Historical Events In August - 23

1926  On August - 23 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  Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31 on August - 23.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1933  1st TV boxing match on August - 23.   

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 August - 23.   

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

1939  On this day in history uSSR & Germany sign a non-agression pact   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1942  On August - 23 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  Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day 1944-1990) on this day in history.   

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 August - 23.   

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

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

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  Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine on August - 23.   

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

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on August - 23.   

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  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

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

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