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 205th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 161 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 10, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 478,248 hours 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 ‘dihectapentagon’ 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 190 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 4,232 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 23 Historical Events
- 1914 –Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia will reject those demands and Austria will declare war on July 28.
- 1952 –General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
- 1961 –The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
- 1967 –12th Street Riot: in Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It will leave 43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned.
- 1968 –Glenville Shootout: in Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
- 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.
- 1984 –Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
- 1992 –Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
- 1999 –ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
- 2005 –Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
Who were born on July 23?
- 1503 –Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Queen consort of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1547)
- 1924 –Gavin Lambert, British-born American screenwriter (d. 2005)
- 1938 –Charles Harrelson, American convicted murderer; father of Woody Harrelson (d. 2007)
- 1948 –John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician
- 1948 –John Hall, American politician and songwriter
- 1953 –Bob Hilton, American game show host and announcer
- 1965 –Slash, English-born American guitarist (Guns N' Roses)
- 1971 –Chris Michalek, American jazz harmonica player
- 1986 –Reece Ritchie, English actor
- 1989 –Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
Who died on July 23?
- 1878 –Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician (b. 1804)
- 1885 –Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
- 1948 –D. W. Griffith, American film director (b. 1875)
- 1951 –Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker (b. 1884)
- 1966 –Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
- 1993 –James R. Jordan, Sr., American soldier and murder victim, father of Michael Jordan (b. 1936)
- 2002 –Leo McKern, Australian actor (b. 1920)
- 2007 –Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (b. 1914)
- 2007 –Tor Kamata, American-Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1937)
- 2011 –Amy Winehouse, British singer songwriter (b. 1983)
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