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July 23: Day of the Week
July 23, 2024 is the 205th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 161 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
July 23 Historical Event(s)
1632
Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
1874
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa.
1881
The Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
1903
The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
1929
The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words.
1942
Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
1942
The Holocaust: the Treblinka extermination camp is opened.
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. It will leave 43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned.
1972
The United States launch Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
1999
ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
Who were born on July 23?
1649
Pope Clement XI (d. 1721)
1901
Hank Worden, American actor and rodeo cowboy (d. 1992)
1924
Gavin Lambert, British-born American screenwriter (d. 2005)
1936
Anthony Kennedy, American Supreme Court Justice
1952
Janis Siegel, singer (Manhattan Transfer)
1953
Graham Gooch, English cricketer
1970
Charisma Carpenter, American actress
1972
Marlon Wayans, American actor
1974
Stephanie March, American actress
1982
Paul Wesley, American actor
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