| Today in History .. Wednesday, July 23, 2008 | |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 2000, 8 years ago.. | |
| 1 Event | 129th British Golf Open: at Royal Lytham |
| 2 Event | 55th US Women's Open Golf Championship |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1997, 11 years ago.. | |
| 3 Event | Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin & Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them |
| 4 Death | Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1996, 12 years ago.. | |
| 5 Death | Aliki Vougiouklaki, actress (Madalena), dies at 63 |
| 6 Death | Jessica Lucy Mitford, author, dies at 78 |
| 7 Death | John Corner, scientist, dies at 80 |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1995, 13 years ago.. | |
| 8 Event | "Hamlet" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 121 performances |
| 9 Event | 124th British Golf Open: John Daly shoots a 282 at St Andrews Scotland |
| 10 Event | Miguel Indur ins wins his 5th Tour de France |
| 11 Event | Tracy Kerdyk wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic |
| 12 Death | Bob Rundick, poet/DJ, dies at 52 |
| 13 Death | Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80 |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1994, 14 years ago.. | |
| 14 Event | All 40,000 ceiling tiles in Kingdome must be replaced |
| 15 Event | Amy Osmond, of Utah, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss |
| 16 Event | Dancer Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke |
| 17 Event | Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits |
| 18 Event | Goodwill Games open in St Petersburg |
| 19 Event | Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC |
| 20 Event | Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days 55 mins |
| 21 Death | Aad Ivens, Dutch checkers player, dies at 80 |
| 22 Death | Hans J Salter, Aust/US composer (Deanna-Durbin musicals), dies at 98 |
| 23 Death | Henry William Collins, artist, dies at 84 |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1993, 15 years ago.. | |
| 24 Event | Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley |
| 25 Event | British Aerospace 147 crash at Yinchuan, 55 killed |
| 26 Event | Chinese B737 crash at Yinchuan, at least 66 killed |
| 27 Event | Chris Boardman bicycles world record 1 hour distance (52,270 km) |
| 28 Event | NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st |
| 29 Death | Jordan, father of Michael Jordan, murdered |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1992, 16 years ago.. | |
| 30 Event | Bruce Springsteen begins a world tour |
| 31 Event | Emperor Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen] of Ethiopia's, funeral |
| 32 Death | Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94 |
| 33 Death | Maxine Audley, Brit actress (Vikings, Our Man in Havana), dies at 69 |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1991, 17 years ago.. | |
| 34 Event | James Farentino of Dynasty arrested in Canada for cocaine possession |
| 35 Event | Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at & hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5 |
| 36 Death | Billie Carlyle |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1990, 18 years ago.. | |
| 37 Event | Rosie Jones, (St Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America |
| 38 Event | South-Africa worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested |
| 39 Death | Georges Flamant, actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86 |
| 40 Death | Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82 |
| 41 Death | Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42 |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1989, 19 years ago.. | |
| 42 Event | 118th British Golf Open: Mark Calcavecchia shoots a 275 at Royal Troon |
| 43 Event | Amy Alcott wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic |
| 44 Event | FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America's Most Wanted) |
| 45 Event | Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1988, 20 years ago.. | |
| 46 Event | Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record 8 field goals vs Edmonton |
| 47 Death | Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), dies |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1987, 21 years ago.. | |
| 48 Event | Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record) |
| 49 Event | RNI (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM |
| 50 Event | Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last years World Series |
| 51 Event | Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39) |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1986, 22 years ago.. | |
| 52 Event | Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson |
| 53 Event | King Hassan II meets with Israeli premier Simon Peres |
| 54 Death | Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer, dies at 73 |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1985, 23 years ago.. | |
| 55 Death | Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79 |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1984, 24 years ago.. | |
| 56 Event | KC Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save |
| 57 Event | Suzette Charles (NJ), 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984 |
| 58 Event | Vanessa Williams, 1st black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude |
| 59 Death | Lloyd Gough, actor (Black Bart, Tolsa), dies of aortic aneurism at 77 |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1983, 25 years ago.. | |
| 60 Death | Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84 |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1982, 26 years ago.. | |
| 61 Event | FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo |
| 62 Event | Intl Whaling Comn votes for total ban on coml whaling (starting 1985) |
| 63 Birth | Schottzie Schott, dog mascot of Cincinnati Reds |
| 64 Death | Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" at 53 |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1980, 28 years ago.. | |
| 65 Event | Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya |
| 66 Event | River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter |
| 67 Event | Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6 |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1979, 29 years ago.. | |
| 68 Event | George Brett gets his 1,000th hit |
| 69 Death | Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31 |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1978, 30 years ago.. | |
| 70 Event | 33rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy |
| 71 Event | Israeli govt rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas |
| 72 Event | Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th pitcher to win 200 |
| 73 Event | Reggie Jackson returns & helps Yankees win their 5th straight |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1977, 31 years ago.. | |
| 74 Event | Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges |
| 75 Death | Ren‚ de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79 |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1976, 32 years ago.. | |
| 76 Event | 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0 (52,895) |
| 77 Event | Balt Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game |
| 78 Event | France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island |
| 79 Event | USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
| 80 Event | Wings release "Let 'em In" |
| 81 Birth | Inger Lise Ebeltoft, Miss Universe-Norway (1996) |
| 82 Death | Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter (Oly-gold-32), dies at 64 |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1975, 33 years ago.. | |
| 83 Event | Alan Ayckbourn's "Absent Friends," premieres in London |
| 84 Event | LA Dodgers W Crawford & Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1974, 34 years ago.. | |
| 85 Event | 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts |
| 86 Event | All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers) |
| 87 Event | Greek military dictatorship collapses |
| 88 Birth | Maurice Greene, KC Kansas, 100m runner |
| 89 Birth | Tara Williams, WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury) |
| 90 Death | Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90 |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1973, 35 years ago.. | |
| 91 Event | Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St Louis-36 die |
| 92 Event | Qaboos bin Said Al Said, becomes Sultan & Prime Minister of Oman |
| 93 Event | USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
| 94 Event | Pres Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation |
| 95 Birth | Darvin Ham, NBA forward (Wash Wizards) |
| 96 Birth | Kyle Walters, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats) |
| 97 Death | Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82 |
| 98 Death | Marius-Fran‡ois Gaillard, composer, dies at 72 |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1972, 36 years ago.. | |
| 99 Event | 1st Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched |
| 100 Event | Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France |
| 101 Event | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic |
| 102 Birth | Marlon Wayans, comedian (Wayans Bros, In Living Color) |
| 103 Birth | Oscar McBride, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals) |
| 104 Birth | Seth Dittman, NFL offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colt, London Monarchs) |
| 105 Birth | Trisha Fallon, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-bronze-96) |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1971, 37 years ago.. | |
| 106 Birth | Aimee Rinehart, Miss Missouri USA (1996) |
| 107 Birth | Alison Krauss, Decatur Ill, country singer (2 Highways) |
| 108 Death | Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60 |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1970, 38 years ago.. | |
| 109 Birth | Sam Waters, Camp Springs Md, singer (Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up) |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1969, 39 years ago.. | |
| 110 Event | 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Wash DC |
| 111 Event | All star MVP: Willie McCovey (SF Giants) |
| 112 Event | USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
| 113 Birth | Andrew Cassels, Bramalea, NHL center (Hartford Whalers) |
| 114 Birth | Dimitri Khristich, Kiev Ukr, NHL left wing (LA Kings) |
| 115 Birth | Fernanda Ribeiro, Portugal, 10k runner (Olympics-gold-96) |
| 116 Birth | Reyhan Agaoglu, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals) |
| 117 Death | Deli Floyd, writer, dies |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1968, 40 years ago.. | |
| 118 Event | Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt |
| 119 Event | PLO's 1st hijacking of an El Al plane |
| 120 Event | Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed |
| 121 Birth | Amy Fruwirth, Cypress CA, LPGA golfer (1995 McCall's LPGA-4th) |
| 122 Birth | Beth Ehlers, Queens NY, actress (Harley Cooper-Guiding Light, Hunger) |
| 123 Birth | Christopher "Chris" Kerber, Collingswood NJ, rower (Olympics-1996) |
| 124 Birth | Douglas Craft, CFL defensive back (Montreal Alouettes) |
| 125 Birth | Elden Campbell, NBA forward/center (LA Lakers) |
| 126 Birth | Gary Payton, NBA guard (Seattle Supersonics) |
| 127 Birth | Stefan Figliuzzi, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998) |
| 128 Birth | Stephane Seymour, model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover-1988) |
| 129 Death | Don Lillis, NFL president (NY Jets) |
| 130 Death | Henry Hallett Dale, physiologist, dies |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1967, 41 years ago.. | |
| 131 Event | -27] 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires) |
| 132 Event | Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons |
| 133 Birth | Nicole Jagerman, Netherlands, tennis star |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1966, 42 years ago.. | |
| 134 Event | Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens |
| 135 Event | John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m) |
| 136 Event | Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" |
| 137 Birth | Micheal Williams, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves) |
| 138 Death | Donald Novis, singer/actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60 |
| 139 Death | Douglass Montgomery, actor (Forbidden, Daybreak), dies at 56 |
| 140 Death | [Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45 |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1965, 43 years ago.. | |
| 141 Event | Beatles "Help" is released in UK |
| 142 Event | Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park |
| 143 Birth | Brett Faryniarz, NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers) |
| 144 Birth | Slash, [Saul Hudson], England, guitarist (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child) |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1964, 44 years ago.. | |
| 145 Event | A's Bert Campaneris HRs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd HR on 2nd at bat |
| 146 Event | Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage |
| 147 Birth | Greg Best, Lynchburg VA, Equestrian athlete (Olympic-silver-88, 92) |
| 148 Death | Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1963, 45 years ago.. | |
| 149 Birth | Siobodan Zivojinovic, Yugoslavia, tennis star |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1962, 46 years ago.. | |
| 150 Birth | Eriq La Salle, Hartford CT, actor (Dr Peter Benton-ER) |
| 151 Birth | Terry-Jo Myers, Ft Myers FL, LPGA golfer (1988 Mayflower Classic) |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1961, 47 years ago.. | |
| 152 Event | Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open |
| 153 Event | Bricusse & Newley's musical "Stop the world I want to ...," premieres |
| 154 Birth | Antoine Carr, NBA forward/center (Utah Jazz) |
| 155 Birth | Martin Gore, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough) |
| 156 Birth | Woody Harrelson, Midland Tx, actor (Woody Boyd-Cheers) |
| 157 Death | Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1960, 48 years ago.. | |
| 158 Event | 15th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1959, 49 years ago.. | |
| 159 Event | VP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1958, 50 years ago.. | |
| 160 Event | 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords |
| 161 Birth | Kenneth J Green, Danbury CT, PGA golfer (1985 Buick Open) |
| 162 Birth | Lydia Cornell, El Paso Tx, actress (Sara Rush-Too Close for Comfort) |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1957, 51 years ago.. | |
| 163 Birth | Harry Stefanki, Mento Park Cal, tennis star |
| 164 Death | G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer, dies at 61 |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1956, 52 years ago.. | |
| 165 Event | Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph |
| 166 Event | Joe Cronin & Hank Greenberg inducted into Hall of Fame |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1955, 53 years ago.. | |
| 167 Event | NY Yankees Bob Cerv & E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs |
| 168 Birth | Marisa DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family) |
| 169 Death | Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55 |
| 170 Death | Cordell Hull, statesman, dies |
| 171 Death | Harry Haden, actor (Harry-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 73 |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1953, 55 years ago.. | |
| 172 Birth | Graham Gooch, cricketer (prolific England opener & captain) |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1952, 56 years ago.. | |
| 173 Event | General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (Natl Day) |
| 174 Birth | Janis Siegel, NYC, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction) |
| 175 Birth | Paul Hibbert, cricketer (one Test Aust v India 1977, scored 13 & 2) |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1951, 57 years ago.. | |
| 176 Birth | Edie McClurg, Kansas City MO, actress (Cinderella-1985, Hogan Family) |
| 177 Birth | Terry Davis, NYC, actress (Stacey Winthrop-Another World) |
| 178 Death | Henri Philippe P‚tain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies |
| 179 Death | Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1950, 58 years ago.. | |
| 180 Birth | Alan Turner, Aussie cricket left-handed opener (World Cup ton 1975) |
| 181 Birth | Belinda J Montgomery, Winnipeg, actress (Man From Atlantis) |
| 182 Birth | Blair Thornton, rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner-Overdrive) |
| 183 Birth | Ian Thomas, rocker |
| 184 Birth | Kaity Tong, news anchor (WABC-TV NYC) |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1949, 59 years ago.. | |
| 185 Event | Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days |
| 186 Birth | Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder (WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991) |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1948, 60 years ago.. | |
| 187 Event | Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President |
| 188 Death | D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, US director/producer, dies |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1947, 61 years ago.. | |
| 189 Event | 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, RI |
| 190 Birth | David Essex, [Cook], London, rock vocalist/actor (That'll be the Day) |
| 191 Birth | Spencer Christian, weatherman (Good Morning America) |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1946, 62 years ago.. | |
| 192 Event | Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel |
| 193 Birth | Andy MacKay, London, rock sax/oboe (Roxy Music-Dance Away) |
| 194 Birth | Keith Ferguson, blues guy (Fabulous Thunderbirds) |
| 195 Death | James Maxton, politician, dies |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1945, 63 years ago.. | |
| 196 Event | Marshal Henri P‚tain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial |
| 197 Birth | Harold W Hennep, Arubians/Dutch dancer/actor (Plus Echo) |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1944, 64 years ago.. | |
| 198 Event | Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader |
| 199 Event | Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin |
| 200 Event | Soviet Army marches into Lublin Poland |
| 201 Event | US forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II |
| 202 Event | US troops occupy Pisa Italy |
| 203 Birth | Dino Danelli, Jersey City NJ, rock drummer (Fotomaker, Young Rascals) |
| 204 Birth | Judith A Bosch, Dutch radio/TV-hostess (Tweekamp, Zeskamp) |
| 205 Death | Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp |
| 206 Death | Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed |
| 207 Death | Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian (Der Anarchismus), dies at 79 |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1943, 65 years ago.. | |
| 208 Event | Battle of Koersk, USSR ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks) |
| 209 Event | US 45th Infantry division occupies north coast of Termini |
| 210 Birth | Tony Joe White, rocker |
| 211 Death | Emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies |
| 212 Death | Meijer de Hond, [Emanuel Querido], rabbi (Sobibor), dies |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1942, 66 years ago.. | |
| 213 Event | German troops conquer Rostow |
| 214 Event | Hitler's Directive #45: order to occupy Stalingrad |
| 215 Event | Treblinka Concentration Camp destroyed |
| 216 Birth | John de Hont, Dutch guitarist (ZZ & Masks) |
| 217 Birth | Madeline Bell, US singer (Black Nativity) |
| 218 Death | Andrew Ducat, cricketer (England 1921), dies whilst batting at 56 |
| 219 Death | Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32 |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1940, 68 years ago.. | |
| 220 Event | "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins |
| 221 Birth | Don Imus, radio disc jockey (WNBC) |
| 222 Birth | Gary Stites, rock vocalist (Lonely For You) |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1938, 70 years ago.. | |
| 223 Event | Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test |
| 224 Birth | Ronny Cox, Cloudcroft Mass, actor (St Elsewhere) |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1937, 71 years ago.. | |
| 225 Event | Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University) |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1936, 72 years ago.. | |
| 226 Event | Anthony M Kennedy, Sacramento CA, Supreme Court Justice |
| 227 Birth | Anthony M Kennedy, Calif, 106th Supreme Court justice (1988- ) |
| 228 Birth | Don Drysdale, Van Nuys Calif, pitcher (LA Dodgers-Cy Young 1962) |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1935, 73 years ago.. | |
| 229 Event | Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building |
| 230 Birth | Cleveland Dunkin, rocker (Penguins) |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1934, 74 years ago.. | |
| 231 Event | Bradman completes 304 at Headingley, 430 mins, 43 fours 2 sixes |
| 232 Birth | Nicholas Barrington, high commissioner (Pakistan) |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1933, 75 years ago.. | |
| 233 Birth | Bert Convy, St Louis Mo, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw) |
| 234 Birth | Richard Rogers, English architect |
| 235 Death | Max Schillings, German composer/conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65 |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1932, 76 years ago.. | |
| 236 Birth | Alistair Graham, headmaster (Mill Hill School) |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1931, 77 years ago.. | |
| 237 Event | Ashmore & Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia |
| 238 Event | France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics |
| 239 Birth | Jan Torell, Limhamm Sweden, director (New Land, Emigrants) |
| 240 Birth | Richard Searby, deputy-chairman (News Corp Ltd-Australia) |
| 241 Birth | Viktor Korchnoi, chess champ |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1930, 78 years ago.. | |
| 242 Event | Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed |
| 243 Event | Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with HRs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th) |
| 244 Death | Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer/airplane builder, dies at 52 |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1929, 79 years ago.. | |
| 245 Birth | Andrew Rutherford, warden (Goldsmith's College) |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1928, 80 years ago.. | |
| 246 Birth | Leon Fleisher, SF Calif, pianist/conductor (Annapolis Symph 1973-77) |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1927, 81 years ago.. | |
| 247 Birth | Al[fred] A McCandless, (Rep-R-CA, 1983- ) |
| 248 Birth | Elliot McKay See Jr, Dallas Texas, astronaut |
| 249 Death | Saad Zaghlul, Egyptian parliament chairman, dies at 74 |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1926, 82 years ago.. | |
| 250 Event | Belgian NMBS/SNCFB forms |
| 251 Event | France govt of Poincar‚, forms |
| 252 Birth | Ludvik Vaculik, writer |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1925, 83 years ago.. | |
| 253 Event | NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers |
| 254 Birth | Donna Anderson, Akiak AK, actress (On the Beach |
| 255 Birth | Gloria De Haven, LA, actress (Bog, Yellow Cab Man, Irene-Nakia) |
| 256 Birth | Pierre Baugniet, Belgium, pairs ice skater (Olympic-gold-1948) |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1924, 84 years ago.. | |
| 257 Birth | Betsy Haworth, deacon/minister |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1922, 86 years ago.. | |
| 258 Birth | Moses Rosen, chief Rabbi of Romania |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1921, 87 years ago.. | |
| 259 Event | Chinese communist party forms under Henk Sneevliet |
| 260 Event | Edward Gourdin of US, sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4" |
| 261 Birth | Calvert DeForest, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Larry "Bud" Melman) |
| 262 Birth | David Lawmn, CEO (Prestige Group) |
| 263 Birth | Harry Hookway, pro-chancellor (Loughborough University) |
| 264 Birth | Heinz Bennent, Aachen Germany, Actor (Possession) |
| 265 Birth | Jerome Rosen, composer |
| 266 Birth | Peter Twiss, test pilot |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1920, 88 years ago.. | |
| 267 Event | British East Africa renamed Kenya & becomes a British crown colony |
| 268 Birth | Malcolm Hughes, artist |
| 269 Birth | Marcel Maeyer, [de Maeyer], Belgian sculptor/graphic artist |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1919, 89 years ago.. | |
| 270 Birth | [Harold] Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Fame shortstop (Dodgers) |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1917, 91 years ago.. | |
| 271 Event | Cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes |
| 272 Birth | Charles Kerruish, president (Tyndwald Isle of Man) |
| 273 Birth | John Stokes, MP |
| 274 Birth | Kurt Kreuger, St Moritz Switz, actor (Fear, Unfaithfully Yours) |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1916, 92 years ago.. | |
| 275 Birth | Ben Weber, St Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965) |
| 276 Birth | Ronald Ridout, school textbook author |
| 277 Death | William Ramsey, chemist, dies |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1914, 94 years ago.. | |
| 278 Event | Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WW I |
| 279 Birth | Alastair Down, CEO (Burmah Oil) |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1913, 95 years ago.. | |
| 280 Event | Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot Palestine |
| 281 Birth | Coral Browne, Melbourne Aust, actress (Margaret-Time Express) |
| 282 Birth | Michael Foot, MP |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1912, 96 years ago.. | |
| 283 Birth | Michael Wilding, England, actor (Courtney Affair, World of Suzie Wong) |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1910, 98 years ago.. | |
| 284 Birth | Pimen, [Sergei Irzjekov], patriarch Russian-Orthodox Cathederal |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1909, 99 years ago.. | |
| 285 Death | Ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65 |
| 286 Death | Zygmunt Noskowski, composer, dies at 63 |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1908, 100 years ago.. | |
| 287 Birth | Karl Swenson, Bkln NY, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie) |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1907, 101 years ago.. | |
| 288 Event | 7th Davis Cup: Australasia beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2) |
| 289 Birth | Elspeth Josceline Huxley, English author |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1906, 102 years ago.. | |
| 290 Event | Pogroms against Jews in Oddessa |
| 291 Birth | Clancy Cooper, actress (Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains) |
| 292 Birth | Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1905, 103 years ago.. | |
| 293 Birth | Daniel M K "Daan" Inghelram, Flemish author (Ang‚lique) |
| 294 Birth | Erich Itor Kahn, composer |
| 295 Death | Jean-Jacques, painter, dies |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1904, 104 years ago.. | |
| 296 Event | Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo |
| 297 Birth | Adone Zecchi, composer |
| 298 Death | John Simon, public health pioneer, dies |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1903, 105 years ago.. | |
| 299 Event | Ford Motor Co sells 1st Model A car |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1902, 106 years ago.. | |
| 300 Birth | Walter Burle Marx, composer |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1900, 108 years ago.. | |
| 301 Event | Pan-African Congress meets in London |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1899, 109 years ago.. | |
| 302 Birth | Gustav Heinemann, President of West Germany |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1898, 110 years ago.. | |
| 303 Birth | Mervyn "Red" Dutton, Manitoba, 2nd NHL pres (1943-46) |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1895, 113 years ago.. | |
| 304 Birth | Florence Vidor, [Arto], Houston TX, actress (Jack Knife Man) |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1894, 114 years ago.. | |
| 305 Birth | Arthur Treacher, Brighton England, announcer (Merv Griffin Show) |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1893, 115 years ago.. | |
| 306 Birth | Karl Menninger, psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic) |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1892, 116 years ago.. | |
| 307 Birth | Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen], emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74) |
| 308 Birth | Petros John Petridis, composer |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1891, 117 years ago.. | |
| 309 Birth | Maurus H Hulsman, Dutch priest/editor (Amigoe di Cura‡ao) |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1890, 118 years ago.. | |
| 310 Event | Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67) |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1888, 120 years ago.. | |
| 311 Event | John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire |
| 312 Birth | Gluyas Williams, SF, cartoonist (Fellows Citizen) |
| 313 Birth | Milan Stoyadinovich, Serbia, fascist Yugoslavia PM (1935-39) |
| 314 Birth | Raymond Chandler, writer |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1886, 122 years ago.. | |
| 315 Event | Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge |
| 316 Birth | Arthur Whitten Brown, aviator |
| 317 Birth | John C Poortenaar, painter/etcher/cartoonist |
| 318 Birth | Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, writer/diplomat |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1885, 123 years ago.. | |
| 319 Death | Ulysses S Grant, 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63 |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1884, 124 years ago.. | |
| 320 Birth | Albert Warner, US producer (Warner Bros) |
| 321 Birth | Apolinary Szeluto, composer |
| 322 Birth | Emil Jannings, Germany, actor (Faust, Passion, Blue Angel) |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1883, 125 years ago.. | |
| 323 Birth | Alan Francis Brooke, 1st viscount Alanbrooke fieldmarshal [or Jul 4] |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1880, 128 years ago.. | |
| 324 Event | 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1878, 130 years ago.. | |
| 325 Death | Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer, dies at 70 |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1877, 131 years ago.. | |
| 326 Event | 1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations |
| 327 Event | 1st telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1876, 132 years ago.. | |
| 328 Birth | William Gillies Whittaker, composer |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1875, 133 years ago.. | |
| 329 Death | Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1870, 138 years ago.. | |
| 330 Event | Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eug‚nie as Regent of France |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1866, 142 years ago.. | |
| 331 Event | Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms |
| 332 Birth | Francesco Cilea, composer |
| 333 Death | Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83 |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1865, 143 years ago.. | |
| 334 Birth | Friedrich Aereboe, landhuishoudkundige |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1864, 144 years ago.. | |
| 335 Event | Battle of Woodstock, VA |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1863, 145 years ago.. | |
| 336 Event | Alexandra Park opens in North London |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1861, 147 years ago.. | |
| 337 Birth | Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16) |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1858, 150 years ago.. | |
| 338 Event | Jewish Disabilities Removal Act passed by British Parliament |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1857, 151 years ago.. | |
| 339 Birth | French [M J Fran‡ois] Erens, lawyer/literary (Pursue Years) |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1856, 152 years ago.. | |
| 340 Birth | Arthur H Bird, composer |
| 341 Birth | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1853, 155 years ago.. | |
| 342 Birth | William H Gillette, actor (Sherlock Holmes on stage) |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1852, 156 years ago.. | |
| 343 Event | 1st interment in US National Cemetery at Presidio |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1851, 157 years ago.. | |
| 344 Event | Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians & US |
| 345 Birth | Charles Bannerman, Aussie cricket batsman (1st centurion) |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1850, 158 years ago.. | |
| 346 Event | 17th Postmaster General: Nathan K Hall of NY takes office |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1849, 159 years ago.. | |
| 347 Birth | Geza Zichy, composer |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1848, 160 years ago.. | |
| 348 Event | Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1844, 164 years ago.. | |
| 349 Death | Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1841, 167 years ago.. | |
| 350 Birth | Edward John Armstrong, poet |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1840, 168 years ago.. | |
| 351 Event | Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada |
| 352 Death | Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55 |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1838, 170 years ago.. | |
| 353 Birth | Edouard [Judas] Colonne, composer/violinist |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1834, 174 years ago.. | |
| 354 Event | HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso |
| 355 Birth | James "Cardinal" Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1829, 179 years ago.. | |
| 356 Event | William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter) |
| 357 Death | Wojciech Boguslawski, composer, dies at 72 |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1828, 180 years ago.. | |
| 358 Birth | Jonathan Hutchinson, surgeon/scientist |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1827, 181 years ago.. | |
| 359 Event | 1st US swim school opens (Boston Mass) |
| 360 Birth | Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway) |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1825, 183 years ago.. | |
| 361 Birth | Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1824, 184 years ago.. | |
| 362 Birth | Gabriel Colvin Wharton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1906 |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1823, 185 years ago.. | |
| 363 Birth | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore, English poet |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1822, 186 years ago.. | |
| 364 Birth | Darius Nash Couch, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1816, 192 years ago.. | |
| 365 Birth | Charlotte Sanders Cushman, US, actress (Lady MacBeth) |
| 366 Death | Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68 |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1812, 196 years ago.. | |
| 367 Event | Battle of Mogilev Russia-Napolean fights Czar Alexander I |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1806, 202 years ago.. | |
| 368 Birth | Eduard Marxsen, composer |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1803, 205 years ago.. | |
| 369 Event | Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin |
| 370 Birth | Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer |
| 371 Death | Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1798, 210 years ago.. | |
| 372 Event | Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1796, 212 years ago.. | |
| 373 Birth | Franz Adolf Berwald, Sweden, composer |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1793, 215 years ago.. | |
| 374 Birth | Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer |
| 375 Death | Thomas Mckean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 72 |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1775, 233 years ago.. | |
| 376 Birth | Fran‡ois-EugŠne Vidocq, British police detective |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1773, 235 years ago.. | |
| 377 Birth | Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1769, 239 years ago.. | |
| 378 Birth | Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1764, 244 years ago.. | |
| 379 Event | James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1757, 251 years ago.. | |
| 380 Death | Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (La Silvia), dies at 71 |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1745, 263 years ago.. | |
| 381 Event | Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1735, 273 years ago.. | |
| 382 Birth | Johannes Herbst, composer |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1734, 274 years ago.. | |
| 383 Birth | Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730] |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1726, 282 years ago.. | |
| 384 Event | Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1690, 318 years ago.. | |
| 385 Death | Richard Gibson, minature painter, dies |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1685, 323 years ago.. | |
| 386 Death | Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53 |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1664, 344 years ago.. | |
| 387 Event | 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of NY, arrive in Boston |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1659, 349 years ago.. | |
| 388 Birth | Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1645, 363 years ago.. | |
| 389 Event | Aleksei Mihailovitch Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar |
| 390 Death | Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1599, 409 years ago.. | |
| 391 Event | Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1594, 414 years ago.. | |
| 392 Event | Groningen surrenders to earl Mauritius/Willem Louis |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1581, 427 years ago.. | |
| 393 Death | Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies |
| On Sunday, July 23rd, 1572, 436 years ago.. | |
| 394 Event | Willem van Oranges troops occupy Roermond on the Spanjaarden |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1568, 440 years ago.. | |
| 395 Death | Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 |
| On Monday, July 23rd, 1562, 446 years ago.. | |
| 396 Death | Gottfried/G”tz von Berlichingen, German Knight of kingdom, dies |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1558, 450 years ago.. | |
| 397 Event | Battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France |
| On Tuesday, July 23rd, 1540, 468 years ago.. | |
| 398 Event | Turkey recognizes J nos Sigismund Z polyai as vassal-king of Hungary |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1532, 476 years ago.. | |
| 399 Event | Karel I & evangelical monarchy signs Peace of Neurenberg |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1453, 555 years ago.. | |
| 400 Event | Battle at Gavere: Philip the Good beats Gentse rebellion |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1431, 577 years ago.. | |
| 401 Event | Council of Basel opens |
| 402 Event | G Cesarini opens Counsel of Basel (Ferrara/Florence) |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 1403, 605 years ago.. | |
| 403 Event | Battle of Shrewsbury fought by Percys against King Henry IV |
| 404 Death | Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39 |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1401, 607 years ago.. | |
| 405 Birth | Francesco Sfoza, soldier |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1373, 635 years ago.. | |
| 406 Death | Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1339, 669 years ago.. | |
| 407 Birth | Louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers) |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1298, 710 years ago.. | |
| 408 Event | Jews are massacred at Wurzburg Germany |
| 409 Event | Rindfleish Persecutions-Jewish community Wurzburg Germany annihilated |
| On Wednesday, July 23rd, 1253, 755 years ago.. | |
| 410 Event | Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 1215, 793 years ago.. | |
| 411 Event | Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 1148, 860 years ago.. | |
| 412 Event | Crusaders attack Damascus |
| On Friday, July 23rd, 0945, 1063 years ago.. | |
| 413 Death | Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies |
| On Thursday, July 23rd, 0685, 1323 years ago.. | |
| 414 Event | John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
| On Saturday, July 23rd, 0636, 1372 years ago.. | |
| 415 Event | Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine Empire |