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  Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31 on this day in history.   

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

1929  On this day in history arabs attack Jews in Israel   

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

1930  44th US Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (61 64) on August - 23.   

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

1933  On August - 23 1st TV boxing match   

1933  On this day in history adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62   

1936  17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St Louis Browns on August - 23.   

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  Soviet-German pact is signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop on August - 23.   

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

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

1939  On this day in history sidney Coe Howard, playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925), dies at 48   

1940  On August - 23 german bombers begin night time attacks (The Blitz) on London   

1940  On August - 23 german Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London   

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

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

1943  On this day in history red army recaptures Charkow   

1943  On August - 23 johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88   

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

1944  On August - 23 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 August - 23.   

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

1947  Pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's first public singing concert on August - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1948  Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine on August - 23.   

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

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

1623  On this day in history 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 August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

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

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

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 this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

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

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