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July 23, 2000 129th British Golf Open: at Royal Lytham July 23, 2000 55th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship July 23, 1997 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them July 23, 1995 "Hamlet" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 121 performances July 23, 1995 124th British Golf Open: John Daly shoots a 282 at St. Andrews Scotland July 23, 1995 Miguel Indurains wins his 5th Tour de France July 23, 1995 Tracy Kerdyk wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic July 23, 1994 All 40,000 ceiling tiles in Kingdome must be replaced July 23, 1994 Amy Osmond, of Utah, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss July 23, 1994 Dancer Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke July 23, 1994 Don Mattingly becomes 6th New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits July 23, 1994 Goodwill Games open in St. Petersburg July 23, 1994 Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in New York City July 23, 1994 Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days 55 mins July 23, 1993 Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley July 23, 1993 British Aerospace 147 crash at Yinchuan, 55 killed July 23, 1993 Chinese B737 crash at Yinchuan, at least 66 killed July 23, 1993 New York Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st July 23, 1992 Emperor Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen] of Ethiopia's, funeral July 23, 1991 James Farentino of Dynasty arrested in Canada for cocaine possession July 23, 1991 Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5 July 23, 1990 Rosie Jones, (St. Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America July 23, 1990 South-Africa worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested July 23, 1989 118th British Golf Open: Mark Calcavecchia shoots a 275 at Royal Troon July 23, 1989 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic July 23, 1989 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC and CBS for 1st time, America's Most Wanted July 23, 1989 Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas July 23, 1988 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record 8 field goals vs Edmonton July 23, 1987 Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record) July 23, 1987 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last years World Series July 23, 1987 Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39) July 23, 1986 Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson July 23, 1986 King Hassan II meets with Israeli premier Simon Peres July 23, 1984 Kansas City Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save July 23, 1984 Suzette Charles (NJ), 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984 July 23, 1984 Vanessa Williams, 1st black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude July 23, 1982 FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo July 23, 1982 International Whaling Comn votes for total ban on coml whaling (starting 1985) July 23, 1980 Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya July 23, 1980 River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter July 23, 1980 Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6 July 23, 1979 George Brett gets his 1,000th hit July 23, 1978 33rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy July 23, 1978 Israeli government rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas July 23, 1978 Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th pitcher to win 200 July 23, 1978 Reggie Jackson returns and helps Yankees win their 5th straight July 23, 1977 Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges July 23, 1976 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0 (52,895) July 23, 1976 Baltimore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game July 23, 1976 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island July 23, 1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. July 23, 1976 Wings release "Let 'em In" July 23, 1975 Alan Ayckbourn's "Absent Friends," premieres in London July 23, 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch HRs July 23, 1974 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts July 23, 1974 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (Los Angeles Dodgers) July 23, 1974 Greek military dictatorship collapses July 23, 1973 Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St. Louis-36 die July 23, 1973 Qaboos bin Said Al Said, becomes Sultan and Prime Minister of Oman July 23, 1973 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. July 23, 1973 President Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation July 23, 1972 1st Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched July 23, 1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France July 23, 1972 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic July 23, 1969 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Washington D.C. July 23, 1969 All star MVP: Willie McCovey for the San Francisco Giants July 23, 1969 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. July 23, 1968 Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt July 23, 1968 PLO's 1st hijacking of an El Al plane July 23, 1968 Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed July 23, 1967 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires) July 23, 1966 Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens July 23, 1966 John Pennel pole vaults record (5.34 m) July 23, 1966 Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" July 23, 1965 Beatles "Help" is released in UK July 23, 1965 Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park July 23, 1964 A's Bert Campaneris home runs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd HR on 2nd at bat July 23, 1964 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage July 23, 1961 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open July 23, 1961 Bricusse and Newley's musical "Stop the world I want to ...," premieres July 23, 1960 15th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls July 23, 1959 VP Richard Nixon begins visit on U.S.S.R. July 23, 1958 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords July 23, 1956 Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph July 23, 1956 Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg inducted into Hall of Fame July 23, 1955 New York Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs July 23, 1952 General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (Natl Day) July 23, 1949 Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days July 23, 1948 Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President July 23, 1947 1st (U.S. Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island July 23, 1946 Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel July 23, 1945 Marshal Henri Petain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial July 23, 1944 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader July 23, 1944 Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin July 23, 1944 Soviet Army marches into Lublin Poland July 23, 1944 U.S. forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II July 23, 1944 U.S. troops occupy Pisa, Italy July 23, 1943 Battle of Koersk, U.S.S.R. ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks) July 23, 1943 U.S. 45th Infantry division occupies north coast of Termini July 23, 1942 German troops conquer Rostow July 23, 1942 Hitler's Directive #45: order to occupy Stalingrad July 23, 1940 "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins July 23, 1938 Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test July 23, 1937 Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University) July 23, 1934 Bradman completes 304 at Headingley, 430 mins, 43 fours 2 sixes July 23, 1931 Ashmore and Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia July 23, 1931 France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics July 23, 1930 Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed July 23, 1930 Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with home runs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th) July 23, 1926 Belgian NMBS/SNCFB forms July 23, 1926 France government of Poincare, forms July 23, 1925 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers July 23, 1921 Chinese Communist Party forms under Henk Sneevliet July 23, 1921 Edward Gourdin of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4" July 23, 1920 British East Africa renamed Kenya and becomes a British crown colony July 23, 1917 Cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes July 23, 1914 Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WW I July 23, 1913 Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot Palestine July 23, 1907 7th Davis Cup: Australasia beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2) July 23, 1906 Pogroms against Jews in Oddessa July 23, 1904 Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo July 23, 1903 Ford Motor sells 1st Model A car July 23, 1900 Pan-African Congress meets in London July 23, 1890 Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67) July 23, 1888 John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire July 23, 1886 Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge July 23, 1880 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Michigan July 23, 1877 1st U.S. municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations July 23, 1877 1st telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii completed July 23, 1870 Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugenie as Regent of France July 23, 1866 Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms July 23, 1864 Battle of Woodstock, Virginia July 23, 1863 Alexandra Park opens in North London July 23, 1858 Jewish Disabilities Removal Act passed by British Parliament July 23, 1852 1st interment in U.S. National Cemetery at Presidio July 23, 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians and U.S. July 23, 1850 17th Postmaster General: Nathan K Hall of New York takes office July 23, 1848 Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts July 23, 1840 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada July 23, 1834 HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso July 23, 1829 William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter) July 23, 1827 1st U.S. swim school opens (Boston Mass) July 23, 1812 Battle of Mogilev Russia-Napolean fights Czar Alexander I July 23, 1803 Robert Emmett's insurrected in Dublin July 23, 1798 Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt July 23, 1764 James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation July 23, 1745 Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides July 23, 1726 Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia July 23, 1664 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of New York, arrive in Boston July 23, 1645 Aleksei Mihailovitch Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar July 23, 1599 Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings July 23, 1594 Groningen surrenders to earl Mauritius/Willem Louis July 23, 1572 Willem van Oranges troops occupy Roermond on the Spanjaarden July 23, 1558 Battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France July 23, 1540 Turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary July 23, 1532 Karel I and evangelical monarchy signs Peace of Neurenberg July 23, 1453 Battle at Gavere: Philip the Good beats Gentse rebellion July 23, 1431 Council of Basel opens July 23, 1431 G Cesarini opens Counsel of Basel (Ferrara/Florence) July 23, 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury fought by Percys against King Henry IV July 23, 1298 Jews are massacred at Wurzburg Germany July 23, 1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-Jewish community Wurzburg Germany annihilated July 23, 1253 Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III July 23, 1215 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king July 23, 1148 Crusaders attack Damascus July 23, 685 John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope July 23, 636 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine Empire |