SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2011

Today is Saturday, July 23, the 204th day of 2011. There are 161 days left in the year.

636 ― Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire

1298 ― Jews are massacred at Wurzburg Germany

1798 ― Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt

1829 ― William Austin Burt patents ``typographer" (typewriter)

1904 ― Ice cream cone created by Charles E. Menches during La Purchase Expo

1968 ― PLO's first hijacking of an El Al plane

1974 ― Greek military dictatorship collapses

1984 ― Vanessa Williams, first black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude

1986 ― Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson

1989 ― Fox-TV tops ABC, NBC and CBS for first time (America's Most Wanted)