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23 July 2022
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2010 - The English-Irish boy band One Direction (pictured) were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor.English–Irish boy band (2010–2016)
Anniversary
2001 - Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in (pictured) as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment.President of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004
Anniversary
1999 - Forty-seven people were arrested in Tulia, Texas, for dealing cocaine; 35 of them were pardoned by the governor of Texas years later.Arrests for cocaine dealing in Texas, US
Anniversary
1995 - Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, was independently discovered by astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.Great Comet of 1997
Anniversary
1984 - Vanessa Williams, the first African-American Miss America, was forced to resign after the magazine Penthouse published nude photos of her without consent.American singer, actress and 1984 Miss America (born 1963)
Historical events
History
2018 - A wildfire in East Attica kills at least 102 people. It is the deadliest wildfire in the history of Greece.Series of wildfires in Greece
History
2015 - NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by the Kepler space telescope.American space and aeronautics agency
History
2014 - TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Xixi village near Huxi, Penghu, during approach to Penghu Airport. Forty-eight of the 58 people on board are killed and five more people on the ground are injured.2014 aviation accident in Taiwan
History
2012 - The Solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large coronal mass ejection that was emitted by the Sun which barely missed the Earth by nine days. If it hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide.Notable coronal mass ejection
History
2011 - A high-speed train rear-ends another on a viaduct on the Yongtaiwen railway line in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, resulting in 40 deaths.Fastest rail-based transport systems
History
2010 - The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor.English–Irish boy band (2010–2016)
History
2005 - Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.Terrorist attacks in Egypt
History
2001 - Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment.President of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004
History
1999 - ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.1999 aircraft hijacking
History
1999 - Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.Space Shuttle orbiter (1981–2003)
Notable births
Born
2003 - Alex Consani, Model and InfluencerAmerican model and social media personality (born 2003)
Born
2002 - Séléna Janicijevic, French tennis playerFrench tennis player (born 2002)
Born
2001 - Lily Phillips, British pornographic actressEnglish pornographic film actress (born 2001)
Born
1998 - Deandre Ayton, Bahamian basketball playerBahamian basketball player (born 1998)
Born
1996 - David Dobrik, Slovak YouTube personalitySlovak Internet personality (born 1996)
Born
1996 - Kasperi Kapanen, Finnish ice hockey playerFinnish ice hockey player (born 1996)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1937)Australian pathologist (1937–2024)
Died
2022 - Zayar Thaw, Burmese politician and rapper (born 1981)Burmese politician and artist (1981–2022)
Died
2022 - Kyaw Min Yu, Burmese political activist (born 1969)Burmese political prisoner (1969–2022)
Died
2017 - John Kundla, American basketball coach (born 1916)American basketball player and coach (1916–2017)
Died
2015 - Shigeko Kubota, Japanese-American sculptor and director (born 1937)Japanese artist (1937–2015)
Died
2015 - Don Oberdorfer, American journalist, author, and academic (born 1931)American journalist (1931–2015)
Died
2015 - William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (born 1926)American Catholic prelate (1926–2015)
Died
2014 - Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (born 1923)English actress (1923–2014)
Sky
Moon phase
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated
Lunar age: 24.2 days
Sun zodiac
Leo
0.63 degrees
Constellation: Cancer
Moon zodiac
Gemini
3.40 degrees
Constellation: Taurus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.