23RD
JULY
NATIONAL DAY OF ETHIOPIA & THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST ANNE OR SUSANNA; ST JOHN CASSIAN;
ST ROMULA & HER COMPANIONS; ST APOLLINARIS OF RAVENNA; THE THREE WISE MEN; ST
BRIDGET OF SWEDEN;& ST LIBORIUS." |
| 23RD |
685 |
"JOHN V" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 23RD |
1829 |
"WILLIAM AUSTIN BURT" PATENTS
TYPEWRITER. |
| 23RD |
1864 |
DR. LIVINGSTONE RETURNED TO ENGLAND. |
| 23RD |
1878 |
BARQUE JAMES SERVICE IS WRECKED
SOUTH OF FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WITH THE LOSS OF 24 LIVES. |
| 23RD |
1879 |
"ALEXANDER FOREST" DISCOVERS AND NAMES THE ORD
RIVER, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. |
| 23RD |
1904 |
"CHARLES E. MENCHES" CREATED
THE ICECREAM CONE. |
| 23RD |
1920 |
KENYA BECOMES A BRITISH CROWN COLONY. |
| 23RD |
1920 |
RADIO STATION 3LO IN MELBOURNE
BROADCASTS FIRST NATIONAL PROGRAM. |
| 23RD |
1931 |
ASHMORE & CARTER ISLANDS, IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, ARE
TRANSFERRED TO AUSTRALIA. |
| 23RD |
1931 |
FRANCE DECLARES IT CANNOT AFFORD TO
SEND A TEAM TO THE 1932 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. |
| 23RD |
1940 |
THE "BLITZ" BEGINS, ALL NIGHT RAID ON LONDON. |
| 23RD |
1947 |
THE U.S. NAVY ACQUIRES THE FIRST
SQUADRON OF JET PLANES, QUONSET POINT, RHODE ISLAND. |
| 23RD |
1956 |
‘BELL X-2’ ROCKET PLANE SETS A WORLD
AIRCRAFT SPEED RECORD OF 3,050 kph. |
| 23RD |
1958 |
THE FIRST FOUR WOMEN ARE NAMED TO
PEERAGE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. |
| 23RD |
1964 |
THE EGYPTIAN MUNITION SHIP, ‘STAR OF ALEXANDRIA’
EXPLODES AT THE DOCK, IN BONE, ALGERIA; 100 DIED, 160 INJURED, $20 MILLION DAMAGE. |
| 23RD |
1966 |
CAVERN CLUB IN LIVERPOOL RE-OPENS. |
| 23RD |
1967 |
BRITISH CYCLIST ‘TONY SIMPSON,’ 29, COLLAPSED &
DIED DURING THE MOUNTAIN STAGE OF THE ‘TOUR de FRANCE’ CYCLE RACE. |
| 23RD |
1968 |
EARTHQUAKE KILLED 68 PEOPLE AND INJURED
193 IN WEST TURKEY. |
| 23RD |
1972 |
BELGIUM’S, "EDDY MERCKX, WINS HIS FOURTH
CONSECUTIVE ‘TOUR de France.’ |
| 23RD |
1973 |
AFTER 3 DAYS AT DUBAI ARPORT THE
HIJACKED JAPANESE JUMBO JET WITH 140 HOSTAGES ABOARD TAKES OFF, FINALLY LANDING AT
DAMASCUS. |
| 23RD |
1974 |
THE GREEK MILITARY DICTATORSHIP COLLAPSES. |
| 23RD |
1979 |
"KEITH GODCHAUX" OF THE
"GRATEFUL DEAD" DIED IN A CAR CRASH. |
| 23RD |
1980 |
‘SOYUZ 37’ FERRIES 2 ASTRONAUTS, INCLUDING 1
VIETNAMESE TO ‘SALYUT 6.’ |
| 23RD |
1982 |
AT LEAST 307 PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY
MONSOON RAINS, FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES ON THE JAPANESE ISLAND OF KYUSHU. |
| 23RD |
1984 |
FOLLOWING PUBLICATION OF NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HERSELF IN THE
PREVIOUS SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF ‘PENTHOUSE ‘ MAGAZINE, 21 YEAR OLD ‘VANESSA
WILLIAMS’ RELUCTANTLY RELINQUISHED HER ‘MISS AMERICA’ TITLE TO ‘MISS
NEW JERSEY’, "SUZETTE CHARLES." |
| 23RD |
1986 |
"PRINCE ANDREW" MARRIES
"SARAH MARGARET FERGUSON" IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, LONDON, AND WAS CREATED
‘DUKE OF YORK.’ |
| 23RD |
1991 |
ACTOR, "JAMES FARENTINO" OF "DYNASTY" IS
ARRESTED IN CANADA FOR COCAINE POSSESSION. |
| 23RD |
1995 |
FORMER AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER,
"BOB HAWKE," MARRIES "BLANCHE D’ALPUGET." |
| 23RD |
1996 |
THE BSE SCARE IS EXTENDED TO SHEEP AFTER RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
MAD COW DISEASE CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO SHEEP IN LABORITORY TESTS. |
| 23RD |
1997 |
A 52 YEAR OLD MAN THREW METHYLATED
SPIRITS OVER 10 YEAR OLD "SAMANTHA GREEN, AND SET IT ALIGHT IN TOWNSVILLE. |
| 23RD |
1997 |
THE KILLER OF FASHION DESIGNER, ‘GIANNI VERSACE,"
27 YEAR OLD HOMOSEXUAL "ANDREW CUNANAN," TOOK HIS OWN LIFE AS POLICE CLOSED IN
ON HIM ABOARD A LUXURY HOUSEBOAT IN MIAMI. |
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