Page 4: 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 this day in history.   

1884  On July - 23 albert Warner, US producer (Warner Bros)   

1885  On July - 23 ulysses S Grant, 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63   

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  On this day in history the birth of Raymond Chandler, American author   

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

1888  Gluyas Williams, SF, cartoonist (Fellows Citizen) on this day in history.   

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  On July - 23 haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen], emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74)   

1893  On this day in history karl Menninger, psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic)   

1894  Arthur Treacher, Brighton England, announcer (Merv Griffin Show) on this day in history.   

1895  On July - 23 a Charlois discovers asteroid #405 Thia   

1895  On July - 23 florence Vidor, [Arto], Houston TX, actress (Jack Knife Man)   

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 this day in history.   

1902  Walter Burle Marx, composer on July - 23.   

1903  Ford Motor Co sells 1st Model A car on this day in history.   

1904  Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo on July - 23.   

1904  Adone Zecchi, composer on July - 23.   

1904  John Simon, public health pioneer, dies on July - 23.   

1905  On July - 23 erich Itor Kahn, composer   

1905  On July - 23 jean-Jacques, painter, dies   

1906  Pogroms against Jews in Oddessa on this day in history.   

1906  Clancy Cooper, actress (Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains) on this day in history.   

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

1907  On this day in history elspeth Josceline Huxley, English author   

1908  On this day in history a Kopff discovers asteroids #666 Desdemona & #667 Denise   

1908  Karl Swenson, Bkln NY, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie) on this day in history.   

1909  M Wolf discovers asteroid #683 Lanzia on July - 23.   

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

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

1301  Duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730] was born on July - 23.   

0945  On this day in history richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies   

1227  Death of Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148) on this day in history.   

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

1403  Death of Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39 on July - 23.   

1531  Death of Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers on this day in history.   

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

1581  On this day in history georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies   

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