A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on July 23 throughout history.
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King Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply the United States with munitions during the American Revolution
The typographer was an early typewriter invented by William Austin Burt. Intended to aid in office work, the machine worked by using a lever to press characters onto paper one at a time.
Union Act passed by the British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada
Bretton Woods Conference ends, establishes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, later part of the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund
Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a long-period comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades. Alan Hale and...
English boy band "One Direction" is formed during the "X Factor" television talent show as Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson join together
Frank Sinatra's album "Strangers in the Night" hits #1 on the US charts and wins a Grammy for Record of the Year and Best Male Vocal Performance
British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Tiger Woods beats Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els by eight shots to win his first Open title and becomes the youngest player at only 24 to win all four major titles
American actress Susan Hayward (27) weds American actor Jess Barker (32) at St. Thomas Church in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 1954
Professional golfer Jack Nicklaus (20) weds Barbara Bash
The wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson took place on Wednesday, 23 July 1986 at Westminster Abbey in London.
Billy Rose (born William Samuel Rosenberg; September 6, 1899 – February 10, 1966) was an American impresario, theatrical showman, lyricist and columnist.
The region of Palestine is part of the Levant, a land bridge between Africa and Eurasia that has traditionally served as the "crossroads of Western Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Northeast...
John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
King of the Romans (Latin: Rex Romanorum; German: König der Römer) was a royal title used by the king of East Francia following his election by the princes from the reign of Henry II (1002–1024)...
Rindfleisch ("Beef") persecutions - Jewish community in Würzburg, Germany, is massacred
Turkey recognizes John Sigismund Zápolya as vassal king of Hungary
Battle of Grevelingen: Lamoraal, Count of Egmont defeats France
The siege of Groningen was a two-month siege which commenced on 19 May 1594, and which took place during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War.
Italian painter Caravaggio gets his first public commission, the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States.
Peter I was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696.
James Otis publishes "The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved," in which he argues against taxation without representation
The Republic of Mainz was the first democratic state in the current German territory and was centered in Mainz. A product of the French Revolutionary Wars, it lasted from March to July 1793.
Republican Robert Emmet leads Irish rebellion against the British Crown in Dublin
Battle of Mogilev: first significant fighting during Napoleon's invasion of Russia results in minor French victory
First US swimming school opens in Boston, Massachusetts
In the late 1820s, Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, announced that an angel had given him a set of golden plates engraved with a chronicle of ancient American peoples, which he...
HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso (Chile)
The First Italian War of Independence (Italian: Prima guerra d'indipendenza italiana), part of the Risorgimento or unification of Italy, was fought by the Kingdom of Sardinia (Piedmont) and Italian...
17th Postmaster General: Nathan K. Hall of New York takes office
The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux (10 Stat. 949) was signed on July 23, 1851, at Traverse des Sioux in Minnesota Territory between the United States government and the Upper Dakota Sioux bands.
Private John Brown becomes the first interment in the National Cemetery at the Presidio in San Francisco, California
The Jews Relief Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 49), also called the Jewish Disabilities Act, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which removed previous barriers to Jews entering Parliament,...
Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 – January 9, 1872) was a senior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer.
Alexandra Park is a 200-acre (80–hectare), Green Flag Award, and Green Heritage winning, diverse-landscape park, in the Borough of Haringey in north London adjacent to Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood...
The Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 were baseball's first all-professional team, with ten salaried players.
All England Lawn Tennis Club is founded as the All England Croquet Club; in 1877, the name changes to the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa
First telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii is completed
American civilian Steve Brodie allegedly survives a 135-foot plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge
John Boyd Dunlop applies for a patent for the pneumatic tyre
First Pan-African Congress meets in London, organized by Trinidadian Henry Sylvester Williams, makes plea for African self-government
Dutch Excelsior soccer club is established in Rotterdam (First Division winners 1973-4, 78-79, 2005-06)
Ice cream cone is created during the St. Louis World's Fair, reputedly first by Charles E. Menches
The Odessa pogroms were a series of violent anti-Jewish riots and attacks in the multi-ethnic port city of Odessa in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot, Palestine
Austria-Hungary presents an ultimatum to Serbia, demanding acceptance within 48 hours, making peacekeeping difficult
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.
A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire.
American long jumper Edward Gourdin sets new world record of 7.69 m (25 ft 2+3⁄4 in) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words
Earthquake strikes Ariano in Italy, killing 1,500
France announces it can't afford to send a team to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics due to the Great Depression but eventually manages to send a team
Isolation of pituitary hormone is announced (Yale University)
The US 45th Infantry Division occupies the north coast of Termini, Sicily
First US Navy air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island
The 1948 Progressive National Convention was held in Philadelphia from July 23 to 25, 1948. The convention ratified the candidacies of former Vice President Henry A.
Dennis Brian Close, (24 February 1931 – 13 September 2015) was an English first-class cricketer. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old.
The Republic of Egypt was a state created in 1953 under the rule of Mohammed Naguib following the Egyptian revolution of 1952 in which the Kingdom of Egypt's Muhammad Ali dynasty came to an end.
English speed ace Donald Campbell drives Bluebird K7 to a new water speed record at Ullswater in the English Lake District, becoming the first boat to surpass 200 mph at 202.32 mph (325.60 km/h)
Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 km/h
The House of Lords Act 1999 (34) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament.
The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos was an international agreement signed in Geneva on July 23, 1962, between 14 states, including Laos, as a result of the International Conference...
Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria; 100 die, 160 are injured, $20 million in damage
Dick Stuart hits a home run in a Major League record 23rd different park
Liverpool is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, 178 miles (286 km) north-west of London.
43 die in a race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
Fred Blasie wins fifth wrestling world championship belt
USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
A ban on parades and public processions until January 1971 is announced by the Stormont government (Northern Ireland Parliament)
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region.
First Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched to document global land use change as a joint NASA/USGS program and is later renamed Landsat 1 [1]
Ozark AL Flight 809 is knocked out of the air by lightning while landing in St. Louis, killing 38
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974.
42nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All-Stars 0 (52,895 attendees)
Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Muslims on hostage charges
Franklin Bradshaw is murdered in Salt Lake City by his grandson Marc Schreuder at the instigation of his mother Frances Schreuder
FCC approves AM stereo radio; KTSA in San Antonio, Texas, becomes the first station in the US to broadcast in stereo
Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a successful deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba, earning the nickname "Gimli Glider"
Petra Felke (East Germany) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record eight field goals vs. Edmonton
Fox-TV tops ABC, NBC, and CBS for the first time with America's Most Wanted
Grateful Dead keyboardist Brent Mydland performs unexpected last show with the group at the World Music Theater, Tinley Park, Illinois
James Farentino (February 24, 1938 – January 24, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in television, film, and on stage, including The Final Countdown, Jesus of Nazareth, and Dynasty.
China Northwest Airlines BAe146-300 crashes at Yinchuan, killing 55
The Kingdome (officially the King County Stadium) was a multi-purpose stadium located in the Industrial District (later SoDo) neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them
On July 23, 1999, an All Nippon Airways Boeing 747-481D with 503 passengers on Flight 61, including 14 children and 14 crew members on board, took off from Tokyo Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan...
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), a treaty including Germany, France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, expires 50 years after it entered into force
Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state in the central Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa.
Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to throw a perfect game in MLB history, defeating Tampa Bay Rays 5-0
A series of attacks across Iraq kill 103 people
19 people are killed and 22 are injured after a tour bus collides with a truck in Saraburi, Thailand
The 2014 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth...
NASA's Kepler mission announces the discovery of the most Earth-like planet yet, Kepler-452b, located 1,400 light-years from Earth
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and the Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist militant...
"Sabrina" by Nick Drnaso becomes the first graphic novel named to the longlist for Man Booker Prize for best fiction written in English
At least 36 people killed by a mud landslide in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province, China
China launches its first mission to Mars, Tianwen-1, a combined orbiter, lander, and rover, from Wenchang Launch Site, Hainan Island
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's...
WHO declares monkeypox to be a public health emergency of international concern with 16,000 cases in 75 countries [1]
Greece mounts it biggest evacuation, moving 19,000 tourists and residents out of the path of wildfires on the island of Rhodes amid the country's hottest July in 50 years [1]
China announces plans to raise its retirement age from 60 for men and 55/50 for women, one of the lowest in the world [1]
Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger is sentenced for four consecutive life sentences in prison without parole after pleading guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022 [1]
Haile Selassie is born
Anthony Kennedy is born
Najib Razak is born
Monica Lewinsky is born
Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1967-07-23. Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor.
Woody Harrelson, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1962-07-23. Woodrow Tracy Harrelson is an American actor.
Daniel Radcliffe, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1990-07-23. Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor, best known for portraying the title character in all eight films of the…
Slash, American musician, known for british musician, was born on 1966-07-23. Saul Hudson, known professionally as Slash, is a British-American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the hard…
Alison Krauss, American musician, known for american bluegrass-country singer, fiddler and music producer, was born on 1972-07-23.
Don Drysdale, American athlete, known for american baseball player and broadcaster, was born on 1936-07-23.
Graham Gooch, English athlete, known for english cricketer, was born on 1954-07-23. Graham Alan Gooch, is a former English first-class cricketer who captained Essex and England.
Aaron Peirsol, American athlete, known for american swimmer, was born on 1984-07-23.
The region of Palestine is part of the Levant, a land bridge between Africa and Eurasia that has traditionally served as the "crossroads of Western Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Northeast...
John V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
King of the Romans (Latin: Rex Romanorum; German: König der Römer) was a royal title used by the king of East Francia following his election by the princes from the reign of Henry II (1002–1024)...
Rindfleisch ("Beef") persecutions - Jewish community in Würzburg, Germany, is massacred
Turkey recognizes John Sigismund Zápolya as vassal king of Hungary
Battle of Grevelingen: Lamoraal, Count of Egmont defeats France
The siege of Groningen was a two-month siege which commenced on 19 May 1594, and which took place during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War.
Italian painter Caravaggio gets his first public commission, the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States.
Peter I was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696.
James Otis publishes "The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved," in which he argues against taxation without representation
King Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply the United States with munitions during the American Revolution
The Republic of Mainz was the first democratic state in the current German territory and was centered in Mainz. A product of the French Revolutionary Wars, it lasted from March to July 1793.
Republican Robert Emmet leads Irish rebellion against the British Crown in Dublin
Battle of Mogilev: first significant fighting during Napoleon's invasion of Russia results in minor French victory
First US swimming school opens in Boston, Massachusetts
The typographer was an early typewriter invented by William Austin Burt. Intended to aid in office work, the machine worked by using a lever to press characters onto paper one at a time.
In the late 1820s, Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, announced that an angel had given him a set of golden plates engraved with a chronicle of ancient American peoples, which he...
HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso (Chile)
Union Act passed by the British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada
The First Italian War of Independence (Italian: Prima guerra d'indipendenza italiana), part of the Risorgimento or unification of Italy, was fought by the Kingdom of Sardinia (Piedmont) and Italian...
17th Postmaster General: Nathan K. Hall of New York takes office
The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux (10 Stat. 949) was signed on July 23, 1851, at Traverse des Sioux in Minnesota Territory between the United States government and the Upper Dakota Sioux bands.
Private John Brown becomes the first interment in the National Cemetery at the Presidio in San Francisco, California
The Jews Relief Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 49), also called the Jewish Disabilities Act, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which removed previous barriers to Jews entering Parliament,...
Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 – January 9, 1872) was a senior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer.
Alexandra Park is a 200-acre (80–hectare), Green Flag Award, and Green Heritage winning, diverse-landscape park, in the Borough of Haringey in north London adjacent to Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood...
The Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 were baseball's first all-professional team, with ten salaried players.
All England Lawn Tennis Club is founded as the All England Croquet Club; in 1877, the name changes to the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa
Isaac Singer, American inventor and businessman, known for american inventor and businessman, died on 1875-07-23.
First telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii is completed
American civilian Steve Brodie allegedly survives a 135-foot plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge
John Boyd Dunlop applies for a patent for the pneumatic tyre
Haile Selassie is born
First Pan-African Congress meets in London, organized by Trinidadian Henry Sylvester Williams, makes plea for African self-government
Dutch Excelsior soccer club is established in Rotterdam (First Division winners 1973-4, 78-79, 2005-06)
Ice cream cone is created during the St. Louis World's Fair, reputedly first by Charles E. Menches
The Odessa pogroms were a series of violent anti-Jewish riots and attacks in the multi-ethnic port city of Odessa in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot, Palestine
Austria-Hungary presents an ultimatum to Serbia, demanding acceptance within 48 hours, making peacekeeping difficult
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.
A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire.
American long jumper Edward Gourdin sets new world record of 7.69 m (25 ft 2+3⁄4 in) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words
Earthquake strikes Ariano in Italy, killing 1,500
France announces it can't afford to send a team to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics due to the Great Depression but eventually manages to send a team
Don Drysdale, American athlete, known for american baseball player and broadcaster, was born on 1936-07-23.
Isolation of pituitary hormone is announced (Yale University)
Anthony Kennedy is born
The US 45th Infantry Division occupies the north coast of Termini, Sicily
Bretton Woods Conference ends, establishes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, later part of the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund
American actress Susan Hayward (27) weds American actor Jess Barker (32) at St. Thomas Church in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 1954
First US Navy air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island
The 1948 Progressive National Convention was held in Philadelphia from July 23 to 25, 1948. The convention ratified the candidacies of former Vice President Henry A.
Dennis Brian Close, (24 February 1931 – 13 September 2015) was an English first-class cricketer. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old.
The Republic of Egypt was a state created in 1953 under the rule of Mohammed Naguib following the Egyptian revolution of 1952 in which the Kingdom of Egypt's Muhammad Ali dynasty came to an end.
Najib Razak is born
Graham Gooch, English athlete, known for english cricketer, was born on 1954-07-23. Graham Alan Gooch, is a former English first-class cricketer who captained Essex and England.
English speed ace Donald Campbell drives Bluebird K7 to a new water speed record at Ullswater in the English Lake District, becoming the first boat to surpass 200 mph at 202.32 mph (325.60 km/h)
Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 km/h
The House of Lords Act 1999 (34) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament.
Billy Rose (born William Samuel Rosenberg; September 6, 1899 – February 10, 1966) was an American impresario, theatrical showman, lyricist and columnist.
Professional golfer Jack Nicklaus (20) weds Barbara Bash
The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos was an international agreement signed in Geneva on July 23, 1962, between 14 states, including Laos, as a result of the International Conference...
Woody Harrelson, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1962-07-23. Woodrow Tracy Harrelson is an American actor.
Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria; 100 die, 160 are injured, $20 million in damage
Dick Stuart hits a home run in a Major League record 23rd different park
Frank Sinatra's album "Strangers in the Night" hits #1 on the US charts and wins a Grammy for Record of the Year and Best Male Vocal Performance
Liverpool is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, 178 miles (286 km) north-west of London.
Slash, American musician, known for british musician, was born on 1966-07-23. Saul Hudson, known professionally as Slash, is a British-American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the hard…
43 die in a race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1967-07-23. Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor.
Fred Blasie wins fifth wrestling world championship belt
USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
A ban on parades and public processions until January 1971 is announced by the Stormont government (Northern Ireland Parliament)
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region.
First Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched to document global land use change as a joint NASA/USGS program and is later renamed Landsat 1 [1]
Alison Krauss, American musician, known for american bluegrass-country singer, fiddler and music producer, was born on 1972-07-23.
Ozark AL Flight 809 is knocked out of the air by lightning while landing in St. Louis, killing 38
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974.
Monica Lewinsky is born
42nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All-Stars 0 (52,895 attendees)
Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Muslims on hostage charges
Franklin Bradshaw is murdered in Salt Lake City by his grandson Marc Schreuder at the instigation of his mother Frances Schreuder
FCC approves AM stereo radio; KTSA in San Antonio, Texas, becomes the first station in the US to broadcast in stereo
Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a successful deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba, earning the nickname "Gimli Glider"
Aaron Peirsol, American athlete, known for american swimmer, was born on 1984-07-23.
The wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson took place on Wednesday, 23 July 1986 at Westminster Abbey in London.
Petra Felke (East Germany) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record eight field goals vs. Edmonton
Fox-TV tops ABC, NBC, and CBS for the first time with America's Most Wanted
Grateful Dead keyboardist Brent Mydland performs unexpected last show with the group at the World Music Theater, Tinley Park, Illinois
Daniel Radcliffe, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1990-07-23. Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor, best known for portraying the title character in all eight films of the…
James Farentino (February 24, 1938 – January 24, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in television, film, and on stage, including The Final Countdown, Jesus of Nazareth, and Dynasty.
China Northwest Airlines BAe146-300 crashes at Yinchuan, killing 55
The Kingdome (officially the King County Stadium) was a multi-purpose stadium located in the Industrial District (later SoDo) neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a long-period comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades. Alan Hale and...
Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them
On July 23, 1999, an All Nippon Airways Boeing 747-481D with 503 passengers on Flight 61, including 14 children and 14 crew members on board, took off from Tokyo Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan...
British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Tiger Woods beats Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els by eight shots to win his first Open title and becomes the youngest player at only 24 to win all four major titles
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), a treaty including Germany, France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, expires 50 years after it entered into force
Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state in the central Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa.
Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to throw a perfect game in MLB history, defeating Tampa Bay Rays 5-0
English boy band "One Direction" is formed during the "X Factor" television talent show as Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson join together
Amy Winehouse, British singer and songwriter, known for english singer and songwriter, died on 2011-07-23.
A series of attacks across Iraq kill 103 people
19 people are killed and 22 are injured after a tour bus collides with a truck in Saraburi, Thailand
The 2014 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth...
NASA's Kepler mission announces the discovery of the most Earth-like planet yet, Kepler-452b, located 1,400 light-years from Earth
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and the Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist militant...
"Sabrina" by Nick Drnaso becomes the first graphic novel named to the longlist for Man Booker Prize for best fiction written in English
At least 36 people killed by a mud landslide in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province, China
China launches its first mission to Mars, Tianwen-1, a combined orbiter, lander, and rover, from Wenchang Launch Site, Hainan Island
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's...
WHO declares monkeypox to be a public health emergency of international concern with 16,000 cases in 75 countries [1]
Greece mounts it biggest evacuation, moving 19,000 tourists and residents out of the path of wildfires on the island of Rhodes amid the country's hottest July in 50 years [1]
China announces plans to raise its retirement age from 60 for men and 55/50 for women, one of the lowest in the world [1]
Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger is sentenced for four consecutive life sentences in prison without parole after pleading guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022 [1]