Historical Events In August - 23

1926  Motion picture star Rudolph Valentino dies in New York at age 31 on August - 23.   

1926  40th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (46 64 97) on this day in history.   

1926  Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31 on August - 23.   

1927  On this day in history anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed in Boston for murdering two men during a 1920 robbery. (They were posthumously exhonerated in 1977.)   

1927  On August - 23 dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator   

1927  Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on August - 23.   

1929  On this day in history arabs attack Jews in Israel   

1929  On this day in history charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies   

1930  44th US Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (61 64) on this day in history.   

1931  45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61) on August - 23.   

1933  1st TV boxing match on August - 23.   

1933  Adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62 on August - 23.   

1936  17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St Louis Browns on this day in history.   

1937  Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history england score 7-903 decl v Australia Hutton 364   

1939  On August - 23 soviet-German pact is signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop.   

1939  USSR & Germany sign a non-agression pact on August - 23.   

1939  John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats on August - 23.   

1939  Sidney Coe Howard, playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1940  German bombers begin night time attacks (The Blitz) on London on this day in history.   

1940  German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London on August - 23.   

1941  On this day in history jack O'Connor, cricketer (four Tests for Aust 1908-09, 13 wkts), dies   

1942  1st US flights to land on Guadalcanal on this day in history.   

1943  On August - 23 red army recaptures Charkow   

1943  On this day in history johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88   

1944  On August - 23 romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day 1944-1990)   

1944  On August - 23 94.5°F (34.7°C) in De Bilt Netherlands & 101.5°F (38.6°C) in Warnsvelt   

1944  On this day in history nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63   

1946  On August - 23 13th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Los Angeles 0 (97,380)   

1947  On this day in history pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's first public singing concert   

1947  The birth of Willy Russell, Playwright; 'Educating Rita' and Shirley Valentine' on this day in history.   

1947  On August - 23 pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert   

1948  World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries on August - 23.   

1948  Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine on this day in history.   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on August - 23.   

1524  On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on August - 23.   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on August - 23.   

1740  On this day in history birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

0093  On August - 23 death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)   

0634  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on August - 23.   

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.   

1387  On this day in history death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

1507  On August - 23 jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72