Today is Tuesday, July 23, the 205th day of the yr 2024. There are 161 days left within the yr.
Today’s highlight of the story:
On July 23, 1967, Detroit experienced the primary of 5 days of deadly riots. A police raid on an unlicensed bar within the early hours of the morning led to confrontations with residents. The violence escalated and spread to other parts of town. 43 people lost their lives.
Also on this date:
In 1903, the Ford Motor Company sold its first automotive, a Model A, for $850.
In 1982, actor Vic Morrow and two child actresses, 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen, were killed when a helicopter crashed on them during filming of a Vietnam War scene for “The Twilight Zone: The Movie.” (Director John Landis and 4 colleagues were later acquitted of manslaughter charges.)
In 1983, an Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel while flying from Montreal to Edmonton. The pilots managed to guide the plane to a secure emergency landing in Gimli, Manitoba. (The near-disaster occurred since the fuel was incorrectly measured in kilos somewhat than kilograms at a time when Canada was switching to the metric system.)
In 1990, President George HW Bush announced that he had chosen Judge David Souter of New Hampshire to succeed retiring Justice William J. Brennan to the U.S. Supreme Court.
At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Kerri Strug managed a heroic final jump despite a torn ligament in her left ankle and the US gymnasts won their first Olympic team gold medal.
In 1997, the seek for Andrew Cunanan, the suspected murderer of designer Gianni Versace and others, ended when police found his body on a houseboat in Miami Beach; it was an apparent suicide.
In 1999, the space shuttle Columbia launched with the world's strongest X-ray telescope and Eileen Collins became the primary woman to command a U.S. space flight.
In 2003, the Massachusetts Attorney General released a report stating that clergy and other members of the Archdiocese of Boston were believed to have sexually abused greater than 1,000 people over a period of sixty years.
In 2006, Tiger Woods became the primary player since Tom Watson within the 1982/83 season to win the British Open in consecutive years.
In 2011, 27-year-old singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home; she had unintentionally suffered from alcohol poisoning.
In 2012, Pennsylvania State University's football program was nearly ruined by penalties for its handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal: The NCAA imposed an unprecedented $60 million high quality, a four-year ban from participating within the playoffs, and a discount within the variety of football scholarships it could award.
In 2019, Boris Johnson won the election to change into leader of Britain's ruling Conservative Party, giving him the chance to change into the country's prime minister the subsequent day.
In 2021, Cleveland's Major League Baseball team, often called the Indians since 1915, announced it might adopt a brand new name, the Guardians, at the tip of the 2021 season; the change got here amid pressure on institutions and teams to desert logos and names that were viewed as racist.
Today's birthdays:
- Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is 88.
- Actor Ronny Cox is 86.
- Rock singer David Essex is 77.
- Actor Woody Harrelson is 63.
- Rock musician Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) is 63.
- The actor and director Eriq Lasalle is 62.
- The rock musician Slash is 59.
- Gary Payton, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, is 56.
- Model and actress Stephanie Seymour is 56.
- Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., is 55.
- Actress Charisma Carpenter is 54.
- Country singer Alison Krauss is 53.
- R&B singer Dalvin DeGrate (Jodeci) is 53.
- Actor and comedian Marlon Wayans is 52.
- Actress Kathryn Hahn is 51.
- Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky is 51.
- Actress Stephanie March is 50.
- R&B singer Michelle Williams is 45.
- Actor Paul Wesley is 42.
- Actor Daniel Radcliffe is 35.
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