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JUNE 23 IN HISTORY
Civil Servant's Day
1834 - Birth of writer, historian Alexandru Odobescu, member of the Romanian Academy (d. November 10, 1895)
1867 - Birth of historian Iulian Martian, honorary member of the Romanian Academy (d. 26 October 1937)
1881 - Establishment of diplomatic relations between Romania and Spain at the level of legation
1897 - Birth of actor Alexandru Giugaru (d. 15 March 1986)
1909 - Birth of literary historian and critic Ovidiu Papadima (d. May 26, 1996)
1913 - Death of literary critic Ilarie Chendi (b. 14 November 1871)
1923 - Visit to Poland of Ferdinand I, King of Romania (1914-1927), together with prime minister Ion I. C. Bratianu and the chief of diplomacy I. G. Duca, in a first visit of a Romanian head of state to Poland
1923 - Establishment in Bucharest of the National Industrial Credit Society, known today as the BRD-Groupe Societe Generale Bank
1943 - Birth of visual artist Mihai Manescu
1974 - Birth of actor Andi Vasluianu
1985 - Men's handball national team grabs in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the title of world university champion
1995 - The National Bank of Romania's headquarters hosts, for the first time in 50 years, a session of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB)
1999 - President Emil Constantinescu introduces to Parliament Romania's new national security strategy
2005 - Official visit to Romania of Serbia's President Boris Tadic
2013 - The most serious accident involving Romanian nationals on the roads abroad, in Montenegro: 18 Romanian citizens have died, another 29 were injured, after the bus they were in crashed in a 30-meter chasm, in the mountain area of Grlo, 30 km north of Podgorita, the capital city
2014 - National Bank of Romania issues a three-coin set made of gold, silver and brass-foiled tombac and a silver coin dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the University of Bucharest.
