August 23 Zodiac, Events, Birthdays and Holidays

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on August 23. From 1900 until now. August 23 is under the sign of Virgo. Famous birthdays on this day include River Phoenix (1970), Kobe Bryant (1978) and Julian Casablancas (1978). Several movies were released around August 23 over the years, such as Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms in 2021 directed by Ethan Spaulding and Vigil in 2021 directed by Vincent Ward.
But much more happened on August 23 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Astrology - Last day of sun sign Leo in the tropical zodiac
Swaziland - Umhlanga Day
Romania - Liberation Day (1944)
RC Saints - Saint Rose of Lima
Roman festivals - Vulcanalia
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2018 China-United States trade dispute: The United States imposes 25% tariffs on $16 billion in Chinese goods. China responds immediately with its own equivalent tariffs
2017 Saudi Arabian-led intervention is in Yemen: At most 35 people were killed in an attack on a hotel located near a Houthi checkpoint north of Sanaa.
2016 Boko Haram insurgency. Nigeria's air force killed senior militants and possibly left their leader Abubakar Shekau dead.
2015 Al-Qaeda militants occupy parts of Aden, a strategic port city in southern Yemen. According to reports, the militants raised their black flag high above Aden's port and government buildings. Pro-government forces captured the city last week.
2014 The execution of four additional Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel is publicly carried out outside Jabalia refugee camps by Hamas. Tayeb Abdel Rahim (secretary-general of PA), denounces the killings and compares them to ISIS.
2013 Syrian civil war: The United Nations reported that there are one million Syrian refugees. (AP via Fox News). The Syrian government blocks UN inspectors visiting the location of the chemical massacre.
2012 Tropical Storm Isaac (2012): In its 23.00 PM bulletin, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reduces its hurricane warning level for Hispaniola Island in the Caribbean Sea to a hurricane watch and storm warning.
2011 2011 Battle of Tripoli
2010 The Palestinian Authority warned it would withdraw from peace negotiations if Israel continues to build settlements in the occupied West Bank.
2009 Tens of thousands of people from the Baltic countries mark the 20th anniversary of the "Baltic Way", when two million people joined a human chain to protest against Soviet Union control. (Aljazeera), (Guardian), (Baltic Times).
2008 War in Somalia (2006-09). Two journalists and three others are taken hostage by gunmen close to Elasha, Somalia.
2007 "Chororapithecus abyssinicus", a fossil 10 million years old found in Ethiopia may have proved that humans and gorillas had a common ancestor 2 million years before previously believed.
2006 Natascha Kampusch was abducted when she was 10 years old. She managed to escape her captor Wolfgang Priklopil after eight years in captivity.
2005 TANS Peru Flight 204 (a Boeing 737-220-200) crashes near Pucallpa in Peru killing at least 41 people and injuring 100 others. This was the fifth most serious airline accident of this month. (Reuters) Link dead at 21:38 on 14 January 2007 (UTC), (BBC), and (CNN).
2004 Politics in Taiwan: The Legislative Yuan proposes an amendment package by 217-1, which includes halving legislators and dissolving the National Assembly.
2003 In a rare move, the British government submitted thousands of documents to the Hutton Inquiry. Many of these documents would not normally be visible by the public for more than 30 years.
2002 Recent celebrity deaths: Hoyt Wilhelm, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, dies.
1998 Minnesota LPGA Classic
1996 Osama bin Laden allegedly writes "The Declaration of Jihad on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred Places," his first open call for war.
1995 Larry Hagman receives a liver transplant
1994 Eugene Bullard, The only black pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
1993 Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back HRs twice in same game
1992 Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons
1991 The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (or quotSuper Nintendoquot) is released in the United States.
1990 US begins call up of 46,000 reservists to the Persian Gulf
1989 LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings
1988 Mike Tyson and Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem
1987 15-years old boy hijacks KLM B737, demands $1 billion
1986 Rags closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances
1985 South African attorney / UDF leader Dulah Omar arrested
1982 Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as President
1979 Iran army opens offensive against Kurds
1978 Iranian students occupies Iranian embassy at Wassenaar
1977 Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in German DR
1976 Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die
1975 Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway
1974 John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in New York City
1973 The Norrmalmstorg robbery occurs, famous for the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome.
1972 Republican convention (Miami Beach, Florida) re-nominates Vice President Spiro Agnew but not unanimous - one vote given to NBC newsman David Brinkley.
1971 WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 Kathy Ahern wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
1969 Audrey McElmory (US) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno, Czechoslovakia (first American to win cycling race title since 1912).
1968 Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily
1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
1964 Marilynn Smith wins Albuquerque Professional Amateur Golf Tournament
1963 Beatles release She Loves You in the UK
1962 1st Europe-US live TV program
1961 Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi
1959 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open
1958 China PR resumes fire on Quemoi and Matsoe
1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open
1954 First flight of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
1953 Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan
1952 Arab League security pact goes into effect
1950 Jack Holden wins marathon
1948 Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine
1947 The Prime Minister of Greece, Dimitrios Maximos, resigns.
1946 13th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Los Angeles 0 (97,380)
1944 Allied troops capture Marseilles France
1943 Red army recaptures Charkow
1942 1st US flights to land on Guadalcanal
1940 German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London
1939 John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 mph (593.48 km/h) at Bonneville Flats
1938 English cricketer Len Hutton sets a world record for the highest individual Test innings of 364, during a Test match against Australia.
1935 The Banking Act of 1935 becomes law, removing the Treasury Secretary and the comptroller of currency from the Federal Reserve Board.
1933 1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri in London
1931 45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall
1930 44th US Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper
1929 Arabs attack Jews in Israel
1927 Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
1926 40th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (46 64 97)
1923 Capt. Lowell Smith and Lt. John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
1921 British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only 4 survive.
1917 Race riot in Houston Texas (two blacks and 11 whites killed).
1916 Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years
1915 Czar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army
1914 Gen von Hausen executes 612 inhabitants of Dinant Belgium
1913 The statue of ''The Little Mermaid'' is unveiled in Copenhagen.
1911 British Premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany
1910 Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh
1906 Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Washingston Senators
1904 The automobile tire chain is patented.
1903 6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state
1900 National Negro Business League organizes (Boston).
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