TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

July 23, 1829

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

1945

French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed the pro-Axis Vichy government during World War II, went on trial, charged with treason.

1962

The first public TV transmissions over Telstar 1 took place during a special program featuring live shots beamed from the United States to Europe, and vice versa.

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.

1984

Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title, after nude photographs of her were published.