Wikipedia: July 23

July 23
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July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining.

Events

1632 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe.
1829 - In the United States, William Burt patents the first typewriter.
1862 - American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
1903 - Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago, Illinois becomes the first owner of a Ford Model A.
1904 - In St. Louis, Missouri, Charles E. Menches invents the ice cream cone during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
1926 - Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
1952 - General Muhammad Naguib leads The Free Officers (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser - the real power behind the coup) in the overthrow of King Farouk of Egypt.
1962 - Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal.
1967 - 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city (43 killed, 342 injured and ~1,400 buildings burned).
1972 - The United States launches Landsat 1, first Earth-resources satellite.
1982 - The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.
1983 - Gimli Glider: Air Canada 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.
2003 - Operation Warrior Sweep is the first major military deployment of the Afghan National Army.

Births

1777 - Philipp Otto Runge, painter (+ 1810)
1796 - Franz Berwald, composer
1884 - Emil Jannings, actor (+ 1950)
1888 - Raymond Chandler, author (+ 1959)
1892 - Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia (+ 1975)
1893 - Karl Menninger, psychiatrist (+ 1990)
1899 - Gustav Heinemann, politician, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (+ 1976)
1906 - Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize (+ 1998)
1936 - Don Drysdale, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
1938 - Götz George, actor
1942 - Myra Hindley, Moors murderess (+ 2002)
1947 - David Essex, rock and roll singer
1950 - Alex Kozinski, Circuit Judge
1961 - Woody Harrelson, actor
1965 - Slash (born "Saul Hudson"), guitarist (Guns N Roses)
1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor
1973 - Monica Lewinsky, Congressional intern
1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, actor

Deaths

1373 - Saint Birgitta, prophet, author and saint.
1757 - Domenico Scarlatti, composer
1773 - George Edwards, naturalist (* 1693)
1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, general, 18th U.S. president
1916 - Sir William Ramsay, chemist and Nobel prize winner
1920 - Conrad Kohrs, rancher
1948 - D. W. Griffith, film director
1951 - Henri Philippe Pétain, leader of Vichy France
1955 - Cordell Hull, former Secretary of State
1966 - Montgomery Clift, actor
1971 - Van Heflin, actor
1973 - Eddie Rickenbacker, aviation pioneer
1982 - Vic Morrow, actor
1983 - Georges Auric, composer, member of Les Six
1999 - King Hassan II of Morocco
2001 - Eudora Welty, author
2002 - Chaim Potok, novelist

Holidays and observances

Egypt - Revolution Day (1952)
Libya - Revolution Day
Papua New Guinea - Remembrance Day
Roman Empire - Neptunalia held in honor of Neptune
Rastafarianism - Celebration of the birthday of Haile Selassie

See Also:

July 22 - July 24 - June 23 - August 23 -- listing of all days

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