THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 23
July 23 in history
What happened on July 23: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1914, 1952 and 1961, each linked to the map that shows it.
— July Ultimatum
23 Jul 1914 — Vienna gives Serbia a 48-hour ultimatum drafted to be refused. Serbia accepts nearly all its terms, but Austria-Hungary declares war on 28 July anyway. The next day it shells Belgrade.
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— Egyptian revolution
23 Jul 1952 — Gamal Abdel Nasser’s officers depose Egypt’s king, giving Arab nationalism a capital and a champion. Within four years Nasser will nationalize the Suez Canal and defy three empires at once.
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— Bizerte crisis
19–23 Jul 1961 — Bourguiba blockades the French naval base at Bizerte, and French paratroopers break the siege. Tunisia’s official count puts the dead at 630; some estimates exceed 1,000. France leaves the base in October 1963.
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