Page 7: Historical Events In July - 23

1959  VP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR on July - 23.   

1960  15th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls on this day in history.   

1961  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open on this day in history.   

1961  On July - 23 esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75   

1964  Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage on this day in history.   

1964  Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 on July - 23.   

1965  Beatles "Help" is released in the UK on July - 23.   

1966  On this day in history cavern Club in Liverpool reopens   

1966  Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" on July - 23.   

1966  On July - 23 donald Novis, singer/actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60   

1967  On July - 23 43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)   

1967  On this day in history pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons   

1967  Race riots claiming 43 erupts in Detroit on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt   

1968  PLO's first hijacking of an El Al plane on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed   

1968  On this day in history don Lillis, NFL president (NY Jets)   

1969  On this day in history deli Floyd, writer, dies   

1971  On this day in history van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60   

1972  Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France on July - 23.   

1972  On July - 23 the first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched   

1973  Ozark AL plane knocked out of the air by lightning, St Louis-36 die on July - 23.   

1973  On this day in history eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82   

1974  Greek military dictatorship collapses on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90   

1976  Wings release "Let 'em In" on July - 23.   

1976  Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter (Oly-gold-32), dies at 64 on July - 23.   

1977  On this day in history washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges   

1977  René de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79 on July - 23.   

1978  Israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas on July - 23.   

1979  E Bowell discovers asteroid #2736 Ops on this day in history.   

1979  Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31 on July - 23.   

1980  On July - 23 billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya   

1980  River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter on July - 23.   

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0645  On this day in history birth of yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683)   

1301  Duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339) was born on July - 23.   

1339  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers)   

1401  Francesco Sfoza, soldier was born on July - 23.   

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  On July - 23 birth of francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752)   

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

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

1227  Death of Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148) on July - 23.   

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  On July - 23 death of louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers   

1568  On this day in history don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23   

1581  Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies on July - 23.   

1584  On July - 23 death of john Day, English printer (b. 1522)