July 23rd, 2008

July 23rd in History

1986:
In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.

1970:
Qaboos ibn Sa?id, becomes Sultan of Oman.

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).

1940:
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

1829:
In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the first typewriter.