General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests. Date: July 23, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia. Date: July 23, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Vatican commission, led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender. Date: July 23, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This…
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 crashes during takeoff from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, killing 55 people. Date: July 23, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later. Date: July 23, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel. Date: July 23, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Date: July 23, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa. Date: July 23, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment. Date: July 23, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people. Date: July 23, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)