MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · July 23
THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 23
July 23 in history
1914 — The ultimatum
23 Jul 1914 — Vienna hands Serbia a 48-hour ultimatum written to be refused. Serbia accepts nearly all of it; Austria-Hungary declares war anyway on the 28th, and shells Belgrade the next day.
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1952 — Egypt’s Free Officers
23 Jul 1952 — Gamal Abdel Nasser’s officers depose the king. Arab nationalism has a capital and a champion; within four years he will nationalize the Suez Canal and defy three empires at once.
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