Page 5: Historical Events In August - 23

1926  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)   

1926  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.)   

1927  Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator   

1927  Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass   

1929  Arabs attack Jews in Israel.   

1929  Charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies   

1930  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)   

1933  1st TV boxing match   

1933  Adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62   

1936  17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St Louis Browns.   

1937  Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68.   

1938  England score 7-903 decl v Australia Hutton 364   

1939  Soviet-German pact is signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop   

1939  USSR and Germany sign a non-agression pact   

1939  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.   

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

1940  German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London   

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

1942  1st US flights to land on Guadalcanal   

1943  Red army recaptures Charkow.   

1943  Johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88   

1944  Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day 1944-1990).   

1944  94.5°F (34.7°C) in De Bilt Netherlands and 101.5°F (38.6°C) in Warnsvelt   

1944  Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63.   

1946  13th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Los Angeles 0 (97380)   

1947  Pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's inaugural public singing concert.   

1947  Willy Russell, Playwright; 'Educating Rita' and Shirley Valentine' is born   

1947  Pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert.   

1948  World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries   

1948  Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine.   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on August - 23.   

1524  On this day in history birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

1593  On August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.   

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  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  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 this day in history death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

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