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 July - 23 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 this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history john Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire   

1888  On this day in history gluyas Williams, SF, cartoonist (Fellows Citizen)   

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  Karl Menninger, psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic) on this day in history.   

1894  Arthur Treacher, Brighton England, announcer (Merv Griffin Show) on July - 23.   

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

1895  On this day in history florence Vidor, [Arto], Houston TX, actress (Jack Knife Man)   

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

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

1900  On this day in history pan-African Congress meets in London   

1902  On this day in history walter Burle Marx, composer   

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  On this day in history adone Zecchi, composer   

1904  John Simon, public health pioneer, dies on July - 23.   

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

1905  On July - 23 jean-Jacques, painter, dies   

1906  On this day in history pogroms against Jews in Oddessa   

1906  On July - 23 clancy Cooper, actress (Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains)   

1907  7th Davis Cup: Australasia beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2) on July - 23.   

1907  Elspeth Josceline Huxley, English author on July - 23.   

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

1908  On July - 23 karl Swenson, Bkln NY, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie)   

1909  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #683 Lanzia   

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

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0645  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547)   

1659  Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer was born on July - 23.   

1705  On July - 23 birth of francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752)   

1734  On this day in history birth of antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730]   

0945  Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies on July - 23.   

1227  On July - 23 death of qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148)   

1373  On this day in history birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies   

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

1531  On July - 23 death of louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers   

1568  On this day in history don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23   

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

1584  On July - 23 death of john Day, English printer (b. 1522)