Major Events
- 1215 Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen
- 1777 American Revolution: Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply US with munitions
- 1829 William Austin Burt patents America's first "typographer" (typewriter)
- 1840 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada
- 1944 Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin
- 1995 Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later
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Jul 23 in Film & TV
- 1966 Frank Sinatra's album "Strangers In The Night" hits #1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance)
Jul 23 in Music
- 2010 One Direction is formed during the X Factor show as Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson join together
Jul 23 in Sport
- 2000 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Tiger Woods beats Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els by 8 shots to win his first Open title; becomes youngest player at 24 to win all 4 major titles
Did You Know?
NASA's Kepler mission announces discovery of the most Earth-like planet yet - Kepler-452b, 1,400 light years from Earth
Haile Selassie
Anthony Kennedy
Najib Razak
Monica Lewinsky
Emil Jannings
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Woody Harrelson
Daniel Radcliffe
Slash
Alison Krauss
Don Drysdale
Graham Gooch
Aaron Peirsol
Fun Fact About July 23
American opera singer Grace Bumbry becomes the first black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, she earns 42 curtain calls
Famous Weddings
- 1944 Actress Susan Hayward (27) weds actor Jess Barker (32) at St. Thomas Church in Los Angeles, California
- 1960 Professional golfer Jack Nicklaus (20) weds Barbara Bash
- 1986 Britain's Prince Andrew (26) weds Sarah Ferguson (26) at Westminster Abbey in London, England
Famous Divorces
- 1959 Billy Rose and Joyce Mathews divorce
More July 23 Weddings
Roger Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
Philippe Pétain
Hassan II
Amy Winehouse
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