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Today is Thursday, July 23, the 204th day of 2026. There are 161 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

Read more House votes for Department of War renaming as part of an annual defense bill<\/a><\/p>\n

Today in History:<\/h4>\n

On July 23, 1996, at the Atlanta Olympics, Kerri Strug made a heroic final vault despite torn ligaments in her left ankle to help secure the U.S. women\u2019s gymnastics squad\u2019s first-ever Olympic team gold medal.<\/p>\n

Also on this date:<\/h4>\n

In 1903, the Ford Motor Company sold its first car, a Model A, for $850.<\/p>\n

In 1958, Britain\u2019s Queen Elizabeth II named the first four women to peerage in the House of Lords.<\/p>\n

In 1967, deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confrontation with local residents that led to five days of violence and resulted in 43 deaths.<\/p>\n

In 1982, actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen, were killed when a helicopter crashed on them during filming of a Vietnam War scene for \u201cTwilight Zone: The Movie.\u201d (Director John Landis and four associates were later acquitted of manslaughter charges.)<\/p>\n

In 1983, an Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel while flying from Montreal to Edmonton; the pilots were able to glide the jetliner to a safe emergency landing in Gimli, Manitoba. (The near-disaster occurred because the fuel had been erroneously measured in pounds instead of kilograms at a time when Canada was converting to the metric system.)<\/p>\n

In 1990, President George H.W. Bush announced his choice of Judge David Souter of New Hampshire to succeed the retiring Justice William J. Brennan on the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

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In 1997, the search for Andrew Cunanan, the suspected killer of designer Gianni Versace and others, ended as police found his body on a houseboat in Miami Beach, an apparent suicide.<\/p>\n

Read more Denver moves to shut down Ultra Lounge East after mass shooting at the nightclub<\/a><\/p>\n

In 1999, Eileen Collins became the first woman to command a U.S. space flight as the shuttle Columbia blasted off to deploy the world\u2019s most powerful X-ray telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory.<\/p>\n

In 2003, Massachusetts\u2019 attorney general issued a report saying clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese had probably sexually abused more than 1,000 people over a period of six decades.<\/p>\n

In 2006, Tiger Woods became the first player since Tom Watson in 1982-83 to win consecutive British Open titles.<\/p>\n

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In 2011, singer Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead in her London home from accidental alcohol poisoning.<\/p>\n

In 2012, Penn State\u2019s football program was all but leveled by penalties for its handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal as the NCAA imposed an unprecedented $60 million fine, a four-year ban from postseason play and a cut in the number of football scholarships the school could award.<\/p>\n

In 2019, Boris Johnson won the contest to lead Britain\u2019s governing Conservative Party; Johnson became the country\u2019s prime minister the following day.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Cleveland\u2019s Major League Baseball team, known as the Indians since 1915, announced that it would get a new name, the Guardians, at the end of the 2021 season; the change came amid a push for institutions and teams to drop logos and names that were considered racist.<\/p>\n

Read more House votes to limit stock trading by members of Congress, elevating a campaign issue<\/a><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n
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  • Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is 90.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Ronny Cox is 88.<\/li>\n
  • Rock singer David Essex is 79.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Woody Harrelson is 65.<\/li>\n
  • Rock musician Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) is 65.<\/li>\n
  • Actor-director Eriq Lasalle is 64.<\/li>\n
  • Rock musician Slash is 61.<\/li>\n
  • Basketball Hall of Famer Gary Payton is 58.<\/li>\n
  • Model-actor Stephanie Seymour is 58.<\/li>\n
  • Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia is 57.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Charisma Carpenter is 56.<\/li>\n
  • Singer Alison Krauss is 55.<\/li>\n
  • R&B singer Dalvin DeGrate (Jodeci) is 55.<\/li>\n
  • Actor-comedian Marlon Wayans is 54.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Kathryn Hahn is 53.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Stephanie March is 52.<\/li>\n
  • R&B singer Michelle Williams is 47.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Paul Wesley is 44.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Daniel Radcliffe is 37.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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