July 23

Friday 23, 2004:

11 years after its destruction, Stari most (the Old Bridge) in Mostar is reopened.

Wednesday 23, 2003:

Operation Warrior Sweep is the first major military deployment of the Afghan National Army.

Monday 23, 2001:

Megawati Soekarnoputri becomes the fifth President of Indonesia, replacing Abdurrahman Wahid.

Friday 23, 1999:

Hijack of ANA Flight 61 in Tokyo.

Wednesday 23, 1997:

Digital Equipment Company files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.

Wednesday 23, 1986:

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

Monday 23, 1984:

Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in "Penthouse" magazine.

Saturday 23, 1983:

Gimli Glider: Air Canada flight 143 crash-lands in Gimli, Manitoba.

Friday 23, 1982:

The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.

Monday 23, 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.

Sunday 23, 1972:

The United States launches Landsat 1, first Earth-resources satellite.

Thursday 23, 1970:

Qaboos ibn Sa?id, becomes Sultan of Oman.

Sunday 23, 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).

Monday 23, 1962:

Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal.

Sunday 23, 1961:

Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) founded in Nicaragua.

Monday 23, 1956:

1956 - The Loi Cadre is passed by the French Republic in order to order French overseas territory affairs.

Wednesday 23, 1952:

the real power behind the coup) in the overthrow of King Farouk of Egypt.

Thursday 23, 1942:

1942- The Treblinka extermination camp is opened

Tuesday 23, 1940:

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Thursday 23, 1936:

In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of socialist and communist parties.

Friday 23, 1926:

Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.

Thursday 23, 1914:

Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia allowing the Austrians to find out who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. When Serbia denies Austria-Hungary their demands World War I is sparked on July 28, 1914

Thursday 23, 1903:

Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago, Illinois becomes the first owner of a Ford Model A.

Wednesday 23, 1862:

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

Thursday 23, 1829:

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

Friday 23, 1632:

300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France.

Thursday 23, 1503:

Orbital calculations suggest that on this day Pluto moved outside Neptune's orbit, remaining there for 233 years.

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