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23 July 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 July 2017 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2017–18 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 23 July is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 July 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 July 2017 was New Moon.
On this day: 23 July
- 1999 Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
- 2001 Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment.
- 2010 The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor.
- 2012 The Solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large coronal mass ejection that was emitted by the Sun which barely missed the Earth by nine days. If it hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide.
- 2015 NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by the Kepler space telescope.
Famous people born on July 23
- Woody Harrelson, American actor and activist (born 1961)
- Daniel Radcliffe, English actor (born 1989)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (1967–2014)
- Kathryn Hahn, American actress (born 1973)
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Events of 2017 in the United States
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- January 24 – The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards are announced. The nominees for Best Picture are Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight.
- February 26 – The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Barry Jenkins' Moonlight winning Best Picture.
- May 5 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the 15th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Life in the US in 2017
President
Donald Trump
Gas (per gallon)
$2.42
Loaf of Bread
$2.08
Average House
$323,100
Weekly Wage
$869
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