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July_23
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{| style="float:right;" |- |{{JulyCalendar}} |- |{{ThisDateInRecentYears|Month=July|Day=23}} |} {{Linked-title}} is the 204th day (205th in Leap_years) 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. *1862 - American_Civil_War: Henry_W._Halleck 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 becomes the first owner of a Ford Model_A. *1904 - Probably the first Ice_cream_cone was sold at the Louisiana_Purchase_Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. *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_Holocaust: The Treblinka extermination camp is opened * 1942 - World_War_II: Hitler signed the Operation_Edelweiss. *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. * 1962 - The International_Agreement_on_the_Neutrality_of_Laos was signed. *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). *1970 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, becomes Sultan of Oman. *1972 - The United_States launches Landsat_1, first Earth-resources Satellite. *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. *1983 - Black_July began in Sri_Lanka. * 1983 - Gimli_Glider: Air_Canada flight 143 lands "dead-stick" 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 - ANA_Flight_61 is hijacked 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. *2005 - Three bombs hit the Naama Bay area of Sharm_el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people. ==Births== *645 - Yazid_I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683) *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) *1894 - Arthur_Treacher, English character actor (d. 1975) *1895 - Aileen_Pringle, American actress (d. 1989) *1898 - Jacob_Marschak, American economist (d. 1977) * 1898 - Red_Dutton, international hockey player (d. 1987) *1899 - Gustav_Heinemann, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1976) *1906 - Vladimir_Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) *1912 - Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979) *1913 - Michael_Foot, British political leader *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) *1928 - Hubert_Selby_Jr., American author (d. 2004) * 1928 - Charles_Harrelson, American convicted murderer; father of Woody_Harrelson *1931 - Te_Atairangi_Kaahu, Māori Queen (d. 2006) *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 Pornographic_actress * 1938 - Götz George, German actor * 1938 - Bert_Newton, Australian actor and television show host * 1938 - Ronny_Cox, American actor *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 *1962 - Eriq_La_Salle, 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 * 1968 - Stephanie_Seymour, American supermodel *1970 - Charisma_Carpenter, American actress * 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 * 1973 - Himesh_Reshammiya, Indian Singer and Musician * 1973 - Omar_Epps, American Actor *1974 - Terry_Glenn, American football player * 1974 - Maurice Greene, American athlete * 1974 - Stephanie_March, American actress * 1974 - Sonny_Siaki, Samoan professional wrestler * 1974 - Rik_Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist *1976 - Judit_Polgár, Hungarian chess player *1977 - Neicer_Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer *1978 - Stuart_Elliott, Northern Irish footballer * 1978 - Stefanie_Sun, Singapore singer *1980 - Michelle Williams, American singer *1981 - Steve_Jocz, Canadian drummer (Sum41) *1983 - Bec_Hewitt, Australian actress * 1983 - Aaron_Peirsol, American Swimmer *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) *1923 - Pancho_Villa, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1878) *1924 - Frank_Frost_Abbott, American classical scholar (b. 1850) *1930 - Glenn_Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (b. 1878) *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) * 1951 - Robert_J._Flaherty, American filmmaker (b. 1884) *1955 - Cordell_Hull, 47th United_States_Secretary_of_State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871) *1966 - Montgomery_Clift, American actor (b. 1920) *1968 - Henry_Hallett_Dale, English scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875) *1971 - Van_Heflin, American actor (b. 1910) *1973 - Eddie_Rickenbacker, American pilot (b. 1890) *1980 - Sarto_Fournier, Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908) * 1980 - Keith_Godchaux, American pianist (Grateful_Dead) (b. 1948) *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) * 2004 - Serge_Reggiani, French singer and actor (b. 1922) ==Holidays and observances== *Egypt - Revolution_Day (1952) *Libya - Revolution Day *Papua_New_Guinea - Remembrance Day *Roman_Empire - Neptunalia held in honor of Neptune *Rastafari_movement - Celebration of the birthday of Haile_Selassie ===Liturgical feasts === Catholic *Saint_Apollinaris, bishop (of Ravenna), martyr 200 AD [common; in red] *Saint_Cassianus, abbot [Marseille] *Saint_Liborius, Bishop_of_Le_Mans, confessor [northern Germany] *Translation of Saints_Nabor_and_Felix, martyrs [Cologne] *Translation of Saint_Nicasius, Bishop_of_Reims, martyr [Reims] *Saints_Ravennus_and_Rasiphus, martyrs (at Bayeux) [Bayeux] *Translation_of_the_Three_Kings [Cologne] *Saint_Birgitta, widow (Obitus, natale) [Bamberg, Mainz, Münster, Riga] ==External links== * BBC: On This Day * ''The New York Times'': On This Day * On This Day in Canada---- July_22 - July_24 - June_23 - August_23 -- listing of all days {{months}} Category:July Af:23_Julie Ar:23_يوليو An:23_de_chulio Frp:23_j·ulyèt Ast:23_de_xunetu Be:23_ліпеня Bs:23._juli Bg:23_юли Ca:23_de_juliol Cv:Утă,_23 Ceb:Hulyo_23 Cs:23._červenec Co:23_di_lugliu Cy:23_Gorffennaf Da:23._juli De:23._Juli Et:23._juuli El:23_Ιουλίου Es:23_de_julio Eo:23-a_de_julio Eu:Uztailaren_23 Fo:23._juli Fr:23_juillet Fy:23_july Fur:23_di_Lui Ga:23_Iúil Gd:23_an_t-Iuchar Gl:23_de_xullo Ko:7월_23일 Hr:23._srpnja Io:23_di_julio Ilo:Julio_23 Id:23_Juli Ia:23_de_julio Is:23._júlí It:23_luglio He:23_ביולי Jv:23_Juli Kn:ಜುಲೈ_೧ Ka:23_ივლისი Sw:23_Julai Ku:23'ê_tîrmehê La:23_Iulii Lb:23._Juli Lt:Liepos_23 Li:23_juli Lmo:23_07 Hu:Július_23 Mk:23_јули Ms:23_Julai Nl:23_juli Ja:7月がつ23日にち Nap:23_'e_luglio No:23._juli Nn:23._juli Nrm:23_Juilet Oc:23_de_julhet Pam:Juliu_23 Nds:23._Juli Pl:23_lipca Pt:23_de_Julho Ksh:23._Juuli Ro:23_iulie Ru:23_июля War:Hulyo_23 Sco:23_Julie Sq:23_Korrik Scn:23_di_giugnettu Simple:July_23 Sk:23._júl Sl:23._julij Sr:23._јул Fi:23._heinäkuuta Sv:23_juli Tl:Hulyo_23 Tt:23._Yül Te:జూలై_23 Th:23_กรกฎาคม Vi:23_tháng_7 Tr:23_Temmuz Uk:23_липня Uz:23_iyul Vec:23_de_lujo Wa:23_d'_djulete Zh:7月がつ23日にち