What are the important events that happened on July 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 23: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 23 is the 205^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 161 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 10, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 478,248 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectapentagon’ day.

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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 190 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,232 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 23 Historical Events

• 1829 –
  In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
• 1881 –
  The Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
• 1929 –
  The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1983 –
  Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
• 1984 –
  Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
• 1992 –
  Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
• 1999 –
  ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
• 1999 –
  Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the death of his father.

Who were born on July 23?

• 1938 –
  Ronny Cox, American actor
• 1941 –
  Richie Evans, American NASCAR driver (d. 1985)
• 1942 –
  Madeline Bell, American-British singer
• 1942 –
  Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian politician
• 1947 –
  Gardner Dozois, American science fiction writer and editor
• 1948 –
  John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician
• 1960 –
  Al Perez, American professional wrestler
• 1970 –
  Charisma Carpenter, American actress
• 1977 –
  Neicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1984 –
  Matthew Murphy, English musician and singer (The Wombats)

Who died on July 23?

• 1227 –
  Qiu Chuji, Chinese founder of the Dragon Gate Taoism (b. 1148)
• 1727 –
  Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. c. 1661)
• 1919 –
  Spyridon Lambros, Greek history professor and Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1942 –
  Adam Czerniakow, Polish engineer (suicide) (b. 1880)
• 1968 –
  Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1875)
• 1996 –
  Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress (b. 1934)
• 1997 –
  Chūhei Nambu, Japanese long and triple jumper (b. 1904)
• 2004 –
  Mehmood, Indian actor (b. 1932)
• 2004 –
  Piero Piccioni, Italian pianist, organist, conductor and composer (b. 1921)
• 2007 –
  Ron Miller, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1933)