Page 8: Historical Events In August - 23

2019  German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron describe the widespread Amazon fires as an international emergency, urging the matter to be discussed at the weekend's G7 summit on this day in history.   

2020  US black man Jacob Blake shot and injured by police in front of his children in Kenosha, Wisconsin, prompting violent protests on August - 23.   

2020  On August - 23 bayern Munich wins the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League by beating Paris Saint-Germain in the final.   

2023  On this day in history yevgeny Prigozhin , head of the Wagner mercenary group, reported killed along with 9 others in a plane crash northwest of Moscow, according to Russian Federal Air Transport Agency   

2023  India's Chandrayaan-3 becomes the first spacecraft to land near the south pole of the Moon, carrying a lunar lander named Vikram and a lunar rover named Pragyan on August - 23.   

2023  Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder Dmitry Utkin and eight others are killed when their plane crashes in Russia on August - 23.   

2024  On this day in history uS independence presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspends his campaign and endorses Donald Trump [1]   

2024  In Solingen, Germany, a Syrian immigrant stabs three people to death, which leads to the intensification of the debate on migration in Germany on August - 23.   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.   

1486  On August - 23 birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

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 this day in history.   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

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

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 23.   

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

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  On August - 23 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 August - 23.   

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