August 23

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 Room in 2015 directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Spotlight in 2015 directed by Tom McCarthy.
But much more happened on August 23 over the years: find out below

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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 2018 China–United States trade war: American tariffs of 25% on approximately $16 billion worth of Chinese goods come into effect. China immediately responds with equivalent tariffs of its own. (Reuters)
2017 Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen: At least 35 people are killed in an air strike that hit a hotel near a Houthi-run checkpoint north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (Reuters via Channel News Asia)
2016 Boko Haram insurgency: In a raid on Boko Haram Islamists' northeast heartland, Nigeria’s air force kills senior militants and possibly fatally wounds their leader, Abubakar Shekau. (Reuters)
2015 Al-Qaeda militants take over parts of the strategic southern Yemeni port city of Aden. The militants reportedly raised their black flag above the city's port and government buildings. The city was recaptured by pro-government forces last week. (Reuters)
2014 Four additional Palestinians charged with collaborating with Israel are publicly executed outside of the Jabalia refugee camp by Hamas; the killings are denounced by the secretary-general of the PA, Tayeb Abdel Rahim, who compared them to ISIS. (Times of Israel)
2013 Syrian civil war:: The United Nations reports that there are a million child refugees. (AP via Fox News)The Syrian government prevents UN inspectors from visiting the site of the reported chemical massacre. (Reuters)
2012 Tropical Storm Isaac (2012): The U.S. National Hurricane Center lowers its previous hurricane warning threat level for Hispaniola island in the Caribbean Sea to a storm warning and hurricane watch in its 23.00 PM bulletin. (NHC)
2011 2011 Battle of Tripoli
2010 The Palestinian Authority has warned that it will pull out of peace talks if Israel renews the construction of settlements in the occupied West Bank. (BBC)
2009 Tens of thousands of people in the Baltic states mark the twentieth anniversary of the 'Baltic Way' - when two million people formed a human chain to protest against Soviet Union rule. (Aljazeera), (Guardian), (Baltic Times).
2008 War in Somalia (2006–09): Two journalists and three other people are abducted by gunmen near Elasha, Somalia. (CTV News)
2007 ''Chororapithecus abyssinicus'', a 10 million year old fossil found in Ethiopia, may prove that the last common ancestor of gorillas and humans existed 2 million years earlier than previously thought. (Nature)
2006 Natascha Kampusch, who is abducted at the age of 10, managed to escape from her captor Wolfgang Priklopil, after 8 years of captivity.
2005 At least 41 die when TANS Peru Flight 204, a Boeing 737-200, crashes near Pucallpa, Peru, with 100 on board. It was the fifth major airline accident this month. (Reuters) (Link dead as of 21:38, 14 January 2007 (UTC)), (BBC), (CNN).
2004 Politics of Taiwan: The Legislative Yuan proposes a package of amendments by 217–1 that includes halving the number of legislators and abolishing the National Assembly. (Taiwan News) (BBC)
2003 In an unprecedented move, the British government submit thousands of official documents (many of which would not normally be seen by the public for 30 years) to the Hutton Inquiry, and publication on the Internet.
2002 Recent celebrity deaths: Baseball Hall of Fame player Hoyt Wilhelm 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 (Rick Dempsey HR)
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 (via Telstar)
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 (2:32:12)
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 (64 61)
1930 44th US Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (61 64)
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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