eso ha pasado un 23 Jullo

1945 : Beginning of the Petain trial


On July 23, 1945, the trial of Philippe Pétain started in the High Court of Justice, recreated by the Provisional Government of the French Republic after the liberation. Petain was found guilty of high treason and was striked by national indignity (loss of rank in the army, ban on wearing his medals ...). He was sentenced to death but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by De Gaulle.

1976 : First cases of Legionnaire's Disease


On July 23, 1976, 4000 Veterans from the American Legion association gathered at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to commemorate the bicentennial of US independence. In the following days, about 250 people were affected by a disease like pneumonia and thirty of them died.
After months of investigation, a microbiologist, Joseph McDade, isolated the bacteria causing the disease. It was a micro-organism living in water pipes and air conditioning systems.

1978 : Bernard Hinault won his first Tour de France


On July 23, 1978, the French cyclist Bernard Hinault won his first Tour de France. He was 23. That same year he was champion of France and also won the Tour of Spain.

1982 : 3 people killed during the filming of Twilight Zone


On July 23, 1982, actor Vic Morrow and two child actors Renee Chen and Shinn Myca Dinh Le were killed by a helicopter during the filming of Twilight Zone by John Landis. The director and his team were prosecuted in 1987 for manslaughter but were acquitted after a 10-month trial and the producers signed a financial agreement with the families of the victims.

1995 : Miguel Indurain won his fifth consecutive Tour de France


On July 23, 1995, the spanish cyclist, Miguel Indurain, won his fifth consecutive Tour de France. This was the first time a cyclist succeeds. In his career, Indurain also won two Tours of Italy, an Olympic Champion title and a title of World Champion against the clock.

Actualidad del día : 23 Jullo

National Day in Egypt
July 23 is a national holiday in Egypt to commemorate the Revolution of July 23, 1952 which saw the overthrow of King Farouk by a group of Army officers led by Nasser. The Revolution led to the creation of the Republic on June 18, 1953.

Cita del día : 23 Jullo

Bernard Hinault
As long as I breathe, I attack.

Cumpleaños : 23 Jullo

Raymond Chandler, Escritor y guionista estadounidense (1888)
Haile Selassie I, Emperador de Etiopía (1892)
Vladimir Prelog, Químico croato, Premio Nobel (1906)
Michael Wilding, Actor inglés (1912)
Gérard Brach, Guionista francés (1927)
Claude Fournier , Guionista y director de cine canadiense (1927)
Te Atairangikaahu, Reina Māori (1966 - 2006) (1931)
Guy Fournier, Guionista y escritor canadiense (1931)
David Essex, Músico inglés (1947)
Theo van Gogh , Director de cine holandés (1957)
Martin Gore, Músico inglés (Depeche Mode) (1961)
Woody Harrelson, Actor americano (1961)
Eriq La Salle, Actor americano (1962)
Saul Hudson (Slash), Músico inglés americano (Guns N' Roses) (1965)
Stephanie Seymour, Top model americana (1968)
Charisma Carpenter, Actriz americana (1970)
Marlon Wayans, Actor americano (1972)
Stephanie March, Actriz americana (1974)
Kathryn Hahn, Actriz americana (1974)
Maurice Greene, Atleta estadounidense (1974)
Steve Jocz, Músico canadiense (Sum 41) (1981)
Paul Wesley, Actor americano (1982)
Daniel Radcliffe, Actor inglés (1989)

Nos han dejado un 23 Jullo

Domenico Scarlatti, Compositor italiano (1757)
George Edwards, Naturalista Inglés (1773)
Roger Sherman, Político estadounidense (1793)
Ulysses S. Grant, 18 º presidente de los Estados Unidos (1885)
William Ramsay, Químico escocés, ganador del Premio Nóbel (1916)
D. W. Griffith, Director de cine americano (1948)
Philippe Pétain, General y político francés (1951)
Cordell Hull, Político estadounidense, Premio Nobel de la Paz (1955)
Montgomery Clift, Actor americano (1966)
Van Heflin, Actor estadounidense (1971)
Joseph Kessel, Periodista y escritor francés (1979)
Georges Auric, Compositor francés (1983)
Hassan II , Rey de Marruecos (1961 - 1999) (1999)
Serge Reggiani, Actor y cantante francés (2004)
Amy Winehouse, Cantante inglesa (2011)
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