On this day: July 23

POSTED: 05:00 PM PDT Jul 22, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 22, 2012 

Miss America gives up her crown, Fergie gets a royal wedding, a new comet is discovered and a singer's life comes to a tragic ending, all on this day.

OTD July 23 - Ford Model A
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1903: Ford Motor sells its first Model A car. It features a twin-cylinder internal combustion engine designed and manufactured by then little-known Michigan machinist, Henry Ford, and was assembled at the Mack Avenue plant in Detroit.

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