Page 5: Historical Events In August - 23

1926  Motion picture star Rudolph Valentino dies in New York at age 31 on this day in history.   

1926  On August - 23 40th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (46 64 97)   

1926  On August - 23 rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31   

1927  On August - 23 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  On August - 23 nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass   

1929  On August - 23 arabs attack Jews in Israel   

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

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

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

1933  1st TV boxing match on this day in history.   

1933  On August - 23 adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62   

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

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 this day in history soviet-German pact is signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop.   

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

1939  On August - 23 john Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats   

1939  On August - 23 sidney Coe Howard, playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925), dies at 48   

1940  German bombers begin night time attacks (The Blitz) on London on August - 23.   

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

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

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

1943  Red army recaptures Charkow on August - 23.   

1943  Johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88 on August - 23.   

1944  Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day 1944-1990) on August - 23.   

1944  94.5°F (34.7°C) in De Bilt Netherlands & 101.5°F (38.6°C) in Warnsvelt on this day in history.   

1944  On August - 23 nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63   

1946  On this day in history 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 August - 23.   

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

1948  On August - 23 world Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries   

1948  On August - 23 earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.   

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

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

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on this day in history.   

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

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on this day in history.   

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  On August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1387  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on August - 23.