Page 5: Historical Events In August - 23
Friday, 18 July 2025
1926 Motion picture star Rudolph Valentino dies in New York at age 31 on August - 23.
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 On August - 23 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 On August - 23 nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass
1929 Arabs attack Jews in Israel on August - 23.
1929 Charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies on this day in history.
1930 On August - 23 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 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 August - 23.
1937 On August - 23 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 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 On August - 23 john Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats
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 On August - 23 german Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London
1941 On August - 23 jack O'Connor, cricketer (four Tests for Aust 1908-09, 13 wkts), dies
1942 On this day in history 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 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 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 August - 23.
1947 The birth of Willy Russell, Playwright; 'Educating Rita' and Shirley Valentine' on August - 23.
1947 Pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert on this day in history.
1948 On this day in history world Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries
1948 On August - 23 earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine
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