Page 5: Historical Events In August - 23

1926  Motion picture star Rudolph Valentino dies in New York at age 31 on this day in history.   

1926  40th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (46 64 97) on August - 23.   

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  Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator on this day in history.   

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

1929  On this day in history arabs attack Jews in Israel   

1929  On August - 23 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  45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history 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  Soviet-German pact is signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop on August - 23.   

1939  USSR & Germany sign a non-agression pact on August - 23.   

1939  John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats on this day in history.   

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

1940  German bombers begin night time attacks (The Blitz) on London on August - 23.   

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 August - 23.   

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

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  94.5°F (34.7°C) in De Bilt Netherlands & 101.5°F (38.6°C) in Warnsvelt on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries on August - 23.   

1948  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

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

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  On August - 23 birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on this day in history.   

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

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.   

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  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1387  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

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