On this day: July 23 2023-07-23 02:00:00
July 23: Birthday of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
Megawati Sukarnoputri
- 1319 – A fleet led by the Knights Hospitaller sank 22 of 28 ships of the Turkish Aydinid emirate.
- 1891 – During a visit of the French Navy to Kronstadt in Russia, the two nations reached a secret agreement on a joint response to any future war in Europe.
- 1921 – The first National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party opened in a house in Shanghai.
- 1968 – A shootout between police and a Black power group began in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking three days of rioting.
- 2001 – Megawati Sukarnoputri (pictured) became the first female president of Indonesia after her predecessor Abdurrahman Wahid was removed from office.
- John Day (d. 1584)
- Tajuddin Ahmad (b. 1925)
- Judit Polgár (b. 1976)
- Lauren Mitchell (b. 1991)