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.
• 1983 - Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143) crash-lands in Gimli

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

• 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
• 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

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