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July 23




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 Mohammed Naguib leads the 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.
   * 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.

Births

   * 1777 - Philipp Otto Runge, painter (+ 1810)
   * 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)
   * 1936 - Don Drysdale, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
   * 1938 - Gštz George, actor
   * 1942 - Myra Hindley, Moors murderess (+ 2002)
   * 1947 - David Essex, rock and roll singer
   * 1961 - Woody Harrelson, actor
   * 1965 - Slash (born "Saul Hudson"), guitarist (Guns N Roses)
   * 1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor
   * 1973 - Monica Lewinsky, Congressional intern
   * 1977 - John Baratta, Coolest guy in Doylestown
   * 1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, actor

Deaths

   * 1373 - Saint Birgitta, prophet, author and saint.
   * 1757 - Domenico Scarlatti, composer
   * 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 Petain, leader of Vichy France
   * 1955 - Cordell Hull, former Secretary of State
   * 1955 - Henri Philippe PŽtain, leader of Vichy France
   * 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

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