Births on July 23

Julia Davis Adams

Born on July 23, 1900

Julia Davis Adams, American author and journalist (d. 1993)

Julia Davis Adams (July 23, 1900 – January 30, 1993) was an American writer best known for her young adult books, historical and biographical novels and dramas.

Adams was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, to lawyer and statesman John W. Davis and Julia Leavell McDonald Davis. She attended Wellesley College, and graduated from Barnard College in 1922. She was also an active social worker and a journalist.Davis wrote two Murray Hill mystery novels published as by F. Draco:

Devil's Church (Rinehart, 1951), LCCN 51-10854

Cruise with Death (Rinehart, 1952), LCCN 52-7157

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16 Jan

American Samoa
The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
24 Mar

New York City Subway
Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
5 Apr

Linear B
Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
2 Jul

Lake Constance
The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
14 Jul

Boxer Rebellion
Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.

Births on July 23

Julia Davis Adams

Born on July 23, 1900

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American Samoa

New York City Subway

Linear B

Lake Constance

Boxer Rebellion