Sprinkle Day
National Sprinkle Day is celebrated annually on July 23rd, highlighting the colorful and fun addition that sprinkles bring to various treats. This day is a perfect excuse to indulge in sweet delights adorned with sprinkles, also known as jimmies or hundreds and thousands in different parts of the world.
Yada Yada Yada Day
Yada Yada Yada Day, celebrated on July 23rd, is inspired by the popular phrase “yada yada yada,” which is often used to gloss over or skip past unimportant or mundane details in a conversation. The phrase gained widespread popularity through the television show “Seinfeld,” particularly in the episode titled “The Yada Yada,” where characters used it to omit parts of their stories.
July 23rd has witnessed a variety of significant historical events, notable births, and deaths, making it a day with diverse historical importance.
Significant Historical Events on July 23
971: The Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces under Duke Mieszko I, is fought against the forces of Hodo I, the margrave of the Saxon Ostmark.
1829: William Austin Burt patents the typographer, an early writing mechanism that is a precursor to the typewriter.
1885: Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States and a prominent Union general during the American Civil War, dies.
1903: The Ford Motor Company sells its first car, the Model A.
1914: Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, leading to the outbreak of World War I.
1962: The Telstar 1 satellite broadcasts the first live transatlantic television signal.
1967: The 12th Street Riot begins in Detroit, Michigan, lasting five days and resulting in 43 deaths and over 1,000 injuries.
1982: The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-1986 to allow whale populations to recover.
1992: Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
1995: Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered independently by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, eventually becoming one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century.
2010: WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the Afghanistan war, known as the “Afghan War Diary.”
2015: NASA’s Kepler mission confirms the discovery of the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a sun-like star, Kepler-452b.
Notable Births
1777: Philipp Otto Runge, German painter and draftsman (d. 1810)
1888: Raymond Chandler, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1959)
1892: Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975)
1961: Woody Harrelson, American actor
1973: Monica Lewinsky, American activist and former White House intern
1989: Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
Notable Deaths
1885: Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
1966: Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
2011: Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (b. 1983)
