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July 23 in recent years

2008 (Wednesday)

2007 (Monday)

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July 23 is the Template:Day/Totaldays Template:Ordinal/th day of the year (Template:Day/Totaldays Template:Ordinal/th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[" days remaining until the end of the year.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

Events

1632 - 300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France.
1793 - The Prussians conquer Mayence.
1829 - In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the Typographer, a precurser to the typewriter.
1833 - Corner stones laid for construction of the Kirtland Temple in Ohio
1840 - The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
1862 - American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
1874 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa.
1881 - The Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, the world's oldest international sport federation, was founded.
1903 - Ford Motor Company sold its first car.
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.
1929 - Fascist government in Italy ban the use of foreign words.
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.
1945 - The process against Philippe Pétain begins.
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).
1968 - Glenville Shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurred. During the shootout, a riot began that lasted for five days.
1968 - The first and only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft took place when a 707 carrying 10 crew and 38 passengers was taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The aircraft was en route from Rome, Italy, to Lod, Israel.
1970 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Sa’id ibn Taimur.
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 - Around 3,000 Tamils were slaughtered by Shinhalese Buddhist majority in Sri Lanka and some 400,000 Tamils fled to neighboring Tamil Nadu, India and a lot found refuge in Europe and Canada. This incident, known as Black July led directly to beginning of civil war 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.
1988 - General Ne Win, effective ruler of Myanmar since 1962 resigns after pro-democracy protests.
1992 - A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes it is necessary to limit rights of homosexual people and non-married couples.
1995 - Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and is visibly seen with a naked eye nearly a year later.
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.
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)
1503 - Anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547)
1649 - Pope Clement XI (d. 1721)
1705 - Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752)
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)
1823 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian Catholic priest and archbishop (d. 1894)
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, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1987)
1899 - Gustav Heinemann, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1976)
1901 - Hank Worden, American actor and rodeo cowboy (d. 1992)
1906 - Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1906 - Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (d. 1931)
1912 - Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979)
1913 - Michael Foot, English politician
1918 - Bueno de Mesquita Dutch comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1918 - Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1921 - Calvert DeForest, American actor (d. 2007)
1923 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (d. 1997)
1923 - Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (d. 1958)
1923 - Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (d. 2001)
1924 - Gavin Lambert, British-born screenwriter (d. 2005)
1927 - Gérard Brach, French film director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1928 - Hubert Selby Jr., American author (d. 2004)
1931 - Te Atairangi Kaahu, Māori Queen (d. 2006)
1931 - Guy Fournier, French Canadian author and screenwriter
1931 - Claude Fournier, French Canadian film director and screenwriter
1933 - Bert Convy, American game show host and performer (d. 1991)
1935 - Jim Hall, American race car driver and race car innovator
1935 - Hein Heinsen, Danish artist
1936 - Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi revolutionary (d. 1973)
1936 - Don Drysdale, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1936 - Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1938 - Juliet Anderson, American pornographic actress
1938 - Ronny Cox, American actor
1938 - Götz George, German actor
1938 - Charles Harrelson, American convicted murderer; father of Woody Harrelson (d. 2007)
1938 - Bert Newton, Australian actor and television show host
1940 - Don Imus, American talk radio host
1942 - Myra Hindley, English murderer (d. 2002)
1942 - Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian politician
1943 - Dr. Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate (d. 2007)
1943 - Tony Joe White, American singer and songwriter
1947 - Gardner Dozois, American author
1947 - David Essex, English singer
1948 - John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician
1948 - John Hall, American politician and former rock musician
1950 - Alex Kozinski, Romanian-born American judge
1951 - Edie McClurg, American actress
1952 - Bill Nyrop, American ice hockey player (d. 1995)
1953 - Graham Gooch, English cricketer
1957 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (d. 2004)
1957 - Nick Galis, Greek basketball player
1961 - Martin Gore, English musician and songwriter (Depeche Mode)
1961 - Woody Harrelson, American actor
1961 - André Ducharme, Quebec humorist (Rock et Belles Oreilles) and author
1962 - Eriq La Salle, American actor
1964 - Ed Forchion, American marijuana activist
1965 - Rob Dickinson, English musician
1965 - Slash, English guitarist (ex-Guns N' Roses)
1966 - Samantha Beckinsale, English actress
1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor
1968 - Nick Menza, American musician, drummer
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
1971 - Chris Michalek, American musician
1972 - Marlon Wayans, American actor
1973 - Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player
1973 - Omar Epps, American actor
1973 - Francis Healy, Scottish rock musician (Travis)
1973 - Monica Lewinsky, American White House intern
1974 - Terry Glenn, American football player
1974 - Maurice Greene, American athlete
1974 - Stephanie March, American actress
1974 - Sonny Siaki, Samoan-born professional wrestler
1974 - Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist
1974 - Kathryn Hahn, American actress
1975 - Seong Hyeon-ah, South Korean actress
1975 - Surya Sivakumar, Tamil actor
1976 - Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
1976 - Jonathan Gallant, Canadian musician (Billy Talent)
1977 - Neicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer
1977 - Scott Clemmensen, American ice hockey player
1978 - Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer
1978 - Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer
1979 - Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
1980 - Michelle Williams, American singer
1981 - Steve Jocz, Canadian drummer (Sum 41)
1983 - Andrew Eiden, American actor
1983 - Bec Hewitt, Australian actress
1983 - Aaron Peirsol, American swimmer
1984 - Brandon Roy, American professional basketball player
1985 - Luis Ángel Landín, Mexican footballer
1988 - Pippa Bennett-Warner, English actress
1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
1996 - Rachel G. Fox, American actress