Page 4: Historical Events In July - 23

1880  On July - 23 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich   

1883  On July - 23 alan Francis Brooke, 1st viscount Alanbrooke fieldmarshal [or Jul 4]   

1884  On this day in history albert Warner, US producer (Warner Bros)   

1885  Ulysses S Grant, 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63 on July - 23.   

1886  Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge on July - 23.   

1886  On July - 23 arthur Whitten Brown, aviator   

1888  The birth of Raymond Chandler, American author on July - 23.   

1888  John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire on this day in history.   

1888  Gluyas Williams, SF, cartoonist (Fellows Citizen) on July - 23.   

1890  On July - 23 jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67)   

1891  On July - 23 maurus H Hulsman, Dutch priest/editor (Amigoe di Curacao)   

1892  Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen], emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74) on July - 23.   

1893  On July - 23 karl Menninger, psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic)   

1894  On this day in history arthur Treacher, Brighton England, announcer (Merv Griffin Show)   

1895  A Charlois discovers asteroid #405 Thia on July - 23.   

1895  Florence Vidor, [Arto], Houston TX, actress (Jack Knife Man) on this day in history.   

1898  On July - 23 mervyn "Red" Dutton, Manitoba, 2nd NHL pres (1943-46)   

1899  On July - 23 gustav Heinemann, President of West Germany   

1900  Pan-African Congress meets in London on July - 23.   

1902  Walter Burle Marx, composer on July - 23.   

1903  Ford Motor Co sells 1st Model A car on July - 23.   

1904  Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo on July - 23.   

1904  Adone Zecchi, composer on this day in history.   

1904  John Simon, public health pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1905  Erich Itor Kahn, composer on this day in history.   

1905  Jean-Jacques, painter, dies on July - 23.   

1906  Pogroms against Jews in Oddessa on this day in history.   

1906  Clancy Cooper, actress (Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains) on this day in history.   

1907  7th Davis Cup: Australasia beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2) on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history elspeth Josceline Huxley, English author   

1908  A Kopff discovers asteroids #666 Desdemona & #667 Denise on July - 23.   

1908  Karl Swenson, Bkln NY, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie) on this day in history.   

1909  M Wolf discovers asteroid #683 Lanzia on July - 23.   

1909  On this day in history ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65   

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0645  On July - 23 birth of yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683)   

1301  On July - 23 birth of duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339)   

1339  Louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers) was born on this day in history.   

1401  On this day in history birth of francesco Sfoza, soldier   

1503  Anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.   

1659  On this day in history birth of antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer   

1705  Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752) was born on July - 23.   

1734  Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730] was born on July - 23.   

0945  On July - 23 richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies   

1227  Death of Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148) on this day in history.   

1373  Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies on July - 23.   

1403  On this day in history death of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39   

1531  On this day in history death of louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers   

1568  Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 on this day in history.   

1581  On July - 23 georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies   

1584  Death of John Day, English printer (b. 1522) on this day in history.