Today In History

Today is Thursday, July 23, the 205th day of 2020. There are 161 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1829: William Austin Burt received a patent for his “typographer,” a forerunner of the typewriter.

ON THIS DATE

› 1885: Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died in Mount McGregor, New York, at age 63.

› 1914: Austria-Hungary presented a list of demands to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; Serbia’s refusal to agree to the entire ultimatum led to the outbreak of World War I.

› 1967: Five days of deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confrontation with local residents that escalated into violence that spread into other parts of the city; 43 people, mostly Blacks, were killed.

› 1999: Space shuttle Columbia blasted off with the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope and Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a U.S. space flight.

› 2006: Tiger Woods became the first player since Tom Watson in 1982-83 to win consecutive British Open titles.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Concert pianist Leon Fleisher is 92. Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is

84. Actor Ronny Cox is

82. Actor Larry Manetti is 77. Rock singer David Essex is 73. Singer-songwriter John Hall is 72. Actress Belinda Montgomery is 70. Rock musician Blair Thornton (Bachman Turner Overdrive) is 70. Actor Eriq La Salle is 58. Rock musician Yuval Gabay is

57. Rock musician Slash is

55. Actor Juan Pope is 53. Model-actress Stephanie Seymour is 52. Actress Charisma Carpenter is

50. R&B singer Sam Watters is 50. Country singer Alison Krauss is 49. R&B singer Dalvin DeGrate is 49. Rock musician Chad Gracey (Live) is 49. Actor-comedian Marlon Wayans is 48. Country singer Shannon Brown is 47. Actress Kathryn Hahn is 47. Retired MLB All-Star Nomar Garciaparra is 47. Actress Stephanie March is 46. Actor Shane McRae is 43. Country musician David Pichette is 43. R&B singer Michelle Williams is 40. Actor Daniel Radcliffe is

31. Country musician Neil Perry is 30. Actress Lili Simmons is 27. Country singer Danielle Bradbery (TV: “The Voice”) is 24.