Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Selected anniversaries/July 23

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File:Farouk1.jpg|Farouk of Egypt
File:Comet Hale-Bopp 1995O1.jpg|Comet Hale-Bopp
File:Comet-Hale-Bopp-29-03-1997 hires adj (cropped).jpg|Comet Hale–Bopp
File:Sarah Ferguson.jpg|Sarah, Duchess of York
File:Flag of the European Coal and Steel Community 12 Star Version.svg|Flag of the European Coal and Steel Community
File:CME of 23 July 2012.jpg|2012 solar storm
File:Henry Wager Halleck - Brady-Handy.jpg|Henry Halleck
File:President Megawati Sukarnoputri - Indonesia.jpg|Megawati Sukarnoputri
File:One Direction at the Logies Awards 2012.jpg|One Direction
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==Ineligible==
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|  [[1793]] – After a siege of 18 weeks, French troops in [[Mainz]] surrendered to [[Prussia]]n forces, effectively ending the '''[[Republic of Mainz]]''', the first democratic state on the current German territory.
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| [[1840]] – The [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]] passed an '''[[Act of Union 1840|Act of Union]]''' abolishing the legislatures of [[Lower Canada]] and [[Upper Canada]] and establishing a new political entity, the [[Province of Canada]], to replace them.
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| [[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: '''[[Henry Halleck]]''' was appointed [[general-in-chief]] of the [[Union Army]].
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| [[1881]] – The '''[[International Gymnastics Federation]]''', the world's oldest international sport federation, was founded in [[Liège (city)|Liège]], Belgium. 
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|  [[1914]] – [[Austria-Hungary]] presented Serbia with '''[[July Crisis|an ultimatum]]''' to allow them to investigate the [[assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand]], which Serbia ultimately rejected, leading to [[World War&nbsp;I]].
|  [better source needed] x3, [citation needed] x4, [needs update] x1, [vague] x1, and [expand-section] x1
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|  [[1952]] – [[Egyptian Army]] officers in the [[Free Officers Movement (Egypt)|Free Officers Movement]] led by [[Muhammad Naguib]] and [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] '''[[Egyptian revolution of 1952|staged a military coup]]''' against King [[Farouk of Egypt]].
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|  [[1967]] – A police raid of a [[Speakeasy|blind pig]] sparked the '''[[1967 Detroit riot]]''' that eventually left 43 dead, 467 injured, over 7200 arrests, and more than 2000 buildings burned down.
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| [[1970]] – '''[[Qaboos bin Said|Qaboos]]''' overthrew his father [[Said bin Taimur]] to become [[Sultan of Oman]].
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| [[1983]] – [[Sri Lankan Civil War]]<!--not bold, multiple issues--> The war began with '''[[Black July|large-scale rioting]]''' carried out by [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] against [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Tamils]] in response to an ambush by the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] on [[Four Four Bravo|a convoy of Sri Lanka Army soldiers]].
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| [[1983]] – '''[[Gimli Glider|Air Canada Flight&nbsp;143]]''' made an emergency landing in [[Gimli, Manitoba]], Canada, without loss of life after the crew was forced to glide the aircraft when it completely ran out of fuel.
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| [[1986]] – [[Wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson|The wedding]]<!--not bold, unreferenced section--> of '''[[Sarah, Duchess of York|Sarah Ferguson]]''' and '''[[Prince Andrew, Duke of York]]''' took place at [[Westminster Abbey]].
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|* [[2002]] – On the 50th anniversary of its founding, the '''[[European Coal and Steel Community]]''' disbanded, and its activities and resources were absorbed by the [[European Economic Community|European Community]].
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| [[2005]] – '''[[2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings|Three bombs hit]]''' the Naama Bay area of [[Sharm el-Sheikh]], Egypt, killing 88 people.
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| '''[[Warner of Grez]]'''<!--French nobleman--> |d|1100
| uncertain if he died on July 22 or 23
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| '''[[Apolinario Mabini]]'''<!--Philippine prime minister--> |b|1864
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| '''[[Michelle Williams (singer)|Michelle Williams]]'''<!--American--> |b|1979|
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|'''[[Bridget of Sweden]]'''<!--Swedish nun--> |d|1373| 
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|'''[[Seo Woo-jin]]'''<!--South Korean actor-->|b|2015|
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==Eligible==
* [[1319]] – A fleet led by the [[Knights Hospitaller]] '''[[Battle of Chios (1319)|sank 22 of 28 ships]]''' of the Turkish [[Aydinids|Aydinid]] emirate.
* [[1829]] – [[William Austin Burt]] was awarded a patent for the '''[[Typographer (typewriter)|typographer]]''', the first practical [[typewriter|typewriting machine]].
* [[1891]] – During '''[[Kronstadt–Toulon naval visits|a visit of the French Navy to Kronstadt]]''' in Russia, the two nations reached a secret agreement on a joint response to any future war in Europe.
* [[1921]] – The [[1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|first National Congress]]<!--not bold, short--> of the '''[[Chinese Communist Party]]''' opened in [[Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|a house]] in Shanghai.
* [[1940]] – [[Sumner Welles]], [[United States Under Secretary of State|U.S. Under Secretary of State]], issued '''[[Welles Declaration|a declaration]]''' that the U.S. government would not [[diplomatic recognition|recognize]] the Soviet Union's [[Occupation of the Baltic states|annexation of the Baltic states]].
* [[1968]] – '''[[Glenville shootout|A shootout]]''' between police and a [[Black power]] group began in [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]], sparking three days of rioting.
* [[1982]] – '''[[Twilight Zone accident|A helicopter crashed]]''' during the filming of ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'' in [[Valencia, Santa Clarita, California|Valencia, California]], killing three people and leading to new safety standards.
* [[1984]] – [[Vanessa Williams]], the first African-American [[Miss America]], '''[[Vanessa Williams and Miss America|was forced to resign]]''' after the magazine ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'' published nude photos of her without consent.
* [[2001]] – '''[[Megawati Sukarnoputri]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first female [[president of Indonesia]] after her predecessor [[Abdurrahman Wahid]] was removed from office.
* [[2010]] – The British-Irish boy band '''[[One Direction]]''' ''(pictured)'' were formed whilst auditioning for the [[The X Factor (British series 7)|2010 series]] of the British singing competition ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor]]''.

* Born/died: | '''[[He Ning]]'''<!--Chinese duke--> |d|955| '''[[John Day (printer)|John Day]]'''<!--English printer-->|d|1584| '''[[Bonaventura Peeters the Elder]]'''<!--Flemish painter-->|b|1614| '''[[Henry Norris (businessman)|Henry Norris]]'''<!--English-->|b|1865| '''[[Louis T. Wright]]'''<!--American physician-->|b|1891| '''[[Red Dutton]]'''<!--Canadian hockey player-->|b|1897| '''[[John Babcock]]'''<!--Canadian soldier-->|b|1900| '''[[Tajuddin Ahmad]]'''<!--Bangladeshi politician-->|b|1925| '''[[Vera Rubin]]'''<!--American astronomer-->|b|1928|'''[[Saulius Skvernelis]]'''<!--Lithuanian prime minister-->|b|1970| '''[[Judit Polgár]]'''<!--Hungarian chess player, female-->|b|1976| '''[[Olivia Manning]]'''<!--English writer-->|d|1980| '''[[Daniel Radcliffe]]'''<!--English actor-->|b|1989| '''[[Lauren Mitchell]]'''<!--Australian gymnast-->|b|1991| '''[[Hassan II of Morocco]]'''<!--King; 25th death anniversary in 2024-->|d|1999| '''[[Amy Winehouse]]'''<!--English singer-->|d|2011|

==Notes==
* [[Sholes and Glidden typewriter]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 1|July 1]], so Typographer should not appear in the same year
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'''[[July 23]]''': '''[[Seventeenth of Tammuz]]''' (Judaism, 2024), '''[[Rastafari#Grounding|Birthday of Haile Selassie]]''' ([[Rastafari]])
{{main page image/OTD|File:Rhodes bowling front 3.jpg|Wilfred Rhodes in 1906}}
* [[1860]] – The trial of the '''[[Eastbourne manslaughter]]''', which later became an important legal [[precedent]] in the United Kingdom for discussions of [[corporal punishment]] in schools, began in [[Lewes]].
* [[1927]] – '''[[Wilfred Rhodes]]''' ''(pictured)'' of [[England cricket team|England]] and [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] became the only person to play in 1,000 [[first-class cricket]] matches.
* [[1942]] – [[The Holocaust]]: The [[gas chamber]]s at '''[[Treblinka extermination camp]]''' began operation, killing 6,500 Jews who had been transported from the [[Warsaw Ghetto]] the day before.
* [[1995]] – '''[[Comet Hale–Bopp|Hale–Bopp]]''', one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, was independently discovered by astronomers [[Alan Hale (astronomer)|Alan Hale]] and [[Thomas Bopp]].
* [[1999]] – In [[Tulia, Texas]], '''[[1999 Tulia drug arrests|47 people]]''' were arrested for dealing [[cocaine]]; years later, 35 of the 47 were [[pardon]]ed by the [[Governor of Texas]].
{{Born and died list|  '''[[John Day (printer)|John Day]]'''<!--English printer-->|d|1584| '''[[Bonaventura Peeters the Elder]]'''<!--Flemish painter-->|b|1614| '''[[Daniel Radcliffe]]'''<!--English actor-->|b|1989| '''[[Hassan II of Morocco]]'''<!--King-->|d|1999|}}
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