On This Day – Vanessa Williams steps down as Miss America

ON THIS DAY - July 23rd:

1967 - 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
1978 - Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th pitcher to win 200
1978 - Reggie Jackson returns & helps Yankees win their 5th straight
1979 - George Brett gets his 1,000th hit

1984 - Vanessa Williams, 1st African American Miss America, resigns due to posing nude

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1940 - Don Imus, radio disc jockey (WNBC)
1951 - Edie McClurg, Kansas City MO, actress
1961 - Woody Harrelson, Midland Tx, actor (Woody Boyd-Cheers)

GOODBYE TO:

1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, 18th US President (1869-77) and Union general, dies of esophageal cancer in Mount McGregor NY at 63
2012 - Sally Ride, American astronaut, dies of pancreatic cancer at 61

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