On This Day in History July 23, 2023

Historical Events 1215  Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen 1777  American Revolution: Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply US with munitions 1829  William Austin Burt patents America's first "typographer" (typewriter) 1840  Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada 1944  Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin 1995  Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Alison Krauss 52nd Birthday Anthony Kennedy 87th Birthday Emil Jannings 1884 - 1950 Haile Selassie 1892 - 1975 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Philippe Pétain 1856 - 1951 Ulysses S. Grant 1822 - 1885 More Famous Deaths July 23: Ulysses S. Grant’s Race Against Time One newspaper called Ulysses S. Grant America’s ‘most corrupt’ President. Historians now doubt that and admire his courage in telling his remarkable story. Read the Article