What Happened on Aug 23

Andrew And His Troops Embark Towards Cyprus

Andrew and his troops embarked on 23 August 1217, in Spalato. They landed on 9 October on Cyprus from where they sailed to Acre and joined John of... Read more

Sir William Wallace is Executed for High Treason

This is the truth I tell you: of all things freedom's most fine. Never submit to live, my son, in the bonds of slavery entwined. Read more

The Union Navy Captures Fort Morgan, Alabama

On August 23, 1864, the Union navy captured Fort Morgan, Alabama, breaking the Confederate dominance of the ports of the Gulf of Mexico. As the... Read more

James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok is Elected Sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas

In July 1869, Hickok was back in Hays and was elected sheriff and city marshal of Ellis County, Kansas, in a special election, on August 23, 1869.... Read more

Gene Kelly is Born

Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and... Read more

Battle of Mons

Although the French armies on his right were in full retreat from the Belgian frontier on August 23, 1914 following their defeat first at Neuf... Read more

Battle Of Tannenberg

The Battle of Tannenberg was in August 1914 a decisive engagement between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in the first days of World War... Read more

German Troops Capture Dinant, Executing 674 of Its Inhabitants

On 23 August 1914, 674 inhabitants of Dinant were summarily executed by German troops. It was one of the biggest atrocities committed by the... Read more

Japan Declares War on Germany

Japanese Army, 22,980 Lieut. General Kamio Major General Horiuchi General Yamada General Johogi Vice-Admiral Kamimura English Force,... Read more

ZR-2 Disaster

Whilst over the Humber the [ZR-2] airship carried out some high speed turns. The stress on the fuselage was too much and the craft broke in two,... Read more

Sacco and Vanzetti are Executed

Sacco and Vanzetti: for a generation of Americans, the names of the two Italian anarchists are forever linked. Questions surrounding their 1921... Read more

Hebron massacre

The Hebron massacre refers to the mass murder of sixty-seven Jews on 23 and 24 August 1929 in Hebron, then part of the British Mandate of... Read more

Phase Two in the Battle of Shanghai

On August 23, the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army, led by Iwane Matsui, landed in Liuhe, Wusong (吳淞), and Chuanshakou. Chiang Kai-shek had... Read more

Battle of Kiev (1941)

The Battle of Kiev was the German name for the operation that resulted in a very large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during... Read more

Freckleton Air Disaster

Tragedy struck at Freckleton, Lancashire, on August 23, 1944, when an American B-24 bomber on a test flight overshot the runway while trying to... Read more

The Big Sleep is Released

The Big Sleep is a 1946 film noir directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. It stars... Read more

Operation Beaver Cage

Operation Beaver Cage was a U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Joint Operation in North Vietnam along the coastline of the Bon Hai river. The Operation took... Read more

Cedella Marley is born

Cedella Marley (born in Kingston, Jamaica on August 23, 1967) is daughter of reggae artist Bob Marley and Rita Marley. She played in her brothers'... Read more

Peter Gabriel Leaves Genesis

Creating the ambitious The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway album strained relations between band members, particularly Banks and Gabriel. Gabriel was... Read more

Ratt release their self-titled EP

Ratt is Ratt's first official release, originally released on the band's Time Coast label. The version of "Back For More" featured on this EP is an... Read more

"Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger" by Frank Zappa Is Released

Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger is a 1984 album featuring the music of Frank Zappa, conducted, in part, by Pierre Boulez. It is also... Read more

Saddam Hussein Appears on Iraqi State Television with Western Hostages

On 23 August 1990 President Hussein appeared on state television with Western hostages to whom he had refused exit visas. They were seen as human... Read more

FDA Approves Meda's Demadex

Demadex, a type of diuretic, is prescribed to treat high blood pressure and water retention. By increasing the amount of water and salt removed... Read more

Bin Laden declares war on the United States

Bin Laden was living in Afghanistan in 1996 after being forced out of Sudan. He had lost most of his wealth and had become somewhat irrelevant on... Read more

FDA Approves EMD Serono's Serostim

Increasing lean body weight, body mass, and physical endurance in certain patients with HIV infection. It is usually used along with other... Read more