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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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.
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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)
1793
Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
1903
The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
1926
Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
1940
The United States’ Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1952
The European Coal and Steel community is established.
1961
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
1968
The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying 10 crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, Italy, to Lod, Israel.
1970
Qaboos ibn Sa’id becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Sa’id ibn Taimur initiating massive reforms ;modernisation programs and end to a decade long civil war.
1982
The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.
1983
The Sri Lankan Civil War begins with the killing of 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Terrorist group. In the subsequent riots of Black July, about 1,000 Tamils are slaughtered, some 400,000 Tamils flee to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, India and many find refuge in Europe and Canada.
Who were born on July 23?
1503
Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Queen consort of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1547)
1886
Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (d. 1976)
1888
Raymond Chandler, American novelist (d. 1959)
1928
Hubert Selby Jr., American author (d. 2004)
1935
Hein Heinsen, Danish sculptor
1947
David Essex, English singer
1961
André Ducharme, Québécois humorist and comedian
1977
Neicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer
1979
Perro Aguayo, Jr., Mexican professional wrestler
1984
Matthew Murphy, English musician and singer (The Wombats)
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