July 23, 2011
Two high-speed trains collided on a viaduct in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Forty people were killed and at least 172 were injured, according to China's Baidu Baike.
Today is
Apolinario Mabini Day
(in the Philippines)
Apolinario Mabini was a Filipino National Hero, the author of the constitution of the Philipines.
July 23, 2001
Eudora Welty, the Ameican short story writer, novelist, and photographer, died at age 92.
Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973.
The Eudora Welty Foundation -
https://eudorawelty.org/