History of July 23
On July 23 the following events have occured in our world's history.
1798 - Napoleon captures Alexandria Egypt.
1803 - Robert Emmett's insurrection in Dublin.
1829 - Typewriter patented
1852 - 1st interment in US National Cemetary at Presidio
1866 - Cincinatti Baseball club (The Reds) established
1877 - 1st telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii is completed
1904 - Ice cream cone invented
1937 - Isolation of pituitary hormone announced
1944 - US forces invaded japanese-held Tinian in WWII
1947 - 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets Quonset Point RI
1952 - Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (National Day).
1968 - PLO's 1st hijacking of an EL AL plane
1972 - ERTS 1 (Earth Resources Technology Satellite) later called LANDSAT - launched to start its multi-spectral scans of Earth
1980 - Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6.