This Day in History: July 23

-Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States, dies, 1885

-The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union, 1840

-The Ford Motor Company sells its first car, 1903

-The Fascist Government of Italy bans the use of foreign words, 1929

-The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua, 1961

-Holidays: Revolution Day (Egypt); Renaissance Day (Oman)