July 23
Today is the 204th day of 2015. There are 161 days left in the year.
1829 - William Austin Burt of Mount Vernon, Michigan, received a patent for his typographer, a forerunner of the typewriter.
1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died in Mount McGregor, New York, at age 63.
1914 - Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I.
1945 - French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed the Vichy government during World War II, went on trial, charged with treason.
1952 - Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk I.
1967 - Rioting that claimed some 43 lives erupted in Detroit.
1984 - Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title, because of nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine.
1985 - Commodore International Ltd. unveiled its Amiga 1000 personal computer during a press conference in New York.
1986 - Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. (The couple divorced in 1996.)
1990 - President George H.W. Bush announced his choice of David Souter to succeed the retiring Justice William J. Brennan on the Supreme Court.
1995 - The Hale-Bopp comet was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
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, age 27, was found dead in her London home from accidental alcohol poisoning.
Birthdays
26 - Daniel Radcliffe (actor)
28 - Bri Bagwell (country singer)
33 - Paul Wesley (actor)
35 - Michelle Williams (singer)
42 - Monica Lewinsky
42 - Boo Weekley (golfer)
42 - Nomar Garciaparra (baseball player)
43 - Marlon Wayans (actor)
45 - Charisma Carpenter (actress)
47 - Gary Payton (basketball player)
47 - Stephanie Seymour (model)
50 - Slash (musician)
54 - Woody Harrelson (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 23
1969 - The National League won the All-Star Game 9-3 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants was named MVP.
1974 - The National League won the All-Star Game 7-2 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers was named MVP.
1980 - Dan Quisenberry of the Kansas City Royals recorded his 200th save faster than any other pitcher in major league history, doing so in just 409 appearances.
2000 - Lance Armstrong won his second straight Tour de France.
2000 - Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer, and just fifth ever, to complete a career Grand Slam when he won the British Open at age 24.
2001 - Roger Clemens passed Tom Seaver into fourth place on the all-time career strikeouts list.
2006 - Tiger Woods successfully defended his British Open crown.
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 Rays.
2012 - The NCAA hit Penn State University with a $60 million fine, a four-year postseason football ban, scholarship reductions and a vacating of all wins dating back to 1998 in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
Today is the 204th day of 2015. There are 161 days left in the year.
1829 - William Austin Burt of Mount Vernon, Michigan, received a patent for his typographer, a forerunner of the typewriter.
1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died in Mount McGregor, New York, at age 63.
1914 - Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I.
1945 - French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed the Vichy government during World War II, went on trial, charged with treason.
1952 - Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk I.
1967 - Rioting that claimed some 43 lives erupted in Detroit.
1984 - Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title, because of nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine.
1985 - Commodore International Ltd. unveiled its Amiga 1000 personal computer during a press conference in New York.
1986 - Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. (The couple divorced in 1996.)
1990 - President George H.W. Bush announced his choice of David Souter to succeed the retiring Justice William J. Brennan on the Supreme Court.
1995 - The Hale-Bopp comet was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
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, age 27, was found dead in her London home from accidental alcohol poisoning.
Birthdays
26 - Daniel Radcliffe (actor)
28 - Bri Bagwell (country singer)
33 - Paul Wesley (actor)
35 - Michelle Williams (singer)
42 - Monica Lewinsky
42 - Boo Weekley (golfer)
42 - Nomar Garciaparra (baseball player)
43 - Marlon Wayans (actor)
45 - Charisma Carpenter (actress)
47 - Gary Payton (basketball player)
47 - Stephanie Seymour (model)
50 - Slash (musician)
54 - Woody Harrelson (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 23
1969 - The National League won the All-Star Game 9-3 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants was named MVP.
1974 - The National League won the All-Star Game 7-2 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers was named MVP.
1980 - Dan Quisenberry of the Kansas City Royals recorded his 200th save faster than any other pitcher in major league history, doing so in just 409 appearances.
2000 - Lance Armstrong won his second straight Tour de France.
2000 - Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer, and just fifth ever, to complete a career Grand Slam when he won the British Open at age 24.
2001 - Roger Clemens passed Tom Seaver into fourth place on the all-time career strikeouts list.
2006 - Tiger Woods successfully defended his British Open crown.
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 Rays.
2012 - The NCAA hit Penn State University with a $60 million fine, a four-year postseason football ban, scholarship reductions and a vacating of all wins dating back to 1998 in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
