Page 5: 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  On this day in history rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31   

1927  Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed in Boston for murdering two men during a 1920 robbery. (They were posthumously exhonerated in 1977.) on August - 23.   

1927  On August - 23 dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator   

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

1929  Arabs attack Jews in Israel on August - 23.   

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

1930  44th US Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (61 64) on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history 45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61)   

1933  1st TV boxing match on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68   

1938  England score 7-903 decl v Australia Hutton 364 on this day in history.   

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  John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats on this day in history.   

1939  On August - 23 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 this day in history 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  On August - 23 1st US flights to land on Guadalcanal   

1943  Red army recaptures Charkow on August - 23.   

1943  On this day in history johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88   

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 August - 23.   

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

1946  On this day in history 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  On August - 23 the birth of Willy Russell, Playwright; 'Educating Rita' and Shirley Valentine'   

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

1948  On August - 23 world Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries   

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 this day in history birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

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  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 August - 23.   

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

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

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

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on August - 23.   

1328  On August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1387  On this day in history death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

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