THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020

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

1599-Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings

1798-Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt

1827-First U.S. swim school opens (Boston Mass)

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

1914-Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to WW I

1920-Kenya becomes a British crown colony

1931-France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics

1940-"Blitz" begins, all-night raid on London

1944-U.S. forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II

1974-Greek military dictatorship collapses

1984-Vanessa Williams, 1st black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude

1986-Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson

1987-Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)

1987-Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39)