Historical Events for 23rd July 2023

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636 - Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire
1558 - Battle of Grevelingen: Lamoraal, Count of Egmont beat France
1902 - Dutch Excelsior soccer club is established in Rotterdam (Eerste Divisie winners 1973-4, 78-79, 2005-06)
1960 - US Open Women's Golf, Worcester CC: Betsy Rawls wins her 4th Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joyce Ziske
1962 - The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed
1967 - -27] 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
1974 - Greek military dictatorship collapses
1994 - American dancer, actor, and director Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke
2018 - Japan records its highest ever temperature at 41.1 degrees (105.98F) in Kumagaya
2019 - At least 36 people killed by a mud landslide in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province, China

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