July 23

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on July 23. From 1900 until now. July 23 is under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Haile Selassie (1892), Daniel Radcliffe (1989) and Slash (Guns N' Roses) (1965). Several movies were released around July 23 over the years, such as The Message in 1976 directed by Moustapha Akkad and Castle in the Sky in 1986 directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
But much more happened on July 23 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Papua New Guinea - Remembrance Day
Egypt - Revolution Day (1952)
St. Liborius
Catholic - the feasts of at least 2 saints: St. Apollinaris
Rastafari movement - Celebration of the birthday of Haile Selassie
Roman Empire - Neptunalia held in honor of Neptune
Libya - Revolution Day
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Events

2019 Foreign relations of Venezuela: Through Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Faurie, the Lima Group say that "the use of force in Venezuela will be implemented when required". (El Nacional)
2018 2018 Attica wildfires: Wildfires in east and west Attica, Greece, kill at least 76 people, leave another 172 injured, and burn hundreds of houses and vehicles, prompting a state of emergency. The Greek government requests help from European Union countries. (Reuters) (Sky News)
2017 Syrian Civil War: The Russian air force bombards the city of Madan and Zor Shamr Camp, south and east of Raqqa, Syria, with cluster bombs, killing six civilians and wounding 19 others. Nearby Alburamadan town was also struck; there are no reports of casualties. (SyriaNews)
2016 2016 Munich shooting: Munich Police Chief Hubertus Andrae identifies the attacker as a dual national, 18-year-old Iranian-German who apparently acted alone. He was found dead of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head. (Reuters)Chief Andrae reports there are "no indications" the teenage gunman, who killed nine people and apparently himself, had links to ISIL or any other terror group. The attack injured 27. (NBC News)
2015 Turkey scrambles fighter jets and Turkish tanks open fire on ISIS positions along the Syrian border following an exchange of fire which left one Turkish soldier dead and two injured. The clashes are the first direct combat between the Turkish military and ISIS forces. There are multiple reports of Turkish ground forces crossing the official border into Syria. (Telegraph)
2014 Pro-Russian separatist commander Alexander Khodakovsky of the Vostok Battalion confirms that the rebels did possess the BUK missile system - believed to have shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 - originating from Russia, and it could have been sent back to Russia subsequently to remove proof of its presence. (Reuters)
2013 Nine people are killed in Cairo, Egypt, as fighting between supporters and opponents of former President Mohamed Morsi continues. (BBC)
2012 Syrian uprising (2011–present):
2011 2011 Norway attacks: The death toll from the shootings on Utøya and bombing in Oslo reaches at least 92. (AP via MSNBC)
2010 Nigerian part of Jos is sealed off as police search the city following the discovery of a booby-trap bomb. (BBC)
2009 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 9000 for the first time since January. (''The New York Times'')
2008 Prime Minister of Nepal Girija Prasad Koirala submits his resignation to the new President Ram Baran Yadav to pave the way for the forming of new government. (Zee News)
2007 The US dollar drops to US$2.06 against the British pound sterling, the lowest since 1981.
2006 Human Rights Watch releases a report stating that torture of Iraqi detainees was authorized by the US government soldiers' complaints were ignored. (Human Rights Watch)
2005 Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
2004 The United States Senate and House of Representatives pass a joint resolution declaring the armed conflict in the Sudanese region of Darfur to be genocide. (CNN)
2003 ''Die Zeit'', a German newspaper, publishes an opinion poll which claims that almost one in three Germans under the age of 30 believe the United States government ampquotcould have ordered the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon itselfampquot. 1000 people took part in the survey.
2002 Recent celebrity deaths: Chaim Potok, novelist dies of cancer at age 73.
2001 Honduras defeats Brazil in a soccer match by final result of 2–0.
1999 ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan.
1997 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them
1995 Hamlet closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 121 performances
1994 All 40,000 ceiling tiles in Kingdome must be replaced
1993 British Aerospace 147 crash at Yinchuan, 55 killed
1992 Bruce Springsteen begins a world tour
1991 James Farentino of Dynasty arrested in Canada for cocaine possession
1990 Rosie Jones, (St. Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America
1989 118th British Golf Open: Mark Calcavecchia shoots a 275 at Royal Troon
1988 General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
1987 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last years World Series
1986 King Hassan II meets with Israeli Premier Simon Peres
1985 Commodore International introduces the Amiga 1000 computer. It features a Motorola 68000 processor, custom color graphics and stereo sound processors, a multitasking, windowing operating system, 256 kB RAM, and 880 kB 3.5-inch disk drive. Price is US$1300.
1984 Kansas City Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save
1983 Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
1982 FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo
1980 Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya
1979 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit
1978 Reggie Jackson returns and helps Yankees win their 5th straight
1977 Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Muslims on hostage charges.
1976 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0 (52,895)
1975 LA Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1974 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
1973 President Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation
1972 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic
1970 Qaboos ibn Sa'id becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Sa'id ibn Taimur initiating massive reforms ;modernisation programs and end to a decade long civil war.
1969 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Washington DC
1968 Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt.
1967 Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons
1966 Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens
1965 Beatles Help is released in the UK
1964 Egyptian munition ship Star of Alexandria explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage
1962 Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
1961 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
1959 VP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR
1956 Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg inducted into Hall of Fame
1955 New York Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1953 Howard Hawks's musical film ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'', starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, is released by 20th Century Fox.
1952 General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (National Day)
1948 Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President.
1947 First (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
1946 Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel
1945 The post-war legal processes against Philippe Petain begin.
1944 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
1943 Battle of Koersk, USSR ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks)
1942 German troops conquer Rostow
1941 WWII Italian planes damege the destroyer HMS Fearless (H67) which has to be sunk by the British.
1940 Blitz all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins
1939 Mahatma Gandhi the spiritual leader from India writes a personal letter to Adolf Hitler addressing him quotMy friendquot, requesting to prevent any possible war.
1938 Bradman scores 103 in 178 minutes on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test
1937 Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University).
1936 In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
1935 Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building
1934 Bradman completes 304 at Headingley, 430 mins, 43 fours 2 sixes
1931 Ashmore and Cartier Island in Indian Ocean are transferred to Australia.
1930 Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed
1929 The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words.
1926 Belgian NMBS / SNCFB forms
1925 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
1921 Chinese communist party forms under Henk Sneevliet
1920 British East Africa renamed Kenya and becomes a British crown colony
1917 Cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes
1914 Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia will reject those demands and Austria will declare war on July 28.
1913 Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot Palestine
1907 7th Davis Cup: Australasia beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
1906 Pogroms against Jews in Oddessa
1905 Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
1904 Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo.
1903 Ford Motor Co sells 1st Model A car
1900 Pan-African Congress meets in London.
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