July 23rd, 2008

July 23rd in History

1973:
Robert Anton Wilson, the occultist/philosopher, either achieved contact with extraterrestrials from Sirius or started a long-term period of having wild hallucinations, depending on which way you want to look at it.

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 (43 killed, 342 injured and ~1,400 buildings burned).

1961:
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) founded in Nicaragua.

1862:
American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.

1632:
300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France.