On This Day for April 23 - Voting for Eritrea's independence , William Shakespeare is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. April 23 [William Shakespeare, detail of an oil painting attributed to John Taylor, c. 1610. The portrait is called the “Chandos Shakespeare” because it once belonged to the duke of Chandos.]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY William Shakespeare [READ MORE]( [Eritrea]( FEATURED EVENT 1993 Voting for Eritrea's independence [READ MORE]( Advertisement Advertisement [Explore Britannica's 100 Women Trailblazers]( MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Yeltsin, Boris] 2007: Russian politician [Boris Yeltsin]( became in 1991 the first popularly elected leader in his country's history and guided [Russia]( through a stormy decade of political and economic retrenching until his resignation on the eve of 2000—died in Moscow. 2005: The first video—which was of YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim's visit to the [San Diego Zoo]( uploaded on the [YouTube]( Web site; approximately one year later the site had some 100 million videos. [New Coke] 1985: The [Coca-Cola Company]( introduced New Coke, a reformulated [soft drink]( meant to replace its flagship beverage; due to public outrage, however, the previous version of Coke was brought back as “Coca-Cola Classic” less than three months later. [Orbison, Roy] 1936: American singer-songwriter [Roy Orbison]( known for his soaring voice and for his carefully crafted ballads of loneliness and heartache, was born in Vernon, Texas. [Edmund II, known as Edmund Ironside.] 1016: Upon the death of King [Ethelred II]( of England, his son claimed the throne as [Edmund II](. [James Earl Ray.] 1998: [James Earl Ray]( convicted assassin of [Martin Luther King, Jr.]( died in prison in Nashville, Tennessee. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1954 [Michael Moore]( American filmmaker and author 1968 [Timothy McVeigh]( American militant 1936 [Roy Orbison]( American singer and songwriter 1928 [Shirley Temple]( American actress and diplomat 1791 [James Buchanan]( president of United States 1775 [J.M.W. Turner]( English painter [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](