July 23, 2026

Name day

Today's name day is:

Apollinaris, Apollonia, Brigitte.

Astrological sign: Leo (July 23 - August 22)

Every year on July 23:

• Egyptian Revolution Day

See also: July 22 - July 24 - All days of 2026

July 4-25: Avignon Festival

July 4-26: Tour de France cycling race

July 23-26: Comic-Con International, San Diego (United States)

July 23 to August 2: Commonwealth Games, Glasgow (Scotland)

July 23, 1829: American William Austin Burt files a patent for a machine called The Typographer, which will be the ancestor of the typewriter.

July 23, 1963: France refuses to join the Moscow Treaty. This treaty, limiting nuclear testing, will be signed the following August 5 by the USSR, the United States and the United Kingdom.

July 23, 1945: The trial of Marshal Pétain begins before the High Court of Justice for high treason. He will be sentenced to death on the following August 15, as well as to national degradation and confiscation of all his assets. He will die in prison on July 23, 1951.