Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 23
This is a list of selected July 23 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| 1793 – After a siege of 18 weeks, French troops in Mainz surrendered to Prussian forces, effectively ending the Republic of Mainz, the first democratic state on the current German territory. | refimprove |
| 1952 – Egyptian Army officers in the Free Officers Movement led by Muhammad Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser staged a military coup against King Farouk of Egypt. | refimprove |
| 1967 – A police raid of a blind pig sparked the 1967 Detroit riot that eventually left 43 dead, 467 injured, over 7200 arrests, and more than 2000 buildings burned down. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
| 1983 – The Sri Lankan Civil War began after members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ambushed a convoy of Sri Lanka Army soldiers in northern Sri Lanka, which was followed by large-scale riots carried out by Sinhalese against Tamils that became known as Black July. | Civil War: neutrality issues; Black July: unreferenced section |
| 2005 – Three bombs hit the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people. | requires cleanup |
Eligible
- 1881 – The International Federation of Gymnastics, the world's oldest international sport federation, was founded in Liège, Belgium.
- 1914 – Austria-Hungary presented Serbia with an ultimatum to allow them to investigate the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, that Serbia would ultimately reject, leading to World War I.
- 1927 – Wilfred Rhodes of England and Yorkshire became the only person to play in 1,000 first-class cricket matches.
- 1942 – The Holocaust: The gas chambers at Treblinka extermination camp began operation, killing 6,500 Jews who had been transported from the Warsaw Ghetto the day before.
- 1984 – Vanessa Williams, the first African-American Miss America, resigned in scandal after Penthouse magazine published nude photos of her that were taken two years prior.
- 1986 – Sarah Ferguson married Prince Andrew, Duke of York at Westminster Abbey, joining the British Royal Family as the Duchess of York.
- 1995 – Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the twentieth century, was discovered by two independent observers, Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, at a great distance from the Sun.
- 2002 – On the 50th anniversary of its founding, the European Coal and Steel Community disbanded, and its activities and resources were absorbed by the European Community.
July 23: Revolution Day in Egypt (1952)
- 1829 – William Austin Burt was awarded a patent for the typographer, the first practical typewriting machine.
- 1940 – US Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issued a declaration that the US would not recognize the Soviet Union's annexation of the Baltic states.
- 1970 – Qaboos overthrew his father Said bin Taimur to become Sultan of Oman.
- 1983 – Air Canada Flight 143 made an emergency landing in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada, without loss of life after the crew was forced to glide the aircraft when it completely ran out of fuel.
- 2001 – Megawati Sukarnoputri (pictured) became the first female president of Indonesia after the People's Consultative Assembly removed Abdurrahman Wahid.