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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Comet Hale–Bopp
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1881 – The International Gymnastics Federation, the world's oldest international sport federation, was founded in Liège, Belgium. | multiple issues |
| 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. | refimprove section |
| 1970 – Qaboos overthrew his father Said bin Taimur to become Sultan of Oman. | unreferenced section |
| 1983 – Sri Lankan Civil War The war began with large-scale rioting carried out by Sinhalese against Tamils in response to an ambush by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on a convoy of Sri Lanka Army soldiers. | refimprove section |
| 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. | refimprove section |
| 1986 – The wedding of Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew, Duke of York took place at Westminster Abbey. | Andrew: criticism section |
| 2005 – Three bombs hit the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people. | refimprove |
| Warner of Grez (d. 1100) | uncertain if he died on July 22 or 23 |
| Apolinario Mabini (b. 1864) | refimprove section |
| Michelle Williams (b. 1979) | multiple issues |
Eligible
- 1319 – A fleet led by the Knights Hospitaller sank 22 of 28 ships of the Turkish Aydınid emirate.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Henry Halleck was appointed general-in-chief of the Union Army.
- 1914 – Austria-Hungary presented Serbia with an ultimatum to allow them to investigate the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which Serbia ultimately rejected, leading to World War I.
- 1921 – The Communist Party of China was founded at the inaugural National Congress in Shanghai, with Chen Duxiu as its first Secretary.
- 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.
- 1982 – During the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie in Valencia, California, a helicopter crashed, killing three people and leading to new safety standards.
- 1984 – Vanessa Williams, the first African-American Miss America, was forced to resign after Penthouse magazine published nude photos of her without her consent.
- 2001 – Megawati Sukarnoputri became the first female president of Indonesia after the People's Consultative Assembly removed Abdurrahman Wahid.
- 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.
- Born/died: He Ning (d. 955) | Bridget of Sweden (d. 1373) | Bonaventura Peeters the Elder (b. 1614) | Red Dutton (b. 1897) | Vera Rubin (b. 1928) | Judit Polgár (b. 1976) | Olivia Manning (d. 1980) | Daniel Radcliffe (b. 1989) | Amy Winehouse (d. 2011)
Notes
- Sholes and Glidden typewriter appears on July 1, so Typographer should not appear in the same year
July 23: Birthday of Haile Selassie (Rastafari); Marine Day in Japan (2020)
- 1829 – William Austin Burt was awarded a patent for the typographer (replica pictured), the first practical typewriting machine.
- 1860 – The Eastbourne manslaughter trial began, which later became an important legal precedent in the United Kingdom for discussions of corporal punishment in schools.
- 1940 – Sumner Welles, U.S. Under Secretary of State, issued a declaration that the U.S. government would not recognize the Soviet Union's annexation of the Baltic states.
- 1968 – A shootout between police and a Black Power group began in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking three days of rioting.
- 1995 – Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, was independently discovered by astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
- John Day (d. 1584)
- John Babcock (b. 1900)
- Saulius Skvernelis (b. 1970)