July 23 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for July 23
In the headlines today:

2000	American Lance Armstrong wins his second straight Tour de France bicycle race.
1998	Actress Maureen O'Sullivan dies in Scottsdale, Arizona, at age 87.
1986	Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson are married at Westminster Abbey in London.
1985	Polio researcher Jonas Salk dies in La Jolla, California, at age 80.
1984	Vanessa Williams gives up her Miss America crown after it is discovered that she once posed nude for Penthouse magazine.
1952	Gamal Abdel Nasser leads a military coup that overthrows the Egyptian government of King Farouk I.
1938	The US Fish and Wildlife Service approves 2,000 acres of land in Utah as the first federal game preserve.
1930	Future New York governor Nelson Rockefeller marries Mary Clark.
1885	Ulysses S. Grant, 18th US president, dies in Mt. McGregor, New York, at age 63.

Born today:

1981 Steve Jocz - drummer (Sum 41)

1980 Michelle Williams - singer (Destiny's Child)

1968 Stephanie Seymour - super model

1968 Gary Payton - NBA point guard

1965 Slash - guitarist (Gun 'n Roses)

1961 Woody Harrelson - actor

1961 Martin Gore - guitarist, keyboardist (DePeche Mode)

1951 Edie McClurg - actress

1950 Blair Thornton - guitarist (Bachman Turner Overdrive)

1948 Don Imus - radio talk show host

1947 David Essex - singer, actor

1946 Andy Mackay - horn player (Roxy Music)

1945 Dino Danelli - drummer (The Young Rascals)

1939 Terence Stamp - actor

1938 Ronny Cox - actor

1936 Don Drysdale - Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher

1933 Bert Convey - TV host, singer

1925 Gloria De Haven - actress

1919 Pee Wee Reese - baseball player, coach

1894 Arthur Treacher - actor, Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips founder

1892 Haile Selassie - Emperor of Ethiopia

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Leo

(The Lion)