Portal:United States/Anniversaries/July/July 23
- 1903 – Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
- 1926 – Fox Film buys the patents for the Movietone sound system, a sound-on-film system for motion pictures which guarantees that the visual and audio components of a film are synchronized.
- 1940 – Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- 1962 – The communications satellite Telstar (pictured) relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal.
- 1967 – The 12th Street Riot breaks out in Detroit, Michigan. It would result in 43 deaths, 342 injurues, and 1,400 destroyed buildings.
- 1972 – The satellite Landsat 1, designed to collect environmental, geological, and agricultural information on Earth, is launched.
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Events
- 1829 – In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the Typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
- 1833 – Cornerstones laid for construction of the Kirtland Temple in Ohio.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Henry W. Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
- 1903 – Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
- 1926 – Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
- 1940 – US Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles`s declaration on the US non–recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- 1962 – Telstar relays the first live trans–Atlantic television signal.
- 1967 – 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city (43 killed, 342 injured and ~1,400 buildings burned).
- 1968 – Glenville Shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurred. During the shootout, a riot began that lasted for five days.
- 1972 – The satellite Landsat 1, designed to collect environmental, geological, and agricultural information on Earth, is launched.
- 1984 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine.
- 1997 – Digital Equipment Company files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.