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 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 .
1903 - Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago becomes the first owner of a Ford Model A .
1914 - Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Sebia allowing the Austrians to find out who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand . When Serbia denied Austria-Hungary of 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 .
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 - 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 oversee territory affairs.
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 .
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.
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 .
1999 - Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan, is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morroco at the death of his father.
2003 - Operation Warrior Sweep is the first major military deployment of the Afghan National Army .
2004 - 11 years after its destruction, Stari most (the Old Bridge) in Mostar is reopened.
Births
1301 - Otto the Merry , Duke of Austria
1626 - Sabbatai Zevi , Jewish false Messiah (d. 1676 )
1649 - Pope Clement XI (d. 1721 )
1777 - Philipp Otto Runge , painter (d. 1810 )
1796 - Franz Berwald , composer (d. 1868 )
1865 - Max Heindel (born Carl Louis von Grasshoff in Denmark ); Christian occultist, astrologer and mystic (d. 1919 )
1884 - Emil Jannings , actor (d. 1950 )
1886 - Salvador de Madariaga (d. 1978 ), League of Nations disarmament chief
1888 - Raymond Chandler , author (d. 1959 )
1892 - Haile Selassie , emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975 )
1893 - Karl Menninger , psychiatrist (d. 1990 )
1899 - Gustav Heinemann , politician, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1976 )
1906 - Vladimir Prelog , Croat chemist, Nobel Prize (d. 1998 )
1923 - Witto Aloma , Major League Baseball player (d. 1997 )
1936 - Don Drysdale , member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1993 )
1938 - Bert Newton , actor, TV show host
1938 - Götz George , actor
1942 - Myra Hindley , Moors murderess (d. 2002 )
1947 - David Essex rock and roll singer
1950 - Alex Kozinski , Circuit Judge
1961 - Woody Harrelson , actor
1961 - Martin L. Gore , musician, songwriter (Depeche Mode )
1965 - Slash (born "Saul Hudson"), guitarist (Guns N Roses )
1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman , actor
1970 - Thea Dorn , German writer
1971 - Alison Krauss , bluegrass singer, musician
1971 - Dalvin DeGrate aka Mr. Dalvin, R&B singer
1973 - Nomar Garciaparra , baseball star
1973 - Monica Lewinsky , Congressional intern
1974 - Maurice Greene , American athlete
1976 - Judit Polgár , Hungarian Chess Player.
1978 - Stefanie Sun , Singaporean songstress
1989 - Daniel Radcliffe , actor
Deaths
1373 - Saint Birgitta , saint
1757 - Domenico Scarlatti , Italian composer
1773 - George Edwards , naturalist (b. 1693 )
1885 - Ulysses S. Grant , general, 18th President of the United States
1916 - Sir William Ramsay , chemist and Nobel prize winner
1920 - Conrad Kohrs , rancher
1924 - Frank Frost Abbott , American classical scholar (b. 1850 )
1948 - D. W. Griffith , film director
1951 - Henri Philippe Pétain , leader of Vichy France
1955 - Cordell Hull , Secretary of State
1966 - Montgomery Clift , actor
1971 - Van Heflin , actor
1973 - Eddie Rickenbacker , aviation pioneer
1982 - Vic Morrow , actor
1983 - Georges Auric , French composer (b. 1899 )
1997 - Chuhei Nambu , Japanese athlete
1999 - King Hassan II of Morocco
2001 - Eudora Welty , author (b. 1909 )
2002 - Leo McKern , actor
2002 - Dr. William L. Pierce , author, leader of the National Alliance
2002 - Chaim Potok , American novelist
2003 - James E. Davis , New York City councilman (murdered)
2004 - Carlos Paredes , musician and composer
2004 - Mehmood , Indian actor
Holidays and observances
External links
July 22 - July 24 - June 23 - August 23 -- listing of all days
