo Tower, then the world's tallest freestanding tower, opened.
1984 – An engine fire caused Aeroflot Flight 3519 to crash shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk, USSR, killing all but one of the 111 people on board.
1990 – About 88 percent of eligible voters in Slovenia voted to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1997 – The Pioneer Helmet, one of only six Anglo-Saxon helmets to be discovered, was first placed on public display.
Born/died: | Francis Tresham |d|1605| Gharib Nawaz |b|1690| Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol |d|1779| Joseph Smith |b|1805| Edward Blyth |b|1810| Madam C. J. Walker |b|1867| Arthur Gilligan |b|1894| Anna J. Harrison |b|1912| Quentin Bryce |b|1942| Joan Lindsay |d|1984| P. V. Narasimha Rao |d|2004|

December 23: Night of the Radishes in Oaxaca City, Mexico; Festivus

Vincent van Gogh

1776 – American Revolutionary War: American troops, overwhelmed by British reinforcements, retreated from the Battle of Iron Works Hill.
1888 – During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (pictured) severed part of his left ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel in Arles, France.
1916 – First World War: Allied forces gained a strategic victory at the Battle of Magdhaba on the Sinai Peninsula.
1957 – Leading the Australia national cricket team, Ian Craig became the youngest-ever Test cricket captain at the time.
2008 – The Guinean military engineered a coup d'état, announcing that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election.

Carl Gustaf Wrangel (b. 1613)
Dost Mohammad Khan (b. 1793)
Carla Bruni (b. 1967)
Chryssa (d. 2013)

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-File:Latimeria chalumnae, London.jpg|Coelacanth (preserved specimen)
 File:Tokyo tower olympic 2016.jpg|Tokyo Tower at night
+File:General George Washington Resigning his Commission.jpg|''[[General George Washington Resigning His Commission|General George Washington <br />Resigning His Commission]]''
+File:Trapped woman on a car roof during flash flooding in Toowoomba 2.jpg|Flooding in Toowoomba
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+| [[1793]] – [[French Revolution]]: A Royalist counter-revolutionary army was decisively defeated at the [[Battle of Savenay]]<!--not bold, needs more footnotes-->, although fighting continued in the '''[[War in the Vendée]]''' for years afterward.
+| refimprove section
+|-
+| [[1823]] – '''''[[A Visit from St. Nicholas]]''''', also known as ''The Night Before Christmas'', was first published anonymously. Authorship was later attributed to [[Clement Clarke Moore]].
+| refimprove section
+|-
+| [[1876]] – The '''[[Constantinople Conference]]''' opened, which resulted in political reforms in [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]] and the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] territories with a majority [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] population.
+| appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 20|January 20]]
+|-
+| [[1913]] – U.S. president [[Woodrow Wilson]] signed the '''[[Federal Reserve Act]]''', establishing a [[central banking]] system of the United States, the [[Federal Reserve]].
+| Act: unreferenced section; Reserve: expansion, outdated
+|-
+| [[1938]] – The first living specimen of a '''[[coelacanth]]'''<!-- ''(example pictured)''-->, long believed to be extinct, was discovered in a South African fisherman's catch.
+| Page numbers needed banner
 |-
 |  [[1947]] – The '''[[transistor]]''', invented by [[John Bardeen]], [[Walter Houser Brattain|Walter Brattain]] and [[William Shockley]], was first demonstrated at [[Bell Labs|Bell Laboratories]].
-|unreferenced section
+| refimprove section
 |-
+| [[1954]] – Drs. [[Joseph Murray]] and [[J. Hartwell Harrison|{{nowrap|J. Hartwell}} Harrison]] performed the first successful '''[[Kidney transplantation|kidney transplant]]'''.
-|  [[1972]] – The Nicaraguan capital of [[Managua]] was struck by a '''[[1972 Nicaragua earthquake|6.5 magnitude earthquake]]''', killing more than 10,000 people.
 | refimprove
+|-
+|  [[1972]] – The Nicaraguan capital of [[Managua]] was struck by a '''[[1972 Nicaragua earthquake|{{nowrap|magnitude 6.3}} earthquake]]''', killing more than 10,000 people.
+| refimprove
+|-
+| [[1972]] – In one of the most famous plays in the history of [[American football]], [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] running back [[Franco Harris]] made the '''[[Immaculate Reception]]''' of a pass by quarterback [[Terry Bradshaw]] near the end of a playoff game.
+| refimprove section, too many quotes
+|-
+| [[1986]] – Piloted by [[Dick Rutan]] and [[Jeana Yeager]], the '''[[Rutan Voyager]]''' became the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, landing at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] in [[California]] after a nine-day trip.
+| refimprove section
 |}
 ==Eligible==
+* [[583]] – '''[[Yohl Ikʼnal]]''' acceded to the throne of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city-state of [[Palenque]].
-* [[1793]] – [[French Revolution]]: The [[House of Bourbon|Royalist]] counterrevolutionary army was decisively defeated in the [[Battle of Savenay]]<!--not bold, needs more footnotes-->, although fighting continued in the '''[[War in the Vendée]]''' for years afterward.
+* [[1783]] – [[George Washington]] '''[[George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chief|resigned as commander-in-chief]]''' of the [[Continental Army]] at the [[Maryland State House]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] ''(painting shown)''.
-* [[1876]] – The [[Great power|Great Powers]] convened the '''[[Constantinople Conference]]''' to discuss political reforms both in Bosnia and in the Ottoman territories with a majority Bulgarian population.
-* [[1913]] – [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] signed the '''[[Federal Reserve Act]]''', establishing a [[central banking]] system of the United States, the [[Federal Reserve System|Federal Reserve]]<!--Not bolded, tagged with refimprove-->.
+* [[1815]] – [[Jane Austen]]'s novel '''''[[Emma (novel)|Emma]]''''' was first published.
-* [[1916]] – [[World War I|First World War]]: [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] forces gained a strategic victory in the '''[[Battle of Magdhaba]]''', located in the [[Sinai Peninsula]].
+* [[1919]] – The '''[[Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919|Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act]]''' was enacted, lifting most of the existing [[Common law|common-law]] restrictions on women in the United Kingdom.
-* [[1938]] – A South African fisher discovered the first living specimen of a '''[[coelacanth]]''', long believed to be extinct.
+* [[1958]] – '''[[Tokyo Tower]]''', then the world's [[List of tallest towers|tallest freestanding tower]], opened.
-* [[1954]] – Drs. [[Joseph Murray]] and [[J. Hartwell Harrison]] performed the first successful '''[[Kidney transplantation|kidney transplant]]'''.
+* [[1984]] – An engine fire caused '''[[Aeroflot Flight 3519|Aeroflot Flight&nbsp;3519]]''' to crash shortly after takeoff from [[Krasnoyarsk]], USSR, killing all but one of the 111 people on board.
-* [[1958]] – The '''[[Tokyo Tower]]''', the tallest self-supporting steel structure in the world at {{convert|332.5|m|ft|0}}, opened.
+* [[1990]] – About 88&nbsp;percent of eligible voters in Slovenia '''[[1990 Slovenian independence referendum|voted to secede]]''' from the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].
-* [[1972]] – In one of the most famous plays in the history of [[American football]], [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] running back [[Franco Harris]] made the '''[[Immaculate Reception]]''' of a pass by quarterback [[Terry Bradshaw]] near the end of a playoff game.
+* [[1997]] – The '''[[Pioneer Helmet]]''', one of only six [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] helmets to be discovered, was first placed on public display.
-* [[1986]] – Piloted by [[Dick Rutan]] and [[Jeana Yeager]], the '''[[Rutan Voyager]]''' became the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, landing in [[California]]'s [[Edwards Air Force Base]] after a nine-day trip.
+* Born/died: | '''[[Francis Tresham]]'''<!--English conspirator--> |d|1605| '''[[Gharib Nawaz (Manipur)|Gharib Nawaz]]'''<!--Indian king--> |b|1690| '''[[Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol]]'''<!--English naval officer--> |d|1779|  '''[[Joseph Smith]]'''<!--American religious leader--> |b|1805| '''[[Edward Blyth]]'''<!--English zoologist--> |b|1810| '''[[Madam C. J. Walker|Madam {{nowrap|C. J.}} Walker]]'''<!--American businesswoman--> |b|1867| '''[[Arthur Gilligan]]'''<!--English cricketer--> |b|1894| '''[[Anna J. Harrison]]'''<!--American chemist--> |b|1912| '''[[Quentin Bryce]]'''<!--Australian politician--> |b|1942|  '''[[Joan Lindsay]]'''<!--Australian writer--> |d|1984|  '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao|P.&nbsp;V. Narasimha Rao]]'''<!--Indian prime minister--> |d|2004|
-* [[2008]] – The [[Military of Guinea|Guinean military]] engineered '''[[2008 Guinean coup d'état|a coup d'état]]''', and announced that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election.
-* [[2010]] – A [[Monsoon trough|monsoonal trough]] brought torrential rain to [[Queensland]], causing '''[[2010–11 Queensland floods|massive flooding]]''' that killed 38 people and caused {{nowrap|A$2.38 billion}} in damage.
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-'''[[December 23]]''': '''[[Night of the Radishes]]''' in [[Oaxaca City]], Mexico; '''[[The Emperor's Birthday]]''' in Japan; '''[[Festivus]]'''
+'''[[December 23]]''': '''[[Night of the Radishes]]''' in [[Oaxaca City]], Mexico; '''[[Festivus]]'''
+{{main page image/OTD|File:VanGogh 1887 Selbstbildnis.jpg|Vincent van Gogh}}
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+* [[1776]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: American troops, overwhelmed by British reinforcements, retreated from the '''[[Battle of Iron Works Hill]]'''.
-{{main page image|File:VanGogh 1887 Selbstbildnis.jpg|Vincent van Gogh|width=100}}
+* [[1888]] – During a bout of [[Mental disorder|mental illness]], Dutch painter '''[[Vincent van Gogh]]''' ''(pictured)'' severed part of his left ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel in [[Arles]], France.
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+* [[1916]] – [[World War I|First World War]]: [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] forces gained a strategic victory at the '''[[Battle of Magdhaba]]''' on the [[Sinai Peninsula]].
-* [[962]] – '''[[Byzantine–Arab wars (780–1180)|Byzantine–Arab Wars]]''': Under the future Emperor [[Nikephoros II Phokas|Nicephorus Phocas]], [[Byzantine army|Byzantine troops]] stormed the city of [[Aleppo]].
+* [[1957]] – Leading the [[Australia national cricket team]], '''[[Ian Craig]]''' became the youngest-ever [[Test cricket]] captain at the time.
-* [[1823]] – '''''[[A Visit from St. Nicholas]]''''', also known as ''The Night Before Christmas'', was first published anonymously. Authorship was later attributed to [[Clement Clarke Moore]].
+* [[2008]] – The [[Republic of Guinea Armed Forces|Guinean military]] engineered '''[[2008 Guinean coup d'état|a coup d'état]]''', announcing that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election.
-* [[1888]] – During a bout of [[mental illness]], Dutch painter '''[[Vincent van Gogh]]''' ''(pictured)'' stalked his friend French painter [[Paul Gauguin]] with a razor, and then afterwards cut off the lower part of his own left ear and gave it to a prostitute.
+{{Born and died list|  '''[[Carl Gustaf Wrangel]]'''<!--Swedish statesman--> |b|1613| '''[[Dost Mohammad Khan]]'''<!--Afghan emir--> |b|1793| '''[[Carla Bruni]]'''<!--Spouse of French president--> |b|1967| '''[[Chryssa]]'''<!--Greek/American sculptor, female--> |d|2013}}
-* [[1957]] – '''[[Ian Craig]]''' of [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] became the youngest [[Test cricket]] captain in history.
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-* [[1990]] – About 88% of the population in '''[[History of Slovenia|Slovenia]]''' [[Slovenian independence referendum, 1990|voted to secede]]<!--not bold, short--> from the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].
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