June 23 in history: • 1726 – On the First Sunday after Trinity, J. S. Bach led the first performance of Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 (page pictured), one of a few new cantatas written that year. → go there • 1865 – Stand Watie became the last Confederate general of the American Civil War to surrender to Union forces. → go there • 1887 – The Parliament of Canada passed the Rocky Mountains Park Act, creating Banff National Park in Alberta as the country's first national park. → go there • 1926 – The College Board administered the first Scholastic Aptitude Test, a major standardized test for university and college admissions in the United States. → go there • 1991 – The first instalment of the video-game series Sonic the Hedgehog was released in North America. → go there Died 1324: Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Wiki link Born 1916: Len Hutton Wiki link Born 1934: Bill Torrey Wiki link Born 1964: Joss Whedon Wiki link Pictured: [[Autograph (manuscript).