July 23 in History
What happened on July 23 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on july 23 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on july 23 in history.
?>1995
Two astronomers, Alan Hale in New Mexico and Thomas Bopp in Arizona, almost simultaneously discover a comet.
1962
The Geneva Conference on Laos forbids the United States to invade eastern Laos.
1944
Soviet troops take Lublin, Poland as the German army retreats.
1903
The Ford Motor Company sells its first automobile, the Model A.
1894
Japanese troops take over the Korean imperial palace.
1885
Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer at the age of 63.
1868
The 14th Amendment is ratified, granting citizenship to African Americans.
1865
William Booth founds the Salvation Army.
1863
Bill Anderson and his Confederate Bushwhackers gut the railway station at Renick, Missouri.
1849
German rebels in Baden capitulate to the Prussians.
1829
William A. Burt patents his “typographer,” an early typewriter.
1803
Irish patriots throughout the country rebel against Union with Great Britain.
1793
The French garrison at Mainz, Germany, falls to the Prussians.
1664
Wealthy, non-church members in Massachusetts are given the right to vote.
1637
King Charles of England hands over the American colony of Massachusetts to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, one of the founders of the Council of New England.
1627
Sir George Calvert arrives in Newfoundland to develop his land grant.