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 August - 23.   

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

1927  On this day in history 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  Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on this day in history.   

1929  Arabs attack Jews in Israel on this day in history.   

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

1930  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62   

1936  On August - 23 17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St Louis Browns   

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

1938  On August - 23 england score 7-903 decl v Australia Hutton 364   

1939  On August - 23 soviet-German pact is signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop.   

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

1939  On this day in history john Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats   

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

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

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

1943  Red army recaptures Charkow on this day in history.   

1943  On August - 23 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 this day in history.   

1944  Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1947  The birth of Willy Russell, Playwright; 'Educating Rita' and Shirley Valentine' on this day in history.   

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

1623  On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

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

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

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

1176  On August - 23 death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

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.