Anniversaries 23 July

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Birth

Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman photo

Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman 2

British politician 1779–1854

Coventry Patmore photo

Coventry Patmore 33

English poet 1823–1896

Richard F. Pettigrew photo

Richard F. Pettigrew 2

American politician 1848–1926

Ernest Belfort Bax photo

Ernest Belfort Bax 7

British barrister and journalist 1854–1926

Herman Klein photo

Herman Klein 1

British musical critic journalist and singing teacher 1856–1934

Bal Gangadhar Tilak photo

Bal Gangadhar Tilak 21

Indian independence activist 1856–1920

Zabel Sibil Asadour photo

Zabel Sibil Asadour 2

Armenian writer 1863–1934

Max Heindel photo

Max Heindel 8

American asrologer and occultist 1865–1919

Raymond Chandler photo

Raymond Chandler 124

Novelist, screenwriter 1888–1959

Haile Selassie photo

Haile Selassie 58

Emperor of Ethiopia 1892–1975

Marston Bates photo

Marston Bates 1

American entomologist 1906–1974

Elspeth Huxley photo

Elspeth Huxley 1

Kenyan writer 1907–1997

M. H. Abrams photo

M. H. Abrams 19

American literary theorist 1912–2015

Michael Foot photo

Michael Foot 54

British politician 1913–2010

Leon Fleisher photo

Leon Fleisher 4

American conductor and pianist 1928

Hubert Selby Jr. photo

Hubert Selby Jr. 39

American writer 1928–2004

Vera Rubin photo

Vera Rubin 9

American astronomer 1928–2016

Robyn Dawes photo

Robyn Dawes 11

American psychologist 1936–2010

Shiv Kumar Batalvi photo

Shiv Kumar Batalvi 1

Indian poet 1936–1973

Anthony Kennedy photo

Anthony Kennedy 28

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1936

Don Imus 5

Radio personality 1940–2019

Sergio Mattarella photo

Sergio Mattarella 2

12th President of Italy 1941

Sherryl Woods photo

Sherryl Woods 3

American writer 1944

Lisa Alther photo

Lisa Alther 5

Novelist 1944

Jeffrey Pfeffer photo

Jeffrey Pfeffer 9

American academic 1946

Stephen Mitchell photo

Stephen Mitchell 9

American psychologist 1946–2000

Gerard Menuhin photo

Gerard Menuhin 1

Swiss film producer 1948

Michael Wood photo

Michael Wood 1

English historian and broadcaster 1948

Alex Kozinski photo

Alex Kozinski 8

American judge 1950

Ana Botella photo

Ana Botella 1

Spanish politician 1953

Najib Razak photo

Najib Razak 10

Malaysian politician 1953

Éric Pichet photo

Éric Pichet 12

economist 1960

Vikram Chandra photo

Vikram Chandra 1

Indian writer 1961

Woody Harrelson photo

Woody Harrelson 2

American actor 1961

Slash (musician) photo

Slash (musician) 8

British-American musician and songwriter 1965

Declan Ganley photo

Declan Ganley 3

Irish businessman, entrepreneur, and activist 1968

Charisma Carpenter photo

Charisma Carpenter 1

actress 1970

Mohsin Hamid photo

Mohsin Hamid 17

Pakistani novelist 1971

Matt Birk photo

Matt Birk 2

Player of American football 1976

Silvia Colloca photo

Silvia Colloca 4

Singer, actress, author and TV cooking personality 1977

Daniel Radcliffe photo

Daniel Radcliffe 39

English actor 1989

Death

Susanna Wesley photo

Susanna Wesley 1

Mother of Methodism 1669–1742

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore photo

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore 1

French poet 1786–1859

Ulysses S. Grant photo

Ulysses S. Grant 177

18th President of the United States 1822–1885

Robert J. Morgan photo

Robert J. Morgan 1

1826–1899

William Ramsay photo

William Ramsay 1

Scottish chemist (1852–1916) 1852–1916

Philippe Pétain photo

Philippe Pétain 4

French military and political leader 1856–1951

George Lyman Kittredge photo

George Lyman Kittredge 2

American scholar, literary critic, and folklorist 1860–1941

Cordell Hull photo

Cordell Hull 2

American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1… 1871–1955

Santos Dumont photo

Santos Dumont 1

Brazilian aviation pioneer 1873–1932

Floyd Dell photo

Floyd Dell 1

novelist, poet, playwright, critic, editor 1887–1969

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa photo

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 9

Sicilian writer and prince 1896–1957

Eudora Welty photo

Eudora Welty 37

American author 1909–2001

Rosemary Sutcliff photo

Rosemary Sutcliff 3

English author 1920–1992

S. H. Raza photo

S. H. Raza 20

Indian artist 1922–2016

Arnold Weinstock photo

Arnold Weinstock 1

English businessman 1924–2002

Chaim Potok photo

Chaim Potok 21

American rabbi 1929–2002

Donald Barthelme photo

Donald Barthelme 67

American writer, editor, and professor 1931–1989

William Luther Pierce photo

William Luther Pierce 15

American white nationalist 1933–2002

Margaret Mahy photo

Margaret Mahy 1

New Zealand children's writer 1936–2012

Heinz R. Pagels photo

Heinz R. Pagels 6

American physicist 1939–1988

Sally Ride photo

Sally Ride 6

American physicist and astronaut 1951–2012

E. Lynn Harris photo

E. Lynn Harris 2

Novelist, memoirist 1955–2009

Amy Winehouse photo

Amy Winehouse 17

English singer and songwriter 1983–2011

Oksana Shachko photo

Oksana Shachko 9

Ukrainian artist and activist with FEMEN 1987–2018