Page 6: Historical Events In July - 23
Thursday, 23 April 2026
1937 Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University) 

1938 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1468 Zomba. 

1938 Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test 

1940 "Blitz" begins, all-night raid on London. 

1940 "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins 

1942 German troops conquer Rostow 

1942 Andrew Ducat, cricketer (England 1921), dies whilst batting at 56. 

1943 Battle of Koersk, USSR ends in Nazi defeat (6000 tanks) 

1943 Emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies 

1944 US forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II 

1944 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader 

1944 Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp 

1945 Marshal Henri Pétain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial 

1946 Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel 

1946 James Maxton, politician, dies. 

1947 inaugural Navy all jet squadron (VF-17A) receives its inaugural aircraft (FH). 

1947 The inaugural US Navy air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, RI. 

1947 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, RI 

1948 Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President 

1948 USS Putnum (DD-757) evacuates U.N. team from Haifa, Israel and is recorded as becoming inaugural U.S. Navy ship to fly the U.N. flag. 

1948 D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, US director/producer, dies. 

1949 Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days 

1950 USS Boxer sets record crossing of Pacific to bring aircraft, troops, and supplies to Korea at start of the Conflict 

1951 Henri Philippe Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies. 

1952 General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (Natl Day). 

1952 Military stage a coup in Egypt, forcing King Farouk to abdicate. 

1955 NY Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs 

1955 Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55 

1956 Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3050 kph 

1957 G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer, dies at 61. 

1958 The inaugural 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords 

1958 USS Nautilus (SSN-571) departs Pearl Harbor for inaugural submerged transit of North Pole. 

1958 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords 

1959 VP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR 

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