The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor. Date: July 23, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)

A high-speed train rear-ends another on a viaduct on the Yongtaiwen railway line in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, resulting in 40 deaths. Date: July 23, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large coronal mass ejection that was emitted by the Sun which barely missed the Earth by nine days. If it hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide. Date: July 23, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…

TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Xixi village near Huxi, Penghu, during approach to Penghu Airport. Forty-eight of the 58 people on board are killed and five more people on the ground are injured. Date: July 23, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in…

NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by the Kepler space telescope. Date: July 23, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)

A wildfire in East Attica kills at least 102 people. It is the deadliest wildfire in the history of Greece. Date: July 23, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 2018 📅 On This Day (Today)

Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40. Date: July 22, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco. Date: July 22, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)

Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes. Date: July 22, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)

Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community. Date: July 22, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)