The number 23 keeps coming up through history – what does it mean?

23 facts about the number 23

1. Julius Caesar was stabbed a total of 23 times

2. The Barbarians invaded Rome on August 23 410 ad

3. Shakespeare was born and dies on April 23 1564 and died on April 23 1616

4. The Titanic sank on the morning of 15 April 1912
(1 + 5 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 9 + 1 + 2 = 23)

5. Adolf Hitler killed himself in April 1945
(0 + 4 + 1 + 9 + 4 + 5 = 23)

6. Hiroshima: 6 August 1945
(6 + 8 + 1 + 9 + 4 - 5 = 23)

7. JFK was assassinated on November 22 1963
(2 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 6 + 3 = 23)

8. Saddam Hussein assumed power on July 16
(7 + 16 = 23)

9. Charles Manson was born on November 12
(11 + 12 = 23)

10. 19 hijackers took 4 planes on 9/11
(19 + 4 = 23)

11. 9 / 11 / 2001
(9 + 11 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 23)

12. The Human Genome contains 23 pairs of chromosomes

13. The Earth’s Axis is tilted at 23 degrees

14. It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate around the human body

15. Princess Leia was held in detention block AA-23 in the star wars film “A New Hope”

16. In the film “ The Big Lebowski”, the Dude and his friends always use lane number 23

17. The first song on the first side of The Beatles’ first album took 23 minutes to record

18. In the film “Die Hard with a Vengeance” the subway train derails at subway station 23

19. The Knights Templar has 23 Grand Masters

20. The Witches’ Sabbath is June 23

21. GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH contains 23 letters

22. WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON contains 23 letters

The Mayans believed that the end of the world would occur on 23 December 2012
(20 + 1 + 2 = 23)