What are the important events that happened on July 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 23: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 23 is the 204^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 161 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 10, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,220,480 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetragon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 209 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,597 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 23 Historical Events

• 1821 –
  While Mora Rebellion continuing, Greeks captured Monemvasia Castle and massacred nearly 3000 Turkish inhabitants.
• 1829 –
  In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
• 1840 –
  The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
• 1862 –
  American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
• 1908 –
  The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• 1942 –
  The Holocaust: the Treblinka extermination camp is opened.
• 1962 –
  The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
• 1968 –
  The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying 10 crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, Italy, to Lod, Israel.
• 1983 –
  Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
• 1992 –
  Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.

Who were born on July 23?

• 1503 –
  Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Queen consort of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1547)
• 1823 –
  Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian Catholic archbishop (d. 1894)
• 1898 –
  Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1987)
• 1959 –
  Nancy Savoca, American filmmaker
• 1961 –
  Michael Durant, American helicopter pilot
• 1964 –
  Ed Forchion, American marijuana activist
• 1973 –
  Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player
• 1974 –
  Terry Glenn, American football player
• 1980 –
  Michelle Williams, American singer (Destiny’s Child)
• 1990 –
  Kevin Reynolds, Canadian figure skater

Who died on July 23?

• 1373 –
  Bridget of Sweden, Swedish mystic and saint, founder of the Bridgettine Order (b. 1303)
• 1878 –
  Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician (b. 1804)
• 1919 –
  Spyridon Lambros, Greek history professor and Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1924 –
  Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b. 1850)
• 1973 –
  Eddie Rickenbacker, American fighter ace in World War I and founder of Rickenbacker Motors (b. 1890)
• 1979 –
  Joseph Kessel, French journalist and novelist (b. 1898)
• 1985 –
  Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (b. 1923)
• 2004 –
  Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (b. 1925)
• 2006 –
  Jean-Paul Desbiens, Quebec writer and journalist (b. 1927)
• 2010 –
  Daniel Schorr, American journalist (b. 1916)