August 23

Events

 * - begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
 * -, Scottish patriot, is executed at for high treason by.
 * - : troops stop an uprising of  farmers.
 * -   lands near  in his third voyage to.
 * - are granted rights in the.
 * - confronts the  army in the.
 * - The is established.
 * - The first one-way street is opened in.
 * - enters  and starts a fight.
 * - is crowned King of.
 * - declares that the  colonies exist in a state of open and avowed rebellion.
 * - Western (now eastern ) declares itself an independent state under the name of ; it wasn’t accepted into the, and only lasted for four years.
 * - : a was decreed by the.
 * - leaves  for  en route to seize power.
 * - At the, the under  repulse the  army.
 * - abolished in the  colonies.
 * - The captures  as a base as it prepares to war with .  The ensuing 3-year conflict will later be known as the.
 * - The captures, , thus breaking  dominance of all ports on the.
 * - ends with the.
 * - First message from a ship to the shore received.
 * - First Cry of the is made in , in the province of.
 * - The is patented.
 * - : declares war on  and bombs,.
 * 1914  - : the ; the  begins withdrawal.
 * - crowned King of.
 * -  and   performed the first mid- on, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
 * - The distance between Earth and is the smallest since the 10th century.
 * - s  are executed in  after being found guilty of first degree murder.
 * - : attack of the  community in the  resulted in 133  killed, 67 in.
 * - : and the  sign a non-aggression treaty, the . In a secret addition to the pact,, ,  and  are divided between the two nations.
 * - World War II: The start bombing.
 * - World War II: Beginning of the.
 * - World War II: liberated.
 * - World War II: liberated.
 * 1944  - World War II  dismisses the pro- government of, who is arrested.  switches sides from the  to the.
 * 1944  -  - A   bomber crashes into a school in,  killing 61 people.
 * - of the  constitutes the   (state) of.
 * - is formed.
 * - West Germany and Japan readmitted to Intl Amateur Athletic Federation.
 * - The is formed.
 * - : The begins with the 's bombardment of.
 * - First live television connection between the and Europe, via the  satellite.
 * - takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the.
 * - The communication satellite is launched.
 * - Successful  in.
 * - The wins the  for human powered flight.
 * - dancer  defects to the.
 * - is elected Lebanese President amidst the raging civil war.
 * -, top of , defects to.
 * - Famous shipwreck is found.
 * - Heavy rains and floods in kill hundreds of victims.
 * - : two million people from, and  stand on the - road, holding hands.
 * 1989  - All of 's 1,645 domestic airline pilots resign after the airlines threaten to fire them and sue them over a dispute.
 * - appears on  state television with a number of  "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the.
 * 1990  -  declares its independence from the.
 * 1990  -  and  announce that they will unite on.
 * - issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the  occupying the land of the two holy places.'
 * - Russian President fires the Kirienko Government.
 * - A  crashes into the  near, killing 143.
 * 2000  -  becomes a member of the   . This essentially  the  treaty, because as of this date, all members of the  were also signatories to.
 * - crashes near, , killing 41.
 * -, who was abducted at the age of 10, managed to escape from her captor , after 8 years of captivity.

Births

 * -, grandfather of (d. )
 * -, Austrian diplomat and historian (d. )
 * -, French lawyer and writer (d. )
 * -, Polish astronomer (d. )
 * -, American Continental Congressman (d. )
 * -, French explorer (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, French biologist and statesman (d. )
 * -, English civil engineer (d. )
 * -, U.S. naval officer (d. )
 * -, Austrian statesman (d. )
 * -, first , and the eighth (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, Queen of the Belgians (d. )
 * -, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. )
 * -, American sculptor (d. )
 * -, American physicist and astronomer (d. )
 * -, British poet, critic, and editor (d. )
 * -, English economist and social reformer (d. )
 * 1852  -, . (d. )
 * -, Polish/German composer (d. )
 * -, (d.)
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, English radio pioneer (d. )
 * 1875  -, Russian artist (d. )
 * -, Russian writer (d. )
 * -, U.S. general (d. )
 * -, American humorist (d. )
 * 1884  -, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1927-1932 (d. )
 * -, Austrian-born composer (d. )
 * 1900  -, American folk singer/songwriter  (d. )
 * -, U.S. Senator from Kentucky (d. )
 * -, Scottish violist (d. )
 * -, British composer (d. )
 * -, Scottish Artist and Sculptor
 * -, Italian footballer (d. )
 * -, Norwegian athlete (d. )
 * -, American dancer and actor (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * -, American economist, winner
 * -, baseball player
 * 1922  -, American child actress
 * 1922  -, Quebec painter, television writer and producer
 * -, English computer scientist (d. )
 * -, Israeli writer (d. )
 * 1924  -, American economist,  laureate
 * -, American movie and television director
 * -, Dutch illustrator
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American microbiologist, recipient of the
 * -, (d. )
 * 1932  -, American comedian, musician, and political commentator
 * -, American chemist, laureate
 * 1933  -, Governor of California
 * -, American actress
 * 1934  -, American football player
 * -, American serial killer (d. )
 * -, American novelist
 * -, former
 * -, English singer and drummer (d. )
 * -, British playwright
 * 1947  -, British actor
 * -, Romanian writer, essayist
 * 1948  -  "Rudy",  football legend
 * -, American actress
 * 1949  -, English Strongman
 * 1949  -, Australian singer and actor
 * -, President of Chechnya (d. )
 * 1951  -
 * 1951  -, American singer
 * -, Greek singer and politician
 * -, British singer
 * -, American director, writer, actor and drag queen
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * 1956  -, Norwegian politician
 * 1956  -, American actor
 * -, Greek footballer and politician
 * -, , oldest regular position player in MLB history
 * -, Greek tennis player
 * -, American graphic artist
 * 1960  -, Canadian actor
 * -, American musician
 * -, Canadian politician
 * -, German field hockey player
 * 1963  -, American race car driver
 * 1963  -, Korean director and screenwriter
 * -, Canadian-born screenwriter, director, and producer
 * -, Dutch-American basketball player
 * -, American golfer
 * -, English artist
 * 1969  -, American sportswriter
 * 1969  -, Quebec television and film actress
 * -, American actor and comedian
 * 1970  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Italian footballer
 * 1971  -, American rapper
 * -, English footballer
 * 1972  -, Puerto Rican baseball player
 * -, Scottish actor
 * 1974  -, American musician
 * 1974  -, Kenyan runner
 * -, English singer and fiddler
 * 1975  -, Finnish ice hockey player
 * -, American actor
 * -, Costa Rican footballer
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1978  -, American musician
 * -, Mexican boxer
 * -, American football player
 * -, American contestant
 * 1981  -, Ivorian footballer
 * -, American pornographic actress.
 * -, American swimmer
 * 1982  -, American musician
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American cartoonist and musician
 * -, German footballer
 * -, Filipina child actress
 * -, Filipina child actress

Deaths

 * -, Roman Governor of Britain (b. )
 * -, Arabian caliph
 * - of Japan (b. )
 * -, Scottish patriot
 * - King (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, Swiss patriot
 * -, French scholar
 * -, Spanish poet and mystic (b. )
 * -, Dutch writer (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, English royalist politician (b. )
 * -, British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. )
 * -, New England Puritan minister (b. )
 * -, French physicist (b. )
 * -, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. )
 * -, American naval officer (b. )
 * -, first mayor of (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * -, Italian actor (b. )
 * -, Italian anarchist (b. )
 * 1927  -, Italian anarchist (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, American lyricist (b. )
 * -, German folklorist (b. )
 * 1962  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American jazz musician and leader of the (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Belgian racing driver (b. )
 * - The original ,
 * -, Italian psychiatrist (b. )
 * -, American biochemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, French racing car driver (b. )
 * -, Sudanese writer and academic (b. )
 * 1989 - , Scottish psychiatrist  (b. )
 * -, American composer and orchestra leader (b. )
 * -, Canadian musician (b. )
 * -, British molecular biologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American screenwriter (b.)
 * 1999  -, Northern Irish writer (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * 2001  -, American novelist (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, American baseball player and manager (b. )
 * 2003  -, Australian rules footballer (b. )
 * 2003  -, American Catholic priest (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 2005  -, Canadian author and urban explorer (b. )
 * -, Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - alia.
 * - (1944).
 * - (1944).