Events for July 23
July 23, 1886
Arthur Whitten Brown, born
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, KBE (23 July 1886 – 4 October 1948) was the navigator of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight.
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July 23, 1889
Raymond Chandler, born
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, “Blackmailers Don’t Shoot”, was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine.
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July 23, 1745
Bonnie Prince Charlie lands in Eriskay
Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Severino Maria Stuart (December 31, 1720 - January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie.
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July 23, 1803
Robert Emmet leads an armed outbreak
Robert Emmet (4 March 1778 – 20 September 1803) was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader.
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