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July 23 is the 204th day (205th in Leap Year s) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar , with 161 days remaining.
Events
- 1632 - 300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France .
- 1829 - In the United States , William Austin Burt patents the first Typewriter .
- takes command of the Union Army .
- 1881 - The Federation Internationale De Gymnastique , the world's oldest international sport federation, was founded.
- 1903 - Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago, Illinois becomes the first owner of a Ford Model A .
- 1914 - Austria-Hungary issues an Ultimatum to Serbia allowing the Austrians to find out who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand . When Serbia denies Austria-Hungary their demands World War I is sparked on July 28 , 1914
- 1926 - Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto Film .
- 1936 - In Catalonia , Spain , the Unified Socialist Party Of Catalonia is founded through the merger of socialist and communist parties.
- 1940 - US Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles `s declaration on the US non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic States - Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania .
- 1942 - The Treblinka extermination camp is opened
- 1952 - Establishment of the European Coal And Steel Community .
- 1952 - General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser - the real power behind the coup) in the overthrow of King Farouk Of Egypt .
- 1956 - The Loi Cadre is passed by the French Republic in order to order French overseas territory affairs.
- 1961 - Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) founded in Nicaragua .
- 1962 - Telstar relays the first live trans- Atlantic Television signal.
- , one of the worst Riot s in United States History begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city (43 killed, 342 injured and ~1,400 buildings burned).
- 1970 - Qaboos Ibn Sa’id , becomes Sultan of Oman .
- 1972 - The United States launches Landsat 1 , first Earth-resources Satellite .
- 1973 - Robert Anton Wilson , the occultist/philosopher, either achieved contact with extraterrestrials from Sirius or started a long-term period of having wild Hallucinations , depending on which way you want to look at it.
- 1982 - The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial Whaling by 1985-86.
- 1982 - Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors are killed on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie when a helicopter spins out of control.
- flight 143 crash-lands in Gimli, Manitoba .
- 1984 - Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after Nude photos of her appeared in '' Penthouse '' magazine.
- 1986 - In London , Prince Andrew, Duke Of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey .
- 1997 - Digital Equipment Company files Antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel .
- 1997 - Spree killer Andrew Cunanan commits suicide in the upstairs bedroom aboard a Miami houseboat to avoid capture by the police
- 1999 - Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan, is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morroco at the death of his father.
- 1999 - Hijack of ANA Flight 61 in Tokyo .
- 2001 - Megawati Soekarnoputri becomes the fifth President of Indonesia , replacing Abdurrahman Wahid .
- 2003 - Operation Warrior Sweep is the first major military deployment of the Afghan National Army .
- 2004 - Eleven years after its destruction, Stari most (the Old Bridge) in Mostar is reopened.
Births
- 1301 - Duke Otto Of Austria (d. 1339 )
- 1339 - King Louis I Of Naples (d. 1384 )
- 1626 - Sabbatai Zevi , Ottoman Jewish religious leader
- 1649 - Pope Clement XI (d. 1721 )
- 1705 - Francis Blomefield , English topographer (d. 1752 )
- 1734 - Antonio Maria Gaspare Sacchini , Italian composer (d. 1786 )
- 1775 - Etienne-Louis Malus , French physicist and mathematician (d. 1812 )
- 1777 - Philipp Otto Runge , German painter (d. 1810 )
- 1796 - Franz Berwald , Swedish composer (d. 1868 )
- 1838 - Edouard Judas Colonne , French violinist (d. 1910 )
- 1856 - Lokmanya Tilak , Indian freedom fighter (d. 1920 )
- 1865 - Max Heindel , Danish Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic (d. 1919 )
- 1884 - Emil Jannings , Swiss actor (d. 1950 )
- 1886 - Salvador De Madariaga , Spanish League of Nations official (d. 1978 )
- 1886 - Walter H. Schottky , German physicist (d. 1976 )
- 1888 - Raymond Chandler , American-born author (d. 1959 )
- 1892 - Haile Selassie , Emperor Of Ethiopia (d. 1975 )
- 1893 - Karl Menninger , American psychiatrist (d. 1990 )
- 1894 - Arthur Treacher , English character actor (d. 1975 )
- 1895 - Aileen Pringle , American actress (d. 1989 )
- 1898 - Jacob Marschak , American economist
- 1898 - Red Dutton , international hockey player (d. 1987 )
- 1899 - Gustav Heinemann , President Of Germany (d. 1976 )
- 1906 - Vladimir Prelog , Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998 )
- 1918 - Bueno De Mesquita Dutch comedian and actor (d. 2005 )
- 1918 - Pee Wee Reese , baseball player (d. 1999 )
- 1921 - Calvert DeForest , American actor
- 1923 - Witto Aloma , baseball player (d. 1997 )
- 1933 - Bert Convy , American game show host, actor, and singer (d. 1991 )
- 1936 - Shiv Kumar Batalvi , Punjabi revolutionary (d. 1973 )
- 1936 - Don Drysdale , baseball player (d. 1993 )
- 1936 - Anthony Kennedy , U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- 1938 - Juliet Anderson , American porn star
- 1938 - Götz George , German actor
- 1938 - Bert Newton , Australian actor and television show host
- 1939 - Terence Stamp , English actor
- 1940 - Don Imus , American talk radio host
- 1942 - Myra Hindley , English murderer (d. 2002 )
- 1943 - Tony Joe White , American singer and songwriter
- 1947 - Gardner Dozois , American author
- 1947 - David Essex , English singer
- 1948 - John Cushnahan , Northern Irish politician
- 1950 - Alex Kozinski , Romanian-born judge
- 1951 - Edie McClurg , American actress
- 1957 - Theo Van Gogh , Dutch film director (assassinated) (d. 2004 )
- 1961 - Martin Gore , English musician and songwriter ( Depeche Mode )
- 1961 - Woody Harrelson , American actor
- 1964 - Ed Forchion , Marijuana Activist
- 1965 - Rob Dickinson , English musician
- 1965 - Slash , English-born guitarist ( Guns N' Roses )
- 1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman , American actor
- 1968 - Gary Payton , American basketball player
- 1970 - Thea Dorn , German writer
- 1971 - Dalvin DeGrate , American singer
- 1971 - Alison Krauss , American singer and fiddler
- 1973 - Nomar Garciaparra , baseball player
- 1973 - Francis Healy , Scottish rock musician ( Travis )
- 1973 - Monica Lewinsky , White House intern
- 1974 - Terry Glenn , American football player
- 1974 - Maurice Greene , American athlete
- 1974 - Stephanie March , American actress
- 1976 - Judit Polgár , Hungarian chess player
- 1978 - Stuart Elliott , Northern Irish footballer
- 1978 - Stefanie Sun , Singapore singer
- 1980 - Michelle Williams , American singer
- 1981 - Steve Jocz , Canadian drummer ( Sum41 )
- 1983 - Bec Cartwright , Australian actress
- 1989 - Daniel Radcliffe , English actor
Deaths
- 1227 - Qiu Chuji , Chinese Taoist (b. 1148 )
- 1373 - Saint Birgitta , Swedish saint (b. 1303 )
- 1403 - Thomas Percy, 1st Earl Of Worcester , English rebel (executed) (born 1343 )
- 1531 - Louis De Brézé, Seigneur D'Anet , Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane De Poitiers
- 1584 - John Day , English printer (b. 1522 )
- 1692 - Gilles Ménage , French scholar (b. 1613 )
- 1727 - Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt , Lord Chancellor Of Great Britain
- 1757 - Domenico Scarlatti , Italian composer (b. 1685 )
- 1764 - Gilbert Tennent , Irish-born religious leader (b. 1703 )
- 1773 - George Edwards , English naturalist (b. 1693 )
- 1781 - John Joachim Zubly , Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724 )
- 1793 - Roger Sherman , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1721 )
- 1853 - Andries Pretorius , Boer leader (b. 1798 )
- 1878 - Carl Freiherr Von Rokitansky , Bohemian physician (b. 1804 )
- 1885 - Ulysses S. Grant , 18th President Of The United States (b. 1822 )
- 1916 - Sir William Ramsay , Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852 )
- 1920 - Conrad Kohrs , German-born rancher (b. 1835 )
- 1924 - Frank Frost Abbott , American classical scholar (b. 1850 )
- 1942 - Adam Czerniakow , Polish engineer (suicide) (b. 1880 )
- 1948 - D. W. Griffith , American film director (b. 1875 )
- 1951 - Henri Philippe Pétain , leader of Vichy France (b. 1856 )
- 1955 - Cordell Hull , United States Secretary Of State , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1871 )
- 1966 - Montgomery Clift , American actor (b. 1920 )
- 1968 - Henry Hallett Dale , English scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1875 )
- 1971 - Van Heflin , American actor (b. 1910 )
- 1973 - Eddie Rickenbacker , American pilot (b. 1890 )
- 1982 - Vic Morrow , American actor (b. 1929 )
- 1983 - Georges Auric , French composer (b. 1899 )
- 1985 - Johnny Wardle , English cricketer (b. 1923 )
- 1989 - Donald Barthelme , American author (b. 1931 )
- 1993 - James Jordan , father of Michael Jordan
- 1997 - Chuhei Nambu , Japanese athlete (b. 1904 )
- 1999 - King Hassan II Of Morocco (b. 1929 )
- 2001 - Eudora Welty , American author (b. 1909 )
- 2002 - Leo McKern , Australian actor (b. 1920 )
- 2002 - Dr. William L. Pierce , American author and activist (b. 1933 )
- 2002 - Chaim Potok , American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929 )
- 2003 - James E. Davis , New York City councilman (murdered) (b. 1962 )
- 2004 - Mehmood , Indian actor (b. 1932 )
- 2004 - Carlos Paredes , Portuguese musician and composer (b. 1925 )
Holidays and observances
External links
July 22 - July 24 - June 23 - August 23 -- Listing Of All Days
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