Page 5: Historical Events In August - 23

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

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

1926  On this day in history rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31   

1927  On August - 23 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 August - 23.   

1927  On August - 23 nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass   

1929  Arabs attack Jews in Israel on August - 23.   

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

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

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

1933  1st TV boxing match on August - 23.   

1933  On August - 23 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  On August - 23 albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68   

1938  On this day in history england score 7-903 decl v Australia Hutton 364   

1939  On this day in history soviet-German pact is signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop.   

1939  USSR & Germany sign a non-agression pact on this day in history.   

1939  On August - 23 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 August - 23.   

1940  On this day in history german bombers begin night time attacks (The Blitz) on London   

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

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

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

1943  On this day in history red army recaptures Charkow   

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

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

1944  On August - 23 94.5°F (34.7°C) in De Bilt Netherlands & 101.5°F (38.6°C) in Warnsvelt   

1944  On this day in history nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63   

1946  13th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Los Angeles 0 (97,380) on this day in history.   

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 August - 23.   

1947  Pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history world Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries   

1948  On August - 23 earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on August - 23.   

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

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on August - 23.   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on August - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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