Lots of cool things happened on July 23rd:
636 - Arabs gain control of most of Palestine
1148 - Crusaders attack Damascus
1215 - Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
1253 - Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III
1298 - Jewish community Wurzburg Germany annihilated
1840 - Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada
1935 - Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building
1946 - Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel
1967 - 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
1968 - Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed
BUT - most important thing to ever happen on July 23
1904 - Ice cream cone created
