Historical events that took place on the 23rd
of July
1827: The
1st swim school in the United States was opened
1877: Hawaii’s
1st telephone and telegraph line was completed
1904: The
Ice cream cone was created by Charles E. Menches
1930: Earthquake
in Italy killed 1,500 people
1967: Race
riot in Detroit left 43 people dead and several others injured
1974: The
Greek military dictatorship collapsed
1993: 59
people were killed after the British Aerospace 146 crashed at Yinchuan, China
2007: 6
people were killed while several others were trapped in south-west Nigeria after
a 3-storey building under construction collapsed
2011: The
President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the country's plan to launch a
manned shuttle into space by 2019
2012: America's
first woman in space, Sally Ride, died of pancreatic cancer at age 61
2015: Scientists
announced the discovery of a planet in the Kepler-452 solar system that is
similar to Earth in size and orbit; the planet has a diameter 60% larger than
Earth's with an orbit of 385 days which is close to Earth's 365 days
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