On this day in history - April 23

What Happened On This Day – April 23

• 2005 The first YouTube video is posted

  The 18-second clip “Me at the zoo” shows co-founder Jawed Karim at San Diego Zoo. It has been viewed more than 13 million times (2014).

• 1988 Kanellos Kanellopoulos flies across the Aegean Sea in a human-powered aircraft

  The Greek Olympic cyclist flew a record-breaking 115 km (71 mi) from Crete to Santorini in the MIT Daedalus aircraft, which was named after the mythological inventor of aviation.

• 1985 Coca-Cola releases New Coke

  The new formula was so unpopular that the original Coke was re-introduced as Coca-Cola Classic soon afterward.

• 1984 The discovery of the virus causing AIDS is announced

  French virologists Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of the HIV virus.

• 1971 The Rolling Stones release Sticky Fingers

  The album is often considered one of the British rock band's best. It includes hits like “Brown Sugar” and ”Wild Horses”.