On This Day: Saturday July 23, 2005 This is the 204th day of the year, with 161 days remaining in 2005. Fact of the Day: swimming The first U.S. pool and school for swimming opened in 1827 in Boston, Massachusetts by Francis Leiber. Its pupils included John Quincy Adams and James Audubon. Holidays Ethiopia: National Day. United Arab Republic: National Day. Feast day of St. Anne or Susanna, St. John Cassian, St. Romula and her Companions, St. Apollinaris of Ravenna, the Three Wise Men, St. Bridget of Sweden, and St. Liborius. Egypt: National Day / Anniversary of the Revolution of 1952. Events 1715 - The first lighthouse in America was authorized for construction at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts. 1829 - William A. Burt patented his "typographer," a forerunner of the typewriter. 1903 - The Ford Motor Company sold its first automobile, the Model A. 1914 - Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I. 1952 - Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk I. 1984 - Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title, because of nude photographs of her that ended up in Penthouse magazine. 1995 - Two astronomers, Alan Hale in New Mexico and Thomas Bopp in Arizona, almost simultaneously discovered a comet. 2000 - American Tiger Woods, at age 24, became the youngest golfer to win the career Grand Slam with a record-breaking performance in the British Open. Births 1834 - Roman Catholic Cardinal James Gibbons, champion of labor and advocate of the separation of church and state. 1892 - Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74). 1894 - Vincent Sardi, American restaurateur. Deaths 1875 - Isaac Singer, American inventor who developed and brought into general use the domestic sewing machine. 1885 - Ulysses Grant, American Civil War general and 18th President of the United States of America. 1973 - Eddie Rickenbacker, celebrated American World War I fighter pilot. 2001 - Eudora Welty, American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.