Historical Events In July - 23

1959  On this day in history vP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR  

1960  On July - 23 15th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls  

1961  On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open  

1961  Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 on July - 23.  

1964  On July - 23 egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage  

1964  On July - 23 jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74  

1965  On July - 23 beatles "Help" is released in the UK  

1966  Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens on this day in history.  

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

1967  On July - 23 race riots claiming 43 erupts in Detroit  

1968  On July - 23 fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt  

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

1968  Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed on July - 23.  

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

1969  Deli Floyd, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1971  On July - 23 van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60  

1972  On this day in history eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France  

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 this day in history.  

1973  Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1974  On July - 23 greek military dictatorship collapses  

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

1976  Wings release "Let 'em In" on this day in history.  

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 July - 23.  

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

1978  Israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas on this day in history.  

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

1979  Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31 on this day in history.  

1980  On this day in history billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya  

1980  On July - 23 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  Duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339) was born on July - 23.  

1339  On July - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers)  

1401  Francesco Sfoza, soldier was born on this day in history.  

1503  On this day in history birth of anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547)  

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

1705  On this day in history birth of francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752)  

1734  Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730] was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1373  Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies on July - 23.  

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

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

1568  On July - 23 don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23  

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

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