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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)
1793
Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
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.
1942
Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
1945
The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
1952
General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
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.
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.
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.
1988
General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
Who were born on July 23?
1898
Jacob Marschak, American economist (d. 1977)
1923
Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (d. 1997)
1942
Madeline Bell, American-British singer
1942
Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian politician
1943
Tony Joe White, American singer and songwriter
1968
Elden Campbell, American basketball player
1970
Sam Watters, singer, songwriter, record producer
1979
Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
1986
Natalie Tran, Vietnamese-Australian YouTube video blogger
1986
Reece Ritchie, English actor
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