Historical Events In August - 23

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

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

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

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 this day in history dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator   

1927  Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on this day in history.   

1929  Arabs attack Jews in Israel on August - 23.   

1929  On August - 23 charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies   

1930  On August - 23 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 August - 23.   

1933  Adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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  England score 7-903 decl v Australia Hutton 364 on this day in history.   

1939  Soviet-German pact is signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history uSSR & Germany sign a non-agression pact   

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

1939  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1941  On August - 23 jack O'Connor, cricketer (four Tests for Aust 1908-09, 13 wkts), dies   

1942  1st US flights to land on Guadalcanal on August - 23.   

1943  On August - 23 red army recaptures Charkow   

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

1944  On this day in history romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day 1944-1990)   

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

1944  Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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

1947  On August - 23 the birth of Willy Russell, Playwright; 'Educating Rita' and Shirley Valentine'   

1947  On this day in history 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 August - 23.   

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0686  On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

1486  On this day in history birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on August - 23.   

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

1623  On August - 23 birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on this day in history.   

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.   

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

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

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on this day in history.   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on August - 23.   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on this day in history.