July 23
July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining.
Events:
- 636 - Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire
- 1798 - Napoleon captures Egypt, Alexandria
- 1829 - First typewriter patented in the United States
- 1862 - Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army
- 1903 - First Ford Model A sold
- 1952 - General Neguib overthrows the Monarchy in Egypt
- 1962 - Telstar transmits the first trans-Atlantic television signal.
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, German Bundeskanzler (+ 1976)
- 1936 - Don Drysdale, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1938 - Götz 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
- 1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, actor
Deaths:
- 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
- 1955 - Cordell Hull, former Secretary of State
- 1955 - Henri Philippe Pétain, 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
See Also:
July 22 - July 24 - June 23 - August 23 -- listing of all days
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