It happened one 23 July

1945 : Beginning of the Petain trial


On July 23, 1945, the trial of Philippe Pétain started in the High Court of Justice, recreated by the Provisional Government of the French Republic after the liberation. Petain was found guilty of high treason and was striked by national indignity (loss of rank in the army, ban on wearing his medals ...). He was sentenced to death but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by De Gaulle.

1976 : First cases of Legionnaire's Disease


On July 23, 1976, 4000 Veterans from the American Legion association gathered at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to commemorate the bicentennial of US independence. In the following days, about 250 people were affected by a disease like pneumonia and thirty of them died.
After months of investigation, a microbiologist, Joseph McDade, isolated the bacteria causing the disease. It was a micro-organism living in water pipes and air conditioning systems.

1978 : Bernard Hinault won his first Tour de France


On July 23, 1978, the French cyclist Bernard Hinault won his first Tour de France. He was 23. That same year he was champion of France and also won the Tour of Spain.

1982 : 3 people killed during the filming of Twilight Zone


On July 23, 1982, actor Vic Morrow and two child actors Renee Chen and Shinn Myca Dinh Le were killed by a helicopter during the filming of Twilight Zone by John Landis. The director and his team were prosecuted in 1987 for manslaughter but were acquitted after a 10-month trial and the producers signed a financial agreement with the families of the victims.

1995 : Miguel Indurain won his fifth consecutive Tour de France


On July 23, 1995, the spanish cyclist, Miguel Indurain, won his fifth consecutive Tour de France. This was the first time a cyclist succeeds. In his career, Indurain also won two Tours of Italy, an Olympic Champion title and a title of World Champion against the clock.

Latest news : 23 July

National Day in Egypt
July 23 is a national holiday in Egypt to commemorate the Revolution of July 23, 1952 which saw the overthrow of King Farouk by a group of Army officers led by Nasser. The Revolution led to the creation of the Republic on June 18, 1953.

Quote of the day : 23 July

Bernard Hinault
As long as I breathe, I attack.

Birthdays : 23 July

Raymond Chandler, American writer and screenwriter (1888)
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1892)
Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize (1906)
Michael Wilding, English actor (1912)
Gérard Brach, French screenwriter (1927)
Claude Fournier , Canadian director and screenwriter (1927)
Guy Fournier, Canadian screenwriter and writer (1931)
Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (1966 - 2006) (1931)
David Essex, English musician (1947)
Theo van Gogh , Dutch director (1957)
Woody Harrelson, American actor (1961)
Martin Gore, English musician (Depeche Mode) (1961)
Eriq La Salle, American actor (1962)
Saul Hudson (Slash), English American musician (Guns N' Roses) (1965)
Stephanie Seymour, American supermodel (1968)
Charisma Carpenter, American actress (1970)
Marlon Wayans, American actor (1972)
Kathryn Hahn, American actress (1974)
Stephanie March, American actress (1974)
Maurice Greene, American athlete (1974)
Steve Jocz, Canadian musician (Sum 41) (1981)
Paul Wesley, American actor (1982)
Daniel Radcliffe, English actor (1989)

They left us one 23 July

Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (1757)
George Edwards, English naturalist (1773)
Roger Sherman, American politician (1793)
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (1885)
William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1916)
D. W. Griffith, American director (1948)
Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, sentenced to death for treason (1951)
Cordell Hull, American politician, Nobel Peace Prize (1955)
Montgomery Clift, American actor (1966)
Van Heflin, American actor (1971)
Joseph Kessel, French journalist and writer (1979)
Georges Auric, French composer (1983)
Hassan II , King of Morocco (1961 - 1999) (1999)
Serge Reggiani, French actor and singer (2004)
Amy Winehouse, British singer (2011)

Tip of the Day : 23 July

Homemade iced tea


To make your own iced tea, you must first choose the right tea.
You can take a green tea or a black tea but avoid the Darjeeling tea or yellow tea or Ceylon tea. You can choose a flavoured tea. In this case, you should get a black tea with citrus or berry or green tea with lemon. The other flavours are less adequate.
Put 15g of tea per liter of cold water, preferably mineral, in bottles that are placed flat in the refrigerator. Let infuse for 8 to 10 hours.
Prepare a syrup with half cane sugar and half water. Heat it. Once the sugar has dissolved, remove from heat and let cool. Place the syrup, in a closed bottle, in the refrigerator.
After the allotted time, remove the bottle of tea from the fridge. Shake before filtering.
Then add syrup (3-4 tablespoons per liter of tea).
The tea is ready to be served. You can it in the fridge as long as it is left in a closed bottle.

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