Sunday Open Thread: July 23 is The Birthday of Haile Selassie

World History

On July 23, 1840, The Province of Canada was created On July 23, 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia regarding Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination. On July 23, 1929, The Italian government banned the use of foreign words. On July 23, 1942, The Treblinka extermination camp opened On July 23, 1961, The Sandinista National Liberation Front was founded On July 23, 1992, Abkhazia declared independence from Georgia

US History

On July 23, 1862, fussbudget Henry Halleck took command of the Union Army On July 23, 1903, Ford sold its first car On July 23, 1967, the 1967 Detroit Riots began On July 23, 1968, the Glenville Shootout went down, starting a 5 day riot in Cleveland

Science & Technology

On July 23, 1829, William Austin Burt patented the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. On July 23, 1962, Telstar relayed the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic TV program On July 23, 1995, comet Hale-Bopp was discovered.

The Arts

Misc.

Bigotry

On July 23, 1992, Ratzinger's Vatican commission ruled that discrimination against homosexuals wasn't based on race or gender and was therefore perfectly ok.

Birthdays of Note

July 23, 1886, Walter H. Schottky, physicist and engineer July 23, 1888, Raymond Chandler, author and screenwriter July 23, 1892, Haile Selassie, Lion of Judah July 23, 1928, Vera Rubin, astronomer, discovered galactic rotational velocity discrepancies July 23, 1929, Danny Barcelona, drummer, toured with Satchmo from '57 to '71 July 23, 1943, Tony Joe White, singer, songwriter, guitarist July 23, 1965, Slash, guitarist and songwriter July 23, 1971, Alison Krauss, fiddler, singer and songwriter

Deaths of Note

July 23, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, the guy buried in Grant's tomb July 23, 1980, Mollie Steimer, activist July 23, 2001, Eudora Welty, writer July 23, 2002, Chaim Potok, writer July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse, singer and songwriter July 23, 2012, Sally Ride, physicist and austronaut

So, before leaping right into the Reggae

Danny Barcelona

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Tony Joe White

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Slash

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Alison Krause

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Amy Winehouse

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Haile Selassie, Lion of Judah, Emperor

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