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  On August - 23 40th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (46 64 97)   

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 this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator   

1927  On this day in history nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass   

1929  Arabs attack Jews in Israel on August - 23.   

1929  On August - 23 charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1937  Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1939  On August - 23 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 August - 23.   

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  German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London on this day in history.   

1941  Jack O'Connor, cricketer (four Tests for Aust 1908-09, 13 wkts), dies on this day in history.   

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

1943  Red army recaptures Charkow on August - 23.   

1943  Johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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 August - 23 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  On August - 23 the birth of Willy Russell, Playwright; 'Educating Rita' and Shirley Valentine'   

1947  On this day in history pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert   

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

1948  On this day in history earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine   

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0686  On August - 23 birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

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  On August - 23 birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  On August - 23 birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on August - 23.   

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

0093  On this day in history death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)   

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

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

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

1305  On August - 23 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  On this day in history death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

1507  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72