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Page 6: Historical Events In August - 23

Friday, 18 July 2025

1949  The birth of Shelly Long, American actress on August - 23.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  West Germany & Japan readmitted to Intl Amateur Athletic Federation on August - 23.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12) on August - 23.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  On this day in history phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3«")  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  On this day in history soviet Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the U.S. during a performance in New York City.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  On August - 23 the first non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight begins.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  On this day in history ... Kennedy, daughter of future Pres Kennedy, dies same day  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  On August - 23 marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Martin du Gard, writer, dies on August - 23.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea) on August - 23.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  On this day in history oscar Hammerstein II, Broadway librettist, dies at 65  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On this day in history uS lunar probe Ranger 1 reaches 190 km from Earth, falls back  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On this day in history beatles release "She Loves You" in the UK  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On this day in history ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By"  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On August - 23 footbridge collapses over river gorge in Venezuela, and 29 people fall to their deaths in rapids below.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  On this day in history john Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer, dies at 67  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  On this day in history lunar Orbiter 1 takes first photograph of Earth from Moon  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  Francis Xavier Bushman, actor (Ben-Hur), dies at 83 on August - 23.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On August - 23 ringo quits the Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On August - 23 audrey McElmory (US) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno, Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer, dies at 58 on August - 23.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Republican convention (Miami Beach, Fla) renominates VP Agnew but not unanimous-1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  On this day in history balis Dvarionas, composer, dies at 68  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  On this day in history intelsat communications satellite launched  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  On this day in history hank Patterson, actor (Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  On this day in history the first man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  On this day in history sebastian Cabot, actor (Giles French-Family Affair), dies at 59  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC on August - 23.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  On August - 23 soviet Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the U.S. during a performance in New York City.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  On August - 23 uN's Vienna office opens  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  On August - 23 mian Mohammad Saeed, cricketer (1st Pakistan capt 1948-49), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  In the Kashmir - India Border Region a 5.2 quake killed 15 people killed, at least 40 injured and many houses damaged in the Bhaddu area, Kashmir on August - 23.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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0686  On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1486  On this day in history birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1524  On this day in history birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1724  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1740  On this day in history birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 23

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1176  On August - 23 death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1328  On August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1387  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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