Historical Events In July - 23

1880  1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich on this day in history.  

1883  Alan Francis Brooke, 1st viscount Alanbrooke fieldmarshal [or Jul 4] on July - 23.  

1884  Albert Warner, US producer (Warner Bros) on this day in history.  

1885  Ulysses S Grant, 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63 on July - 23.  

1886  Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge on this day in history.  

1886  Arthur Whitten Brown, aviator on this day in history.  

1888  The birth of Raymond Chandler, American author on this day in history.  

1888  On July - 23 john Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire  

1888  On this day in history gluyas Williams, SF, cartoonist (Fellows Citizen)  

1890  On July - 23 jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67)  

1891  On July - 23 maurus H Hulsman, Dutch priest/editor (Amigoe di Curacao)  

1892  Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen], emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74) on July - 23.  

1893  Karl Menninger, psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic) on July - 23.  

1894  Arthur Treacher, Brighton England, announcer (Merv Griffin Show) on July - 23.  

1895  A Charlois discovers asteroid #405 Thia on this day in history.  

1895  Florence Vidor, [Arto], Houston TX, actress (Jack Knife Man) on this day in history.  

1898  On July - 23 mervyn "Red" Dutton, Manitoba, 2nd NHL pres (1943-46)  

1899  Gustav Heinemann, President of West Germany on this day in history.  

1900  Pan-African Congress meets in London on July - 23.  

1902  On July - 23 walter Burle Marx, composer  

1903  Ford Motor Co sells 1st Model A car on July - 23.  

1904  Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history adone Zecchi, composer  

1904  On this day in history john Simon, public health pioneer, dies  

1905  On this day in history erich Itor Kahn, composer  

1905  Jean-Jacques, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1906  On this day in history pogroms against Jews in Oddessa  

1906  On July - 23 clancy Cooper, actress (Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains)  

1907  On this day in history 7th Davis Cup: Australasia beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)  

1907  Elspeth Josceline Huxley, English author on this day in history.  

1908  On July - 23 a Kopff discovers asteroids #666 Desdemona & #667 Denise  

1908  On July - 23 karl Swenson, Bkln NY, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie)  

1909  On July - 23 m Wolf discovers asteroid #683 Lanzia  

1909  On this day in history ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65  

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0645  On July - 23 birth of yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683)  

1301  On this day in history birth of duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339)  

1339  Louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers) was born on July - 23.  

1401  On July - 23 birth of francesco Sfoza, soldier  

1503  On July - 23 birth of anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547)  

1659  Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer was born on July - 23.  

1705  Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752) was born on July - 23.  

1734  On this day in history birth of antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730]  

0945  On July - 23 richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies  

1227  On July - 23 death of qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148)  

1373  On this day in history birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies  

1403  On July - 23 death of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39  

1531  On this day in history death of louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers  

1568  Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 on July - 23.  

1581  Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies on this day in history.  

1584  Death of John Day, English printer (b. 1522) on this day in history.