July 23
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 - France's Vichy government leader Marshal Henri Petain went on trial for treason for his actions during World War II.
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 pharaohs, Egypt was once again ruled by Egyptians.
1958 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II named the first four women to peerage in the House of Lords.
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, escalating into violence that spread into other parts of the city; 43 people 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 charges.)
1983 - An Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel while flying from Montreal to Edmonton; the pilots were able to glide the jetliner to a safe emergency landing in Gimli, Manitoba. (The near-disaster occurred because the fuel had been erroneously measured in pounds instead of kilograms at a time when Canada was converting to the metric system.)
1990 - President George H.W. Bush announced his choice of Judge David Souter of New Hampshire to succeed the retiring Justice William J. Brennan on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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.
2003 - Massachusetts' attorney general issued a report saying clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese had probably sexually abused more than 1,000 people over a period of six decades.
2011 - Singer Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead in her London home 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 for another terrorist attack. (The next day, the House narrowly voted against halting the NSA program.)
2018 - The White House said President Donald Trump was considering revoking the security clearances of six former top national security officials who had been critical of his administration.
2019 - Boris Johnson won the contest to lead Britain's governing Conservative Party, putting him in line to become the country's prime minister the following day.
2020 - The virus-delayed and shortened Major League Baseball season began with the World Series champion Washington Nationals hosting the New York Yankees at an empty Nationals Park.
2022 - The World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries was an "extraordinary" situation that qualified as a global emergency.
Birthdays
30 - Lili Simmons (actress)
34 - Daniel Radcliffe (actor)
39 - Krysta Rodriguez (actress)
41 - Paul Wesley (actor)
43 - Michelle Williams (singer)
46 - Shane McRae (actor)
49 - Stephanie March (actress)
50 - Nomar Garciaparra (baseball player)
50 - Kathryn Hahn (actress)
50 - Shannon Brown (singer)
51 - Marlon Wayans (actor/comedian)
52 - Alison Krauss (singer)
53 - Sam Watters (singer)
53 - Charisma Carpenter (actress)
55 - Stephanie Seymour (actress/model)
58 - Slash (musician)
61 - Eriq Lasalle (actor)
62 - Woody Harrelson (actor)
73 - Belinda Montgomery (actress)
76 - David Essex (singer)
85 - Ronny Cox (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 23
1989 - American Greg LeMond wins the Tour de France.
1995 - John Daly wins the British Open.
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 wins the British Open and becomes the youngest golfer to win all four majors (age 24).
2006 - Tiger Woods became the first player since Tom Watson in 1982-83 to win consecutive British Open titles.
2009 - Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox throws the 18th perfect game in MLB history in a 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
2017 - Jordan Spieth wins the British Open.
2019 - Nike's Jordan Brand signs NBA #1 draft pick Zion Williamson to the richest multiyear sponsorship deal in rookie history, estimated at 7 years for $75 million.
2021 - The Cleveland Indians announce they are changing their nickname to "Guardians", after the Guardians of Traffic, eight large Art Deco statutes on the Hope Memorial Bridge, located near the playing field.
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 - France's Vichy government leader Marshal Henri Petain went on trial for treason for his actions during World War II.
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 pharaohs, Egypt was once again ruled by Egyptians.
1958 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II named the first four women to peerage in the House of Lords.
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, escalating into violence that spread into other parts of the city; 43 people 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 charges.)
1983 - An Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel while flying from Montreal to Edmonton; the pilots were able to glide the jetliner to a safe emergency landing in Gimli, Manitoba. (The near-disaster occurred because the fuel had been erroneously measured in pounds instead of kilograms at a time when Canada was converting to the metric system.)
1990 - President George H.W. Bush announced his choice of Judge David Souter of New Hampshire to succeed the retiring Justice William J. Brennan on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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.
2003 - Massachusetts' attorney general issued a report saying clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese had probably sexually abused more than 1,000 people over a period of six decades.
2011 - Singer Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead in her London home 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 for another terrorist attack. (The next day, the House narrowly voted against halting the NSA program.)
2018 - The White House said President Donald Trump was considering revoking the security clearances of six former top national security officials who had been critical of his administration.
2019 - Boris Johnson won the contest to lead Britain's governing Conservative Party, putting him in line to become the country's prime minister the following day.
2020 - The virus-delayed and shortened Major League Baseball season began with the World Series champion Washington Nationals hosting the New York Yankees at an empty Nationals Park.
2022 - The World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries was an "extraordinary" situation that qualified as a global emergency.
Birthdays
30 - Lili Simmons (actress)
34 - Daniel Radcliffe (actor)
39 - Krysta Rodriguez (actress)
41 - Paul Wesley (actor)
43 - Michelle Williams (singer)
46 - Shane McRae (actor)
49 - Stephanie March (actress)
50 - Nomar Garciaparra (baseball player)
50 - Kathryn Hahn (actress)
50 - Shannon Brown (singer)
51 - Marlon Wayans (actor/comedian)
52 - Alison Krauss (singer)
53 - Sam Watters (singer)
53 - Charisma Carpenter (actress)
55 - Stephanie Seymour (actress/model)
58 - Slash (musician)
61 - Eriq Lasalle (actor)
62 - Woody Harrelson (actor)
73 - Belinda Montgomery (actress)
76 - David Essex (singer)
85 - Ronny Cox (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 23
1989 - American Greg LeMond wins the Tour de France.
1995 - John Daly wins the British Open.
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 wins the British Open and becomes the youngest golfer to win all four majors (age 24).
2006 - Tiger Woods became the first player since Tom Watson in 1982-83 to win consecutive British Open titles.
2009 - Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox throws the 18th perfect game in MLB history in a 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
2017 - Jordan Spieth wins the British Open.
2019 - Nike's Jordan Brand signs NBA #1 draft pick Zion Williamson to the richest multiyear sponsorship deal in rookie history, estimated at 7 years for $75 million.
2021 - The Cleveland Indians announce they are changing their nickname to "Guardians", after the Guardians of Traffic, eight large Art Deco statutes on the Hope Memorial Bridge, located near the playing field.
