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Today in HistoryToday is Sunday, July 23, the 204th day of 2017. There are 161 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 23, 1967, five days of deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on a "blind pig" (an unlicensed bar) at the intersection of 12th Street and Clairmount Avenue resulted in a confrontation with local residents that escalated into violence that spread into other parts of the city; 43 people, mostly blacks, were killed.