Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In August - 23
Tuesday, 03 December 2024
1980 Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77 on August - 23. 
1982 Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian director (Herr Puntila), dies at 85 on August - 23.
1985 In the Southern Xinjiang, China region a 7.3 quake killed at least 71, 162 injured, about 15,000 homeless and about 85 percent of the buildings destroyed in the Wuqia-Shufu area on this day in history.
1985 Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games on this day in history.
1985 Said Aouita of Morroco sets the 1.5k record (3 29.46) in Berlin on August - 23.
1985 Said Aouita of Morroco sets the 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin on August - 23.
1986 Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80 on August - 23.
1987 On August - 23 siegfried Borris, composer, dies at 80
1988 On this day in history mike Tyson & Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem
1989 Helen le Clerq, Dutch dancer, dies on this day in history.
1990 David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93
1992 More than 500 survivors return to Singapore from the cruise ship Royal Pacific, which sank after a collision with a fishing boat on August - 23.
1992 On August - 23 malcolm Atterbury, actor (7 Days in May, Wild River), dies at 85
1993 Charles Scorsese, actor (Cape Fear, Goodfellas, Wise Guys), dies at 80 on August - 23.
1994 On this day in history henri Rousselot, admiral, dies at 82
1995 On August - 23 photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt (Life magazine) dies at age 96.
1995 On this day in history alfred Eisenstaedt, photojournalist, dies at 96
1997 On August - 23 eric Gairy, PM of Grenada (1974-79), dies
1999 On August - 23 norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b.1926)
2000 A Gulf Air Airbus jetliner with 140 aboard crashes into the Persian Gulf near Bahrain shortly after takeoff, leaving no survivors on this day in history.
2000 In a 'reality TV' record an estimated 51 million US viewers tuned in for the finale of CBS' series Survivor, in which contestant Richard Hatch won the $US1 million prize on this day in history.
2005 On this day in history israel's unilateral disengagement from 25 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank ends.
2006 On this day in history in Austria Natascha Kampusch manages to escape after being kidnapped eight years ago by Wolfgang Priklopil who locked her up in his cellar. Priklopil commits suicide by throwing himself in front of a train.
2011 On August - 23 libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the 2011 Libyan Civil War.
2012 Four people are killed and 28 injured in a hot air ballooning accident in Slovenia on August - 23.
2013 50 people are killed in mosque bombings in Tripoli, Lebanon on August - 23.
2017 World's driest place, the Atacama desert in Chile blooms after unexpected rainfall on this day in history.
2017 Air strike on hotel in Yemen capital Sanaa by Saudi-led coalition leaves at least 30 dead on this day in history.
2017 US Navy fires Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin as commander of the Seventh Fleet following series of collisions in Asian waters on August - 23.
2017 On August - 23 india toll from swine flu rises above 1000 for the year, 22,186 cases reported
2017 On August - 23 nearly 60 million people in the Indus Valley, Pakistan at risk from arsenic in research published in "Science Advances"
2018 On this day in history tenor Plácido Domingo sings his 150th opera role in Bizet ’s “The Pearl Fishers†at the Salzburg Festival, Austria
2018 On this day in history ecuador withdraws from ALBA.