July 23rd, 1942

Born on July 23rd, 1942

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What happened on July 23rd, 1942?

July 23rd, 1942

Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.

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July 23rd, 1942

The Holocaust: The gas chambers at Treblinka extermination camp began operation, killing 6,500 Jews who had been transported from the Warsaw Ghetto the day before.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

What else happened on July 23rd?

July 23rd, 2001

Megawati Sukarnoputri (pictured) became the first female president of Indonesia after her predecessor Abdurrahman Wahid was removed from office.

July 23rd, 1995

Hale–Bopp (pictured), one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, was independently discovered by astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.

July 23rd, 1984

Vanessa Williams, the first African-American Miss America, was forced to resign after the magazine Penthouse published nude photos of her without consent.

July 23rd, 1982

A helicopter crashed during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie in Valencia, California, killing three people and leading to new safety standards.

July 23rd, 1968

A shootout between police and a Black power group began in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking three days of rioting.

July 23rd, 1940

Sumner Welles, U.S. Under Secretary of State, issued a declaration that the U.S. government would not recognize the Soviet Union's annexation of the Baltic states.

July 23rd, 1927

Wilfred Rhodes of England and Yorkshire became the only person to play in 1,000 first-class cricket matches.

July 23rd, 1921

The first National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party opened in a house in Shanghai.

July 23rd, 1914

Austria-Hungary presented Serbia with an ultimatum to allow them to investigate the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which Serbia ultimately rejected, leading to World War I.

July 23rd, 1891

During 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.

July 23rd, 1862

American Civil War: Henry Halleck was appointed general-in-chief of the Union Army.

July 23rd, 1829

William Austin Burt was awarded a patent for the typographer, the first practical typewriting machine.

July 23rd, 1319

A fleet led by the Knights Hospitaller sank 22 of 28 ships of the Turkish Aydinid emirate.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 23rd

Born on July 23rd, 1942

60

Myra Hindley

British murderer

*July 23rd, 1942, Manchester †November 15th, 2002

81

Madeline Bell

American soul singer

*July 23rd, 1942, Newark

81

Allen Danziger

American actor

*July 23rd, 1942, Boston

74

Hiroki Matsukata

Japanese actor

*July 23rd, 1942, Tokyo City †January 21st, 2017, Tokyo

81

Ulrich Teichler

German sociologist

*July 23rd, 1942, Szczecin

81

Sallyanne Atkinson

Australian politician

*July 23rd, 1942, Sydney

55

Dimitris Liantinis

Greek philosopher, writer and university professor (1942-1998)

*July 23rd, 1942, Liantina †June 30th, 1998, Taygetus

81

Erika Blanc

Italian actress

*July 23rd, 1942, Brescia

71

Richard E. Dauch

American businessman

*July 23rd, 1942, Norwalk †August 2nd, 2013

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 23rd?

82

Sergio Mattarella

President of Italy since 2015

*July 23rd, 1941, Palermo

34

Daniel Radcliffe

British actor (born 1989)

*July 23rd, 1989, Hammersmith

82

Pierre Agostini

French physicist

*July 23rd, 1941, Tunis

72

Edie McClurg

American comedian and actress

*July 23rd, 1951, Kansas City

46

Gail Emms

Badminton player

*July 23rd, 1977, Hitchin

76

Gustav Heinemann

German politician, President of Germany 1969–1974

*July 23rd, 1899, Schwelm †July 7th, 1976, Essen

53

Jörg Stübner

German footballer (1965–2019)

*July 23rd, 1965, Freiberg †June 24th, 2019, Dresden

46

Philip Seymour Hoffman

American actor (1967–2014)

*July 23rd, 1967, Fairport †February 2nd, 2014, Manhattan

47

Theo van Gogh

Dutch film director (1957–2004)

*July 23rd, 1957, The Hague †November 2nd, 2004, Amsterdam

70

Najib Razak

Former 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia

*July 23rd, 1953, Kuala Lipis

23

Mimi Webb

English singer and songwriter

*July 23rd, 2000, Canterbury

44

Laura Benanti

American actress

*July 23rd, 1979, New York City

36

Julian Nagelsmann

German association football manager

*July 23rd, 1987, Landsberg am Lech

62

Woody Harrelson

American actor

*July 23rd, 1961, Midland

49

Stephanie March

American actress

*July 23rd, 1974, Dallas

27

Sinan Kurt

German footballer

*July 23rd, 1996, Mönchengladbach

31

Danny Ings

English association football player

*July 23rd, 1992, Winchester

76

Darío Jaramillo

Colombian writer and poet

*July 23rd, 1947, Santa Rosa de Osos

79

Don Imus

American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author

*July 23rd, 1940, Riverside †December 27th, 2019, College Station

83

Haile Selassie I

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974

*July 23rd, 1892, Ejersa Goro †August 27th, 1975, Addis Ababa

Same year
Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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