July 23
1829 - William Burt patented a forerunner of the typewriter.
1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died at Mount McGregor, New York at age 63.
1914 - Austria and Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, precipitating World War I.
1945 - French Vichy government leader Marshal Henri Petain went on trail for treason.
1952 - Revolution erupted in Egypt as the military took power in a bloodless coup. The following year the monarchy was abolished and, for the first time since the age of the pharaohs, Egypt was again ruled by Egyptians.
1962 - The first public TV transmissions over Telstar 1 took place during a special program featuring live shots beamed from the United States to Europe, and vice versa.
1967 - Five days of deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confrontation with local residents that escalated into violence that spread into other parts of the city; 43 people, mostly blacks, were killed.
1982 - Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen, were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them during filming of a Vietnam War scene for "Twilight Zone: The Movie." (Director John Landis and four associates were later acquitted of manslaughter.)
1984 - Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title, because of nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine.
1986 - Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. (The couple divorced in 1996.)
1995 - The Hale-Bopp Comet was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
1997 - Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1999 - Space shuttle Columbia blasted off with the world's most powerful X-ray telescope and Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a U.S. space flight.
2003 - Massachusetts' attorney general issued a report saying clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese probably sexually abused more than 1,000 people over six decades.
2011 - Singer Amy Winehouse died at age 27 in London from accidental alcohol poisoning.
2013 - With a high-stakes showdown vote looming in the House, the White House and congressional backers of the National Security Agency's surveillance program warned that ending the massive collection of phone records from millions of Americans would put the nation at risk from another terrorist attack. (The next day, the House narrowly voted against halting the NSA program.)
Birthdays
20 - Lexi Downie (model)
22 - Danielle Bradbery (country singer)
28 - Neil Perry (country musician)
29 - Daniel Radcliffe (actor)
34 - Krysta Rodriguez (actress)
36 - Paul Wesley (actor)
38 - Michelle Williams (singer)
44 - Stephanie March (actress)
45 - Boo Weekley (golfer)
45 - Monica Lewinsky (former White House intern)
45 - Nomar Garciaparra (baseball player)
45 - Kathryn Hahn (actress)
45 - Shannon Brown (country singer)
46 - Marlon Wayans (actor/comedian)
47 - Alison Krauss (country singer)
48 - Sam Watters (singer)
48 - Charisma Carpenter (actress)
50 - Stephanie Seymour (model/actress)
51 - Juan Pope (actor)
53 - Slash (musician)
56 - Eriq Lasalle (actor)
57 - Woody Harrelson (actor)
67 - Edie McClurg (actress)
68 - Belinda Montgomery (actress)
70 - John Hall (singer)
75 - Larry Manetti (actor)
78 - Don Imus (radio host)
80 - Ronny Cox (actor)
82 - Anthony M. Kennedy (Supreme Court justice)
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Today in Sports History - July 23
1866 - Cincinnati Baseball club (The Reds) is established.
1969 - The National League wins their seventh straight All-Star Game, 9-3 in Washington, D.C.
1972 - Eddie Merckx of Belgium won his fourth consecutive Tour de France bicycling competition.
1974 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 7-2 in Pittsburgh.
1978 - Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlon becomes 78th pitcher to win 200.
1996 - At the Atlanta Olympics, Kerri Strug made a heroic final vault despite torn ligaments in her left ankle as the U.S. women gymnasts clinched their first-ever Olympic team gold medal.
2000 - Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to complete a career Grand Slam when he won the British Open at age 24.
2000 - Lance Armstrong won his second Tour de France.
2006 - American cyclist Floyd Landis wins the Tour de France; however, tour officials soon announce that he has failed a doping test.
2009 - Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox pitched the 18th perfect game in major league history, in a 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
2017 - Jordan Spieth won the British Open for his third career major championship.
1829 - William Burt patented a forerunner of the typewriter.
1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died at Mount McGregor, New York at age 63.
1914 - Austria and Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, precipitating World War I.
1945 - French Vichy government leader Marshal Henri Petain went on trail for treason.
1952 - Revolution erupted in Egypt as the military took power in a bloodless coup. The following year the monarchy was abolished and, for the first time since the age of the pharaohs, Egypt was again ruled by Egyptians.
1962 - The first public TV transmissions over Telstar 1 took place during a special program featuring live shots beamed from the United States to Europe, and vice versa.
1967 - Five days of deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confrontation with local residents that escalated into violence that spread into other parts of the city; 43 people, mostly blacks, were killed.
1982 - Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen, were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them during filming of a Vietnam War scene for "Twilight Zone: The Movie." (Director John Landis and four associates were later acquitted of manslaughter.)
1984 - Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title, because of nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine.
1986 - Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. (The couple divorced in 1996.)
1995 - The Hale-Bopp Comet was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
1997 - Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1999 - Space shuttle Columbia blasted off with the world's most powerful X-ray telescope and Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a U.S. space flight.
2003 - Massachusetts' attorney general issued a report saying clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese probably sexually abused more than 1,000 people over six decades.
2011 - Singer Amy Winehouse died at age 27 in London from accidental alcohol poisoning.
2013 - With a high-stakes showdown vote looming in the House, the White House and congressional backers of the National Security Agency's surveillance program warned that ending the massive collection of phone records from millions of Americans would put the nation at risk from another terrorist attack. (The next day, the House narrowly voted against halting the NSA program.)
Birthdays
20 - Lexi Downie (model)
22 - Danielle Bradbery (country singer)
28 - Neil Perry (country musician)
29 - Daniel Radcliffe (actor)
34 - Krysta Rodriguez (actress)
36 - Paul Wesley (actor)
38 - Michelle Williams (singer)
44 - Stephanie March (actress)
45 - Boo Weekley (golfer)
45 - Monica Lewinsky (former White House intern)
45 - Nomar Garciaparra (baseball player)
45 - Kathryn Hahn (actress)
45 - Shannon Brown (country singer)
46 - Marlon Wayans (actor/comedian)
47 - Alison Krauss (country singer)
48 - Sam Watters (singer)
48 - Charisma Carpenter (actress)
50 - Stephanie Seymour (model/actress)
51 - Juan Pope (actor)
53 - Slash (musician)
56 - Eriq Lasalle (actor)
57 - Woody Harrelson (actor)
67 - Edie McClurg (actress)
68 - Belinda Montgomery (actress)
70 - John Hall (singer)
75 - Larry Manetti (actor)
78 - Don Imus (radio host)
80 - Ronny Cox (actor)
82 - Anthony M. Kennedy (Supreme Court justice)
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Today in Sports History - July 23
1866 - Cincinnati Baseball club (The Reds) is established.
1969 - The National League wins their seventh straight All-Star Game, 9-3 in Washington, D.C.
1972 - Eddie Merckx of Belgium won his fourth consecutive Tour de France bicycling competition.
1974 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 7-2 in Pittsburgh.
1978 - Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlon becomes 78th pitcher to win 200.
1996 - At the Atlanta Olympics, Kerri Strug made a heroic final vault despite torn ligaments in her left ankle as the U.S. women gymnasts clinched their first-ever Olympic team gold medal.
2000 - Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to complete a career Grand Slam when he won the British Open at age 24.
2000 - Lance Armstrong won his second Tour de France.
2006 - American cyclist Floyd Landis wins the Tour de France; however, tour officials soon announce that he has failed a doping test.
2009 - Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox pitched the 18th perfect game in major league history, in a 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
2017 - Jordan Spieth won the British Open for his third career major championship.
