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 205^th 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.

July 23 Historical Events

• 1677 –
  Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
• 1793 –
  Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
• 1833 –
  Cornerstones are laid for the construction of the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio.
• 1840 –
  The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
• 1936 –
  In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
• 1942 –
  Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
• 1974 –
  The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government.
• 1982 –
  The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.
• 1984 –
  Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
• 1999 –
  ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.

Who were born on July 23?

• 1914 –
  Virgil Finlay, American horror illustrator (d. 1971)
• 1925 –
  Tajuddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician (d. 1975)
• 1935 –
  Hein Heinsen, Danish sculptor
• 1938 –
  Charles Harrelson, American convicted murderer; father of Woody Harrelson (d. 2007)
• 1943 –
  Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate (d. 2007)
• 1943 –
  Tony Joe White, American singer and songwriter
• 1961 –
  Woody Harrelson, American actor
• 1968 –
  Gary Payton, American basketball player
• 1972 –
  Marlon Wayans, American actor
• 1978 –
  Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer

Who died on July 23?

• 1692 –
  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)
• 1878 –
  Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician (b. 1804)
• 1916 –
  Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 –
  Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
• 1942 –
  Adam Czerniakow, Polish engineer (suicide) (b. 1880)
• 2001 –
  Eudora Welty, American writer (b. 1909)
• 2003 –
  James E. Davis, New York City police officer and councilman (murdered) (b. 1962)
• 2004 –
  Piero Piccioni, Italian pianist, organist, conductor and composer (b. 1921)
• 2007 –
  Tor Kamata, American-Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1937)
• 2010 –
  Daniel Schorr, American journalist (b. 1916)