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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.

Novità del giorno : 23 Luglio

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.

Citazione del giorno : 23 Luglio

Bernard Hinault
As long as I breathe, I attack.

Compleanni : 23 Luglio

Raymond Chandler, Scrittore e sceneggiatore americano (1888)
Haile Selassie I, Imperatore d'Etiopia (1892)
Vladimir Prelog, Chimico croato, Premio Nobel (1906)
Michael Wilding, Attore inglese (1912)
Gérard Brach, Sceneggiatore francese (1927)
Claude Fournier , Sceneggiatore e regista canadese (1927)
Te Atairangikaahu, Regina Māori (1966 - 2006) (1931)
Guy Fournier, Sceneggiatore e scrittore canadese (1931)
David Essex, Musicista inglese (1947)
Theo van Gogh , Regista olandese (1957)
Martin Gore, Musicista inglese (Depeche Mode) (1961)
Woody Harrelson, Attore americano (1961)
Eriq La Salle, Attore americano (1962)
Saul Hudson (Slash), Musicista inglese americano (Guns N' Roses) (1965)
Stephanie Seymour, Top model americana (1968)
Charisma Carpenter, Attrice americana (1970)
Marlon Wayans, Attore americano (1972)
Stephanie March, Attrice americana (1974)
Kathryn Hahn, Attrice americana (1974)
Maurice Greene, Atleta americano (1974)
Steve Jocz, Musicista canadese (Sum 41) (1981)
Paul Wesley, Attore americano (1982)
Daniel Radcliffe, Attore inglese (1989)

Ci hanno lasciato un 23 Luglio

Domenico Scarlatti, Compositore italiano (1757)
George Edwards, Naturalista inglese (1773)
Roger Sherman, Uomo politico americano (1793)
Ulysses S. Grant, 18o presidente degli Stati Uniti (1885)
William Ramsay, Chimico scozzese, Premio Nobel (1916)
D. W. Griffith, Regista americano (1948)
Philippe Pétain, Generale e uomo politico francese (1951)
Cordell Hull, Uomo politico americano, Premio Nobel per la Pace (1955)
Montgomery Clift, Attore americano (1966)
Van Heflin, Attore americano (1971)
Joseph Kessel, Giornalista e scrittore francese (1979)
Georges Auric, Compositore francese (1983)
Hassan II , Re del Marocco (1961 - 1999) (1999)
Serge Reggiani, Attore e cantante francese (2004)
Amy Winehouse, Cantante inglese (2011)
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