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July 23 is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) July 2007 is the seventh month of that year It began on a Sunday and 31 days later ended on a Tuesday. July 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October July 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 23, 2003 July 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header remove July 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 161 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1632 - 300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France. The Viceroyalty of New France (Nouvelle-France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Dieppe is a town and commune in the Seine-Maritime department and Haute-Normandie region of France.
• 1793 - The Prussians conquer Mayence. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Mainz (ˈmaɪ̯nʦ (Mayence is a City in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
• 1829 - In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the Typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The United States of America —commonly referred to as the William Austin Burt ( June 13, 1792 &ndash August 18, 1858) was an American Inventor, Legislator, surveyor Typography is the art and techniques of arranging type, Type design, and modifying type Glyphs Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety A typewriter is a mechanical or Electromechanical device with a set of "keys" that when pressed cause characters to be printed on a medium
• 1833 - Cornerstones laid for construction of the Kirtland Temple in Ohio. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Kirtland Temple is a registered National Historic Landmark in Kirtland Ohio, USA, on the eastern edge of the Cleveland metropolitan area
• 1840 - The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Province of Canada or the United Province of Canada was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867 The Act of Union (3 & 4 Vict c 35 passed in July 1840 and proclaimed February 10, 1841, abolished the legislatures of Lower Canada and Upper Canada
• 1862 - American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Henry Wager Halleck ( January 16, 1815 &ndash January 9, 1872) was a United States Army officer scholar and lawyer The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War.
• 1874 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1837-1880 was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa. Goa ( Konkani: गोंय /ɡɔ̃j/ is India 's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population.
• 1881 - The Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, the world's oldest international sport federation, is founded. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG or International Federation of Gymnastics (IFG is the governing body of competitive Gymnastics.
• 1903 - Ford Motor Company sells its first car. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following
• 1914 - Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia allowing the Austrians to find out who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year An ultimatum (the last one is a Demand whose fulfillment is requested in a specified period of time and which is backed up by a threat to be followed through in case Franz Ferdinand ( December 18, 1863 &ndash June 28, 1914) was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Imperial of When Serbia denies Austria-Hungary 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. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Movietone sound system is a Sound-on-film method of recording sound for motion pictures which guarantees synchronisation between the sound and the picture
• 1929 - Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• 1936 - In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of socialist and communist parties. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The PSUC ( Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya, Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia) was formed on July 23 1936 through the unification
• 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. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benjamin Sumner Welles ( October 14, 1892 &ndash September 24, 1961) was an American government official and diplomat The Baltic states (Balti riigid Baltijas valstis Baltijos valstybės or Baltic countries are three countries in Northern Europe, all members of the Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the
• 1942 - The Holocaust: The Treblinka extermination camp is opened
• 1942 - World War II: Hitler signs the Operation Edelweiss. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Treblinka II was a German Extermination camp in occupied Poland during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Operation Edelweiss (Edelweiß named after one of the best-known European mountain flowers was a German plan
• 1945 - The process against Philippe Pétain begins. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951 generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain ( Maréchal Pétain)
• 1952 - Establishment of the European Coal and Steel community. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The European Coal and Steel Community ( ECSC) was a six-nation International organisation serving to unify Western Europe during the Cold War and creating
• 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. Muhammad Naguib (محمد نجيب) (born 20 February, 1901 &ndash 29 August, 1984) was the first President of Egypt, serving In Egypt, the clandestine revolutionary Free Officers Movement (Arabic حركة الضباط الأحرار was composed of young junior army officers committed to unseating Gamal Abdel Nasser (جمال عبد الناصر Gamāl ‘Abd an-Nāṣir; - January 15 1918 September 28 1970) was the second President Farouk I of Egypt ( Arabic: فاروق الأول Fārūq al-Awwal) ‎ (February 11 1920 &ndash March 18 1965 was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad
• 1956 - The Loi Cadre is passed by the French Republic in order to order French overseas territory affairs. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1961 - Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) founded in Nicaragua. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) is a socialist Nicaraguan Political party. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America
• 1962 - Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Telstar was the first active Communications satellite (launched in 1962 and the first Satellite designed to transmit telephone and high-speed data communications Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic
• 1962 - The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos was signed. International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is an international agreement signed in Geneva on July 23 1962 between 14 states and Laos.
• 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). Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Riots are a form of Civil disorders characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of Violence, Vandalism or other African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa
• 1968 - Glenville Shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurred. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Glenville Shootout was a series of events of violent acts that occurred in the Glenville section of Cleveland Ohio, United States, from the dates Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state During the shootout, a riot began that lasted for five days.
• 1968 - The first and only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft took place when a 707 carrying 10 crew and 38 passengers was taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). El Al (אל על skyward) ( TASE: ELAL is the National airline of Israel. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP) ( Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Tahrīr The aircraft was en route from Rome, Italy, to Lod, Israel. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Lod (לוֹד اَلْلُدّْ al-Ludd; Greco-Latin Lydda) is a mixed Arab - Jewish city about 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv in For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.
• 1970 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Sa’id ibn Taimur. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman ( Arabic: سلطنة عُمان) is an Arab Country in Southwest Asia on the southeast Said bin Taimur, GCMG, GCIE, ( August 13, 1910 &mdash October 19, 1972) ( Arabic: سعيد بن تيمور was
• 1972 - The United States launches Landsat 1, first Earth-resources satellite. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Landsat 1, originally named "Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1" was the first satellite of the United States ' Landsat program. This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite.
• 1982 - The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The International Whaling Commission ( IWC) is an international body set up by the terms of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW, which Whaling is the hunting of Whales and dates back to at least 6000 BC
• 1983 - Around 3,000 Tamils were slaughtered by Shinhalese Buddhist majority in Sri Lanka and some 400,000 Tamils fled to neighboring Tamil Nadu, India and a lot found refuge in Europe and Canada. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Tamil people (also called Tamils or Tamilians) ( are an Ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, a state in India, and the north-eastern The Sinhalese are the main ethnic group of Sri Lanka. They speak Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language and number approximately 15 million people with the Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Tamil Nadu ( Tamil:, Country of the Tamils, t̪ɐmɨɻ n̪aːɽɯ is one of the 28 states of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This incident, known as Black July led directly to beginning of civil war in Sri Lanka. Black July is the commonly used name for the Pogroms starting in Sri Lanka on July 23 1983. The Sri Lankan Civil War is an Ongoing conflict on the Island -nation of Sri Lanka.
• 1983 - Gimli Glider: Air Canada flight 143 lands "dead-stick" in Gimli, Manitoba. Gimli Glider is the nickname of an Air Canada aircraft which was involved in an infamous Aviation incident Air Canada () is Canada 's largest Airline and Flag carrier. The airline founded in 1937 has had its corporate headquarters in Montreal Gimli is a Rural municipality and the town of the same name located within it in south-central Manitoba, Canada.
• 1984 - Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American Singer-songwriter and actress. The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands Nudity is the state of wearing no Clothing. The term' "nudity" can also occasionally be used to refer to wearing significantly less clothing than expected Penthouse, a Men 's Magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and Soft-core pornographic pictorials
• 1986 - In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Sarah Duchess of York ( Née Sarah Margaret Ferguson, born 15 October 1959 is the daughter of Major Ronald Ferguson by his wife Susan daughter of Fitzherbert The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church
• 1988 - General Ne Win, effective ruler of Myanmar since 1962 resigns after pro-democracy protests. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Ne Win (နေဝင်း nè wín 24 May or 14 May 1911 or 10 July 1910 – 5 December 2002; born Shu Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1992 - A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes it is necessary to limit rights of homosexual people and non-married couples. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation.
• 1995 - Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and is visibly seen with a naked eye nearly a year later. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Comet Hale-Bopp ( formally designated C/1995 O1) was probably the most widely observed Comet of the twentieth century and one of the brightest
• 1997 - Digital Equipment Company files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American company in the Computer industry
• 1997 - Spree killer Andrew Cunanan commits suicide in the upstairs bedroom aboard a Miami houseboat to avoid capture by the police
• 1999 - Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan, is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morroco at the death of his father. Andrew Phillip Cunanan ( August 31, 1969 &ndash July 23, 1997) was an American Serial killer who Murdered five people including Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) King Mohammed VI (محمد السادس born in 1963 is the King of Morocco.
• 1999 - ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo. All Nippon Airways Flight 61 is a flight from Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport in Ota, Tokyo, Japan, to New Hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take over of an Aircraft, by a person or group usually armed officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū.
• 2004 - Eleven years after its destruction, Stari most (the Old Bridge) in Mostar is reopened. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Stari Most ( English translation "The Old Bridge" is a 16th century Turkish Bridge in the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Demographics 1971 Croats - 37782 (396% Bosniaks ( ie Bosnian Muslims - 33645 (36
• 2005 - Three bombs hit the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks were a series of terror attacks on July 23, 2005, perpetrated by a Wahhabi organization targeting the Egyptian Sharm el Sheikh (شرم الشيخ Sharm al-Shaykh) often known simply as "Sharm" is a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics.

Births

• 645 - Yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Byzantines recapture Alexandria from the Arabs Asia Yazid ibn Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan (يزيد بن معاوية بن أبي سفيان ( July 23[[ 45]] - 683 was the second Caliph of the Umayyad 683)
• 1301 - Duke Otto of Austria (d. 683 is a prime number Events By Place Americas The reign of Pacal the Great, ruler of Maya state of Palenque Otto IV the Merry ( July 23, 1301 - February 17, 1339) was a Duke of Austria and the youngest son of Albert I of Germany 1339)
• 1339 - King Louis I of Naples (d. Louis I of Anjou ( July 23, 1339 &ndash September 20, 1384) was the second son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg 1384)
• 1503 - Anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. Anna Jagello may refer to Anna Jagello (Anna of Poland (1476-1503 daughter of Casimir IV of Poland, wife of Bogislaus X Duke of Pomerania 1547)
• 1649 - Pope Clement XI (d. Pope Clement XI ( July 23, 1649 &ndash March 19, 1721) born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was Pope from 1700 until his death 1721)
• 1705 - Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Francis Blomefield ( July 23, 1705 - January 16, 1752) was an English topographical historian of the county of Norfolk. 1752)
• 1775 - Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (d. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Etienne-Louis Malus (23 July 1775 &ndash 24 February 1812 was a French officer, Engineer, Physicist, and Mathematician. 1812)
• 1777 - Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (d. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Philipp Otto Runge ( 1777-07-23 – 1810-12-02) was a Romantic German painter and draughtsman 1810)
• 1796 - Franz Berwald, Swedish composer (d. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Franz Adolf Berwald ( July 23, 1796 &ndash April 3, 1868) was a Swedish Romantic Composer who was generally 1868)
• 1823 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian Catholic priest and archbishop (d. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Alexandre-Antonin Taché ( 23 July 1823 &ndash 22 June 1894) was a Roman Catholic priest Missionary of the Oblate 1894)
• 1838 - Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (d. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Edouard Juda Colonne ( July 23, 1838 – March 28, 1910) was a French conductor and Violinist Born in 1910)
• 1856 - Lokmanya Tilak, Indian freedom fighter (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak (बाळ गंगाधर टिळक ( July 23 1856 - August 1 1920) was an Indian nationalist 1920)
• 1864 - Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theoretician and Prime Minister (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year 1903)
• 1865 - Max Heindel, Danish Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Max Heindel - born Carl Louis von Grasshoff in Aarhus, Denmark on July 23, 1865 - was a Christian Occultist, 1919)
• 1884 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Emil Jannings ( July 23, 1884 &ndash January 3, 1950) was a German Actor and the first winner of the Academy 1950)
• 1886 - Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish League of Nations official (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo ( July 23, 1886 La Coruña, Spain - December 14, 1978 Locarno, Switzerland 1978)
• 1886 - Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Walter Hermann Schottky ( 23 July 1886, Zürich, Switzerland – 4 March 1976, Pretzfeld, West Germany 1976)
• 1888 - Raymond Chandler, American-born author (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Raymond Thornton Chandler ( July 23, 1888 &ndash March 26, 1959) was an American Author of crime stories and novels 1959)
• 1892 - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Haile Selassie I ( Ge'ez: am ኃይለ፡ ሥላሴ "Power of the Trinity " 23 July 1892 &ndash 27 August 1975 born Tafari Makonnen, was The Emperor ( Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት nəgusä nägäst " King of Kings " of Ethiopia was the hereditary 1975)
• 1894 - Arthur Treacher, English character actor (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Arthur Veary Treacher ( July 23 1894 &ndash December 14 1975) was an English actor born in Brighton, East Sussex 1975)
• 1895 - Aileen Pringle, American actress (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Aileen Pringle ( July 23, 1895 – December 16, 1989) was an American stage and film Actress during the Silent film 1989)
• 1898 - Jacob Marschak, American economist (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jacob Marschak (* 23 July 1898 Kiev, Imperial Russia, now capital of Ukraine; † 27 July 1977 Los Angeles 1977)
• 1898 - Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Mervyn "Red" Dutton (July 23 1898–March 15 1987 was a professional Ice hockey player an ice hockey executive and a businessman in construction contracting 1987)
• 1899 - Gustav Heinemann, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gustav Walter Heinemann GCB ( July 23, 1899 - July 7, 1976) was a German politician A number of presidential offices have existed in Germany since the abolition of the imperial monarchy in 1918. 1976)
• 1901 - Hank Worden, American actor and rodeo cowboy (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Hank Worden (born Norton Earl Worden) ( 23 July 1901 Rolfe Iowa - 6 December 1992 Los Angeles California 1992)
• 1906 - Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Vladimir Prelog ( July 23 1906 &ndash January 7 1998) was a renowned Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1998)
• 1906 - Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Chandrashekhar Sitaram Tiwari, better known as Chandrasekhar Azad ( Hindi: चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद 1931)
• 1912 - Michael Wilding, English actor (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Michael Wilding (23 July 1912 &ndash 8 July 1979 was an English Actor. 1979)
• 1913 - Michael Foot, English politician
• 1918 - Bueno de Mesquita Dutch comedian and actor (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Michael Mackintosh Foot (born 23 July 1913 is a British politician and writer Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Abraham ('Appie' Bueno de Mesquita ( Amsterdam, July 23, 1918 &mdash Lelystad, August 19, 2005) commonly known under 2005)
• 1918 - Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harold Henry "Pee Wee" Reese ( July 23 1918 - August 14 1999) was an American professional Baseball player who 1999)
• 1920 - Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues, GCSE, GCIH, pron ɐ'maliɐ ʁu'dɾigɨʃ ( July 23, 1920 &ndash 1999)
• 1921 - Calvert DeForest, American actor (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Calvert DeForest ( July 23, 1921 – March 19, 2007) also known by his character Larry "Bud" Melman, was an American 2007)
• 1923 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luis Aloma Barba ( July 23, 1923 - April 7, 1996) nicknamed "Witto" was a Relief pitcher in Major League Baseball 1997)
• 1923 - Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar 1958)
• 1923 - Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Amalia Mendoza García ( 23 July 1923 in San Juan Huetamo Michoacán – 11 June 2001 in 2001)
• 1924 - Gavin Lambert, British-born screenwriter (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gavin Lambert (born July 23, 1924 - July 17, 2005) was a British-born Screenwriter 2005)
• 1927 - Gérard Brach, French film director and screenwriter (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gérard Brach ( July 23, 1927 - September 9, 2006) was a French Film director and Screen writer who worked with 2006)
• 1928 - Hubert Selby Jr., American author (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hubert Selby Jr ( July 23, 1928 – April 26, 2004) was a 20th century American writer 2004)
• 1931 - Te Atairangi Kaahu, Māori Queen (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ, DBE ( 23 July 1931 &ndash 15 August 2006) was the Māori queen for 40 years the 2006)
• 1931 - Guy Fournier, French Canadian author and screenwriter
• 1931 - Claude Fournier, French Canadian film director and screenwriter
• 1933 - Bert Convy, American game show host and performer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Guy Fournier, OC (born 23 July 1931 in Waterloo Quebec) is a Quebec author playwright and screenwriter Claude Fournier (born July 23, 1931 in Waterloo Quebec) is a Film director screenwriter editor and Cinematographer. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bernard Whalen "Bert" Convy ( July 23, 1933 &ndash July 15, 1991) was an American Game show host and panelist 1991)
• 1935 - Jim Hall, American race car driver and constructor (Chaparral Cars)
• 1935 - Hein Heinsen, Danish artist
• 1936 - Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi revolutionary (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jim Hall (born July 23, 1935 in Abilene Texas) is a former Racecar driver and constructor from the United States. Chaparral Cars was a United States Automotive company which built prototype race cars from the 1960s through the early 1980s Hein Olaf Heinsen (born July 23 1935 in Grindsted Denmark is a Danish artist Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1973)
• 1936 - Don Drysdale, American baseball player (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Donald Scott Drysdale ( July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American Right-handed Pitcher in Major League 1993)
• 1936 - Anthony Kennedy, U. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) has been an Associate Justice of the U S. Supreme Court Justice
• 1937 - Dave Webster, Led his football team to a National Championship in 1958
• 1938 - Juliet Anderson, American pornographic actress
• 1938 - Ronny Cox, American actor
• 1938 - Götz George, German actor
• 1938 - Charles Harrelson, American convicted murderer; father of Woody Harrelson (d. David A Webster Jr (born July 23, 1937) in Atlanta Texas, is a former professional American football Cornerback Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Juliet Anderson (born Judith Carr on July 23 1938 in Burbank California, U A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is somebody who appears in Pornographic films or Photographs, live Sex shows or Daniel Ronald "Ronny" Cox (born July 23, 1938) is an American Character actor, Singer / Songwriter, and Guitarist Götz George (born July 23, 1938 in Berlin, real name Götz Schulz) is a German actor son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich Charles Voyde Harrelson ( July 23, 1938 &ndash March 15, 2007) was an American freelance hitman connected with Organized Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23 1961) is an American Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award -nominated 2007)
• 1938 - Bert Newton, Australian actor and television show host
• 1940 - Don Imus, American talk radio host
• 1942 - Myra Hindley, English murderer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, AM, MBE, (born 23 July 1938) is an Australian Television, Radio, Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Donald Imus Jr (born July 23 1940) known simply as Don Imus, is an American radio host, Shock jock, Humorist Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Myra Hindley (23 July 1942 &ndash 15 November 2002 was an English Serial killer convicted along with her lover Ian Brady, of killing four children between 2002)
• 1942 - Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian politician
• 1943 - Dr. Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Sallyanne Atkinson AO (born 23 July, 1942) is an Australian Politician, former Lord Mayor of Brisbane and former chair Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Randall Caroline Forsberg ( July 23, 1943 – October 19, 2007) led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war 2007)
• 1943 - Tony Joe White, American singer and songwriter
• 1947 - Gardner Dozois, American author
• 1947 - David Essex, English singer
• 1948 - John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician
• 1948 - John Hall, American politician and former rock musician
• 1950 - Alex Kozinski, Romanian-born American judge
• 1951 - Edie McClurg, American actress
• 1952 - Bill Nyrop, American ice hockey player (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Tony Joe White (born July 23 1943, Oak Grove, Louisiana) is an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist best Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gardner Dozois (born July 23, 1947) is an American Science fiction author and editor. David Essex OBE, was born David Albert Cook 23 July 1947, in Plaistow, County Borough of West Ham within Essex. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Walls Cushnahan (born 23 July 1948 is a former politician in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland who served as leader of the Alliance Party John Joseph Hall (born July 23 1948) is an American Musician, Activist, and Politician currently serving as the Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alex Kozinski (born 23 July 1950 is a Romanian American jurist Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1951) is an American actress She is known for her perky Upper Midwestern accent. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William "Bill" Nyrop ( July 23, 1952 – December 31, 1995) was a professional Ice hockey 1995)
• 1953 - Graham Gooch, English cricketer
• 1957 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Graham Alan Gooch, OBE (born July 23 1953) is a former Cricketer who captained Essex and England. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Theo van Gogh (ˈteːjoː vɑnˈxɔx ( July 23, 1957 – November 2, 2004) was a Dutch Film director, Television producer 2004)
• 1957 - Nick Galis, Greek basketball player
• 1961 - Martin Gore, English musician and songwriter (Depeche Mode)
• 1961 - Woody Harrelson, American actor
• 1961 - André Ducharme, Quebec humorist (Rock et Belles Oreilles) and author
• 1962 - Eriq La Salle, American actor
• 1964 - Ed Forchion, American marijuana activist
• 1965 - Rob Dickinson, English musician
• 1965 - Slash, English guitarist (ex-Guns N' Roses)
• 1966 - Samantha Beckinsale, English actress
• 1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor
• 1968 - Nick Menza, American musician, drummer
• 1968 - Gary Payton, American basketball player
• 1968 - Stephanie Seymour, American supermodel
• 1970 - Charisma Carpenter, American actress
• 1970 - Thea Dorn, German writer
• 1971 - Dalvin DeGrate, American singer
• 1971 - Alison Krauss, American singer and fiddler
• 1971 - Chris Michalek, American musician
• 1972 - Marlon Wayans, American actor
• 1973 - Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player
• 1973 - Omar Epps, American actor
• 1973 - Francis Healy, Scottish rock musician (Travis)
• 1973 - Monica Lewinsky, American White House intern
• 1974 - Terry Glenn, American football player
• 1974 - Maurice Greene, American athlete
• 1974 - Stephanie March, American actress
• 1974 - Sonny Siaki, Samoan-born professional wrestler
• 1974 - Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist
• 1974 - Kathryn Hahn, American actress
• 1975 - Seong Hyeon-ah, South Korean actress
• 1975 - Surya Sivakumar, Tamil actor
• 1976 - Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
• 1976 - Jonathan Gallant, Canadian musician (Billy Talent)
• 1977 - Neicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1977 - Scott Clemmensen, American ice hockey player
• 1978 - Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer
• 1978 - Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer
• 1979 - Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
• 1980 - Michelle Williams, American singer (Destiny's Child)
• 1981 - Steve Jocz, Canadian drummer (Sum 41)
• 1982 - Gerald Wallace, American basketball player
• 1983 - Andrew Eiden, American actor
• 1983 - Bec Hewitt, Australian actress
• 1983 - Aaron Peirsol, American swimmer
• 1984 - Brandon Roy, American professional basketball player
• 1985 - Luis Ángel Landín, Mexican footballer
• 1988 - Pippa Bennett-Warner, English actress
• 1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
• 1991 - Michael Montgomery, Australian actor
• 1996 - Rachel G. Fox, American actress

Deaths

• 1227 - Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Nick Galis (born July 23, 1957 in New Jersey, USA) known in Greece as Nikos Galis (Νίκος Γκάλης is a Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin Gore (born Martin Lee Gore, 23 July 1961, Basildon, Essex, England) is an English Songwriter, Lyricist Depeche Mode (dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd are an English Electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23 1961) is an American Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award -nominated André Ducharme ( July 23 1961) is a Québécois Author, Comedian and Humorist. Rock et Belles Oreilles, often referred to as RBO, was a Québécois radio and television comedy group that was very popular in the essentially French-speaking Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eriq Ki La Salle (born July 23 1962) is an American actor and director, known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Robert Edward Forchion (born July 23, 1964) also known as NJWEEDMAN, is an African-American Cannabis activist and a perennial candidate Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Rob Dickinson (born July 23, 1965) is a guitarist singer and songwriter previously of the band Catherine Wheel. Saul Hudson (born 23 July 1965 more widely known by his stage name Slash, is an English - African American Guitarist best known as the former Guns N' Roses is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Samantha Jane Beckinsale (born 23 July 1966) is an English Actress famous for her role in London's Burning and her role Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is a BAFTA - Golden Globe - SAG - and Academy Award -winning American Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nick Menza (born 23 July, 1968 in Munich Germany) is a Drummer best known for his work in Megadeth. Gary Dwayne Payton (born July 23 1968 is an American professional Basketball player formerly in the National Basketball Association (NBA Stephanie M Seymour (born July 23, 1968) is an American Supermodel who has done modeling work for many well-known Fashion magazines Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charisma Lee Carpenter (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress Christiane Scherer (born July 23 1970) better known as Thea Dorn, is a German writer of Crime fiction and TV host Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Dalvin DeGrate (born Dalvin Ertimus DeGrate on July 23, 1971, in Hampton, Virginia) is an African-American R&B / soul Alison Krauss ( born July 23 1971 is an American bluegrass - country singer and Fiddle player Chris Michalek (born July 23 1971 is an American Harmonica player Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marlon L Wayans (born July 23, 1972) is an American Actor, producer, Comedian, writer, and director Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (ˈnoʊ̪mɑɹ ɡɑɹˈsiəˌpɑɹə born July 23 1973 in) is an American Baseball player who currently plays shortstop for the Los Angeles Omar Hashim Epps (born July 23 1973) is an American Actor and Musician. Francis "Fran" Healy (born July 23 1973 is a Berlin -based Scottish Musician. Travis are a Scottish Alternative rock band from Glasgow, comprising Fran Healy ( lead vocals, Guitar, Piano, Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom then- United States President Bill Clinton admitted to Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Terry Tyree Glenn (born July 23, 1974 in) is an American football Wide receiver who is currently a Free agent. Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is an American former sprinter in athletics, who holds several World records Stephanie Caroline March (born July 23, 1974) is an American Actress, best known for her portrayal of Alexandra Cabot on the television Sonny Siaki (born July 23 1974) is a retired American professional wrestler. Rik Verbrugghe (born July 23, 1974 in Tienen) is a Belgian professional Road racing cyclist. Kathryn Hahn (born July 23, 1974) is an American actress known for her role on the Television series Crossing Jordan Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Seong Hyeon-ah (born July 23, 1975) is a South Korean actress. Saravanan "Surya" Sivakumar ( Tamil: சரவணன் சிவகுமார் popularly known as Surya ( Tamil: சூர்யா Tamil (ta தமிழ்; t̪əmɨɻ is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Judit Polgár (born July 23, 1976) is a Hungarian Chess grandmaster. Jonathan Gallant (born on July 23, 1976) is the Bassist of the group Billy Talent. Billy Talent (formerly known as Pezz and often shortened to BT) is a Canadian Punk Rock band formed in 1993 in Mississauga Ontario Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Scott Clemmensen (born July 23, 1977 in Des Moines Iowa) is a professional ice hockey Goaltender who plays for the New Jersey Devils Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Stuart Elliott (born July 23 1978 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish professional footballer currently playing Stefanie Sun ( born July 23, 1978) and also known in Teochew as Sng Yì-che or Sng Ee Tze (her birth name is a Singaporean Singer-songwriter Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Ricardo Sperafico (born July 23, 1979 in Toledo Paraná) is a Brazilian racing driver Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Tenitra Michelle Williams (born July 23, 1980) commonly known as Michelle Williams, is an American Singer-songwriter, Record Destiny's Child (sometimes referred to as DC or DC3) was an R&B and pop Girl group comprising lead singer Beyoncé Knowles Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Stephen Martin Jocz (nicknamed Stevo 32 or Stevo) was born on July 23, 1981, and is best known as the Drummer for Canadian Sum 41 (sometimes referred to as The Sums) is a Canadian Pop punk band from Ajax Ontario. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Gerald Jermaine Wallace (born July 23 1982 is an American professional Basketball forward for the Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Andrew Michael Eiden (born July 23, 1983 in La Mirada California) is an American actor who comes from a family of theater folk including his sister Rebecca "Bec" June Hewitt ( Née Cartwright (born July 23, 1983 in Blacktown New South Wales) is an Australian Actress Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983 in Irvine, California) is an Olympic-level swimmer from the United States of America Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Brandon Dawayne Roy (born July 23 1984 is an American professional Basketball player with the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Luis Ángel Landín Cortés (born July 23 1985 in Zamora Michoacán) is a Mexican football player Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Pippa Bennett-Warner (born 23 July 1988) is a British actress Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989 is an English film television and stage actor Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Michael montgomery (born August 18, 1983) is an American football Defensive end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Rachel G Fox (born as Rachel Bush, on July 23, 1996 in Lawrenceville Georgia) is an SAG Award - nominated American Qiu Chuji ( Traditional Chinese: 丘處機 Simplified Chinese: 丘处机 alternately rendered Kiu Chang Chun; Taoist name Chang Chun (長春 or Perpetual 1148)
• 1373 - Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint (b. Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St Bridgid of Sweden and Birgitta of Vadstena, born Birgitta Birgersdottir ( 1303 1303)
• 1403 - Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (executed) (b. Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (1343 &ndash July 23, 1403) was an English Medieval nobleman best known for taking part in the rebellion 1343)
• 1531 - Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers
• 1584 - John Day, English printer (b. Louis de Brézé seigneur d'Anet and comte de Maulevrier (died July 23, 1531) was a French nobleman the grandson of King Charles VII of France by his Diane de Poitiers ( September 3, 1499 - April 25, 1566) was a noblewoman and a fixture at the courts of Francis I and Henri II For the soul singer see Johnny Daye John Day or Daye ( c 1522 &ndash 23 July 1584 was an English 1522)
• 1692 - Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. Gilles Ménage ( August 15, 1613 - July 23, 1692) was a French scholar 1613)
• 1727 - Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1757 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt, PC (c 1661 &ndash July 23, 1727) Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, only son of Sir Philip Harcourt The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor is a senior and important functionary in the Government of the United Kingdom. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (October 26 1685 – July 23 1757 was a Neapolitan Composer who spent much of his life in Spain and Portugal. 1685)
• 1764 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (b. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Gilbert Tennent ( February 5, 1703, County Armagh, Ireland &ndash July 23, 1764, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1703)
• 1773 - George Edwards, English naturalist (b. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the ornithologist George Edwards ( April 3, 1694 - July 23, 1773) was an English 1693)
• 1781 - John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Reverend John Joachim Zubly, born Hans Joachim Züblin ( August 27, 1724 &ndash July 23, 1781) was an American pastor 1724)
• 1793 - Roger Sherman, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Roger Sherman ( April 19, 1721 ( JC) April 30, 1721 ( GC) July 23, 1793) was an early 1721)
• 1853 - Andries Pretorius, Boer leader (b. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius ( 27 November, 1798 &ndash 23 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the 1798)
• 1875 - Isaac Singer, American inventor and entrepreneur (b. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Isaac Merritt Singer ( October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an Inventor, Actor, and Entrepreneur. 1811)
• 1878 - Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Baron Carl von Rokitansky ( German: Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Czech: Karel Rokytanský) ( February 19, 1804 &ndash 1804)
• 1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (b. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1822)
• 1916 - Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sir William Ramsay (2 October 1852 &ndash 23 July 1916 was a Scottish chemist who discovered the Noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1852)
• 1920 - Conrad Kohrs, German-born rancher (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Conrad Kohrs, born Carsten Conrad Kohrs ( August 5, 1835 &ndash 23 July 1920) was a Montana cattle rancher 1835)
• 1923 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Doroteo Arango Arámbula ( June 5 1878 &ndash July 20 1923) better known as Francisco or " Pancho " Villa 1878)
• 1924 - Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Frost Abbott ( March 27, 1860 &ndash July 23, 1924) was an American Classical scholar. 1850)
• 1930 - Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (b. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glenn Hammond Curtiss ( 21 May 1878 &ndash 23 July 1930) was an American Aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane 1878)
• 1932 - Tenby Davies, Welsh half-mile world champion runner (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Frederick Charles Davies (1884-1932 was a world-class Welsh athlete who was better known to the sporting world as ‘ Tenby Davies ’ and who became the half-mile 1884)
• 1942 - Adam Czerniakow, Polish engineer (suicide) (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adam Czerniaków (1880 &ndash July 23, 1942) was a Polish-Jewish engineer and senator born in Warsaw, Poland. 1880)
• 1948 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Llewelyn Wark "D W" Griffith (January 22 1875 &ndash July 23 1948 was a premier pioneering Academy Award -winning American Film director. 1875)
• 1951 - Henri Philippe Pétain, leader of Vichy France (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951 generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain ( Maréchal Pétain) 1856)
• 1951 - Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Robert Joseph Flaherty (16 February 1884 Iron Mountain Michigan - 23 July 1951 Dummerston Vermont) was an American Filmmaker who directed and produced 1884)
• 1955 - Cordell Hull, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Cordell Hull ( October 2, 1871 &ndash July 23, 1955) was an American politician from the U The United States Secretary of State (commonly abbreviated as SecState) is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with Foreign affairs The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1871)
• 1966 - Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Edward Montgomery Clift ( October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American film actor 1920)
• 1968 - Henry Hallett Dale, English scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Henry Hallett Dale OM GBE FRS ( June 9, 1875 &ndash July 23, 1968) was an English Pharmacologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1875)
• 1971 - Van Heflin, American actor (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr ( December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an Academy Award -winning American 1910)
• 1979 - Joseph Kessel, French journalist and novelist (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Joseph Kessel ( 10 February 1898 &ndash 23 July 1979) was a French Journalist and Novelist. 1898)
• 1980 - Mollie Steimer, anarchist agitator and American political prisoner (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Mollie (or Molly Steimer ( November 21 1897 &ndash July 23 1980) was born as Marthe Alperine in Tsarist Russia. 1897)
• 1980 - Sarto Fournier, Mayor of Montreal (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Sarto Fournier ( 15 February 1903 &ndash 23 July 1980) was a Canadian politician 1908)
• 1980 - Keith Godchaux, American pianist (Grateful Dead) (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Keith Richard Godchaux ( July 19, 1948 – 23 July, 1980) was a Musician best known for his tenure in the rock group The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. 1948)
• 1982 - Vic Morrow, American actor (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Victor "Vic" Morrow ( February 14, 1929 &ndash July 23, 1982) was an American actor 1929)
• 1983 - Georges Auric, French composer (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Georges Auric ( February 15, 1899 &ndash July 23, 1983) was a French composer born in Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon 1899)
• 1985 - Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Johnny Wardle ( John Henry Wardle; born January 8, 1923, Ardsley South Yorkshire, England; died July 23 1985 1923)
• 1989 - Donald Barthelme, American author (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Donald Barthelme ( April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American author of short fiction and Novels He also 1931)
• 1990 - Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese development of television (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) was a Japanese pioneer in the development of Television. Although he failed to gain much recognition in the West, he built the world's first all-electronic television 1899)
• 1993 - James R. Jordan, Sr., father of Michael Jordan (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) James Raymond Jordan Sr ( July 31, 1936 - July 23, 1993) was the father of the legendary Basketball superstar Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963 is a retired American professional Basketball player and active businessman 1936)
• 1996 - Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Aliki Vougiouklaki ( Greek: Αλίκη Βουγιουκλάκη ( July 20, 1934 - July 23, 1996) was a Greek Film 1934)
• 1997 - Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Chūhei Nambu (南部 忠平 Nanbu Chūhei, May 27, 1904 - July 23, 1997) was a Japanese athlete. 1904)
• 1999 - King Hassan II of Morocco (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) King Hassan II (صاحب الجلالة الملك الحسن الثاني class 1929)
• 2001 - Eudora Welty, American author (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Eudora Alice Welty ( April 13 1909 &ndash July 23 2001) was an award-winning American Author and Photographer who wrote 1909)
• 2002 - Leo McKern, Australian actor (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Reginald "Leo" McKern AO (16 March 1920 &ndash 23 July 2002 was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British Television programs movies 1920)
• 2002 - William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar William Luther Pierce III ( September 11 1933 &ndash July 23 2002) was the leader of the White separatist National Alliance 1933)
• 2002 - Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chaim Potok ( February 17, 1929 - July 23, 2002) was an American Jewish Author and Rabbi. 1929)
• 2003 - James E. Davis, New York City councilman (murdered) (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. James E Davis ( April 3, 1962 – July 23, 2003) was a New York City Police officer, corrections officer and councilmember 1962)
• 2004 - Mehmood, Indian actor (b. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Mehmood Ali ( Hindi: महमूद अली ( September 29, 1932 - July 23, 2004) popularly known simply as Mehmood 1932)
• 2004 - Carlos Paredes, Portuguese musician and composer (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Carlos Paredes, ComSE, pron. 'kaɾluʃ pɐ'ɾedɨʃ ( February 16 1925 &ndash July 23 1925)
• 2004 - Piero Piccioni, Italian musician, conductor and composer (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Piero Piccioni ( December 6 1921 - July 23 2004) was an Italian Pianist, Organist, conductor, Composer 1921)
• 2004 - Serge Reggiani, French singer and actor (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Serge Reggiani ( May 2 1922 - July 23 2004) was an Italian -born French Singer, painter and Actor 1922)
• 2005 - Ted Greene, American jazz guitarist and teacher (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Theodore ("Ted" Greene ( September 26, 1946 &ndash July 23, 2005) was an American fingerstyle Jazz guitarist 1946)
• 2006 - Jean-Paul Desbiens, Quebec writer and journalist (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Paul Desbiens, Frère Pierre-Jérôme ( March 7, 1927 – July 23 2006) was a Quebec writer journalist teacher and 1927)
• 2007 - Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Mohammed Zahir Shah ( 15 October 1914 &ndash 23 July 2007) was the last King ( Shah) of Afghanistan, reigning 1914)

Holidays and observances

• Egypt - Revolution Day (1952)
• Roman Empire - Neptunalia held in honor of Neptune
• Rastafari movement - Celebration of the birthday of Haile Selassie

Roman Catholic

• Saint Liborius, bishop of Le Mans, confessor [northern Germany]
• Saint Bridget of Sweden, widow [Bamberg, Mainz, Münster, Riga]

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Revolution Day refers to the public holiday in Egypt on July 23 held on the anniversary of the 1952 Revolution. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial The Neptunalia was an obscure archaic two-day festival in honour of Neptune as god of waters celebrated at Rome in the heat and drought of summer probably July In Greek mythology, Poseidon ( Greek:; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the Sea and as "Earth-Shaker" The Rastafari movement (also known as Rastafari, Rastafarianism or simply Rasta) is a monotheistic, Abrahamic, New Testament Haile Selassie I ( Ge'ez: am ኃይለ፡ ሥላሴ "Power of the Trinity " 23 July 1892 &ndash 27 August 1975 born Tafari Makonnen, was Saint Liborius (348-396 was the second Bishop of Le Mans. He is the patron saint of the cathedral and archdiocese of Paderborn in Germany Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St Bridgid of Sweden and Birgitta of Vadstena, born Birgitta Birgersdottir ( 1303

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