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This is a list of selected July 23 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
1793 – After a siege of 18 weeks, French troops in Mainz surrendered to Prussian forces, effectively ending the Republic of Mainz, the first democratic state on the current German territory. refimprove
1952Egyptian Army officers in the Free Officers Movement led by Muhammad Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser staged a military coup against King Farouk of Egypt. refimprove, neutrality issues
1967 – A police raid of a blind pig in Detroit sparked a riot that eventually left 43 dead, 467 injured, over 7200 arrests, and more than 2000 buildings burned down. Tagged with {{refimprove}}
1984Vanessa Williams resigned as Miss America in scandal after Penthouse magazine published nude photos of her that were taken two years prior. refimprove
2001Megawati Sukarnoputri became the first female president of Indonesia after the People's Consultative Assembly removed Abdurrahman Wahid. needs copyediting, expansion
2005Three bombs hit the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people. requires cleanup

Eligible

  • 1995Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the twentieth century, was discovered by two independent observers, Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, at a great distance from the Sun.

July 23: Revolution Day in Egypt (1952)

Sarah, Duchess of York

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