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Historical Events on July 23

  • Byzantine Empire

    811

    Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.

  • American Civil War

    1862

    American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.

  • Ulysses S. Grant

    1885

    President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer

  • Ford Motor Company

    1903

    The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.

  • Austria-Hungary

    1914

    Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.

  • The Holocaust

    1942

    The Holocaust: The Treblinka extermination camp is opened.

  • World War II

    1942

    World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.

  • Bulgaria

    1942

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

  • Catholic Church

    1992

    A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.

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