Page 5: Historical Events In August - 23

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

1926  On this day in history 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 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  Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass   

1929  Arabs attack Jews in Israel on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61)   

1933  On this day in history 1st TV boxing match   

1933  On this day in history 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  On this day in history albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68   

1938  On August - 23 england score 7-903 decl v Australia Hutton 364   

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

1939  On August - 23 uSSR & Germany sign a non-agression pact   

1939  On this day in history john Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63 on August - 23.   

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  On this day in history 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 August - 23 birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

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

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on this day in history.   

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

1724  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

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

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on August - 23.   

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on August - 23.   

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

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1176  On this day in history death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

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 this day in history.   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

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