Historical Events In July - 23

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

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

1961  On July - 23 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open  

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  On July - 23 jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74  

1965  On this day in history beatles "Help" is released in the UK  

1966  On July - 23 cavern Club in Liverpool reopens  

1966  Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" on this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history 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 July - 23 pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons  

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

1968  Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt on this day in history.  

1968  PLO's first hijacking of an El Al plane on July - 23.  

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

1968  Don Lillis, NFL president (NY Jets) on this day in history.  

1969  On July - 23 deli Floyd, writer, dies  

1971  Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60 on July - 23.  

1972  On July - 23 eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France  

1972  The first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history ozark AL plane knocked out of the air by lightning, St Louis-36 die  

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

1974  Greek military dictatorship collapses on July - 23.  

1974  Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90 on July - 23.  

1976  On this day in history wings release "Let 'em In"  

1976  On July - 23 wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter (Oly-gold-32), dies at 64  

1977  Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges on this day in history.  

1977  On this day in history rené de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79  

1978  On this day in history israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas  

1979  E Bowell discovers asteroid #2736 Ops on July - 23.  

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

1980  Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya on this day in history.  

1980  On this day in history river of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter  

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0645  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1401  On July - 23 birth of francesco Sfoza, soldier  

1503  Anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.  

1659  On this day in history birth of antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer  

1705  Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752) was born on this day in history.  

1734  On July - 23 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 this day in history.  

1373  On July - 23 birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies  

1403  On this day in history death of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39  

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