August 23
1305 - Scottish leader and national hero William Wallace was executed in London for treason.
1754 - France's King Louis XVI was born at Versailles.
1775 - Britain’s King George III proclaimed the American colonies to be in a state of “open and avowed rebellion.
1914 - Japan declared war on Germany during World War I.
1926 - Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in New York City at age 31.
1927 - Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery.
1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty.
1960 - Broadway librettist Oscar Hammerstein II died at age 65.
1973 - A bank robbery-turned-hostage-taking began in Stockholm, Sweden; the four hostages ended up empathizing with their captors, a psychological condition now referred to as “Stockholm Syndrome.”
1979 - Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York.
1989 - Yusuf Hawkins, an African-American teenager, was shot dead by white youths in Brooklyn.
2000 - The first season finale of the reality show "Survivor" aired on CBS, with contestant Richard Hatch winning the $1 million prize.
2003 - Former Roman Catholic priest John Geoghan, a convicted child molester, was killed by a fellow inmate in a Massachusetts prison.
2005 - Israeli forces evicted militant holdouts from two Jewish settlements, completing a historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.
2008 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama announced Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate.
2011 - Judges in New York put an end to the sensational sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, setting him free after prosecutors questioned the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who'd accused the French diplomat.
2011 - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered near Mineral, Virginia, the strongest on the East Coast since 1944, caused cracks in the Washington Monument and damaged Washington National Cathedral.
2013 - A military jury convicted Maj. Nidal Hasan in the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that claimed 13 lives; the Army psychiatrist was later sentenced to death. Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier who’d massacred 16 Afghan civilians, was sentenced at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to life in prison with no chance of parole.
2016 - Standing amid piles of waterlogged debris, President Barack Obama promised a sustained national effort to rebuild flood-ravaged southern Louisiana.
2020 - A white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot a black man, Jacob Blake, seven times as officers tried to arrest Blake on an outstanding warrant; the shooting left Blake partially paralyzed and triggered several nights of violent protests. (Blake, who was shot as he was about to get into an SUV with a pocketknife that had fallen from his pants, later said he’d been prepared to surrender after putting the knife in the vehicle. Officer Rusten Sheskey was not charged.)
2020 - Demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, hurled rocks, bottles and fireworks at officers and set fires in the streets as they marched on a precinct station; police used tear gas to scatter the demonstrators.
2020 - President Donald Trump announced emergency authorization to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma; some health experts said the treatment needed more study.
2020 - Kellyanne Conway, one of Trump’s most influential and longest serving advisers, announced that she would leave the White House at the end of the month.
Birthdays
26 - Chrissy Costanza (singer)
26 - Trace McSorley (football player)
27 - Francesca Reale (actress)
31 - Seth Curry (basketball player)
33 - Jeremy Lin (basketball player)
33 - Kimberly Matula (actress)
40 - Jaime Lee Kirchner (actress)
41 - Joanne Froggatt (actress)
44 - Shelly Fairchild (country singer)
45 - Scott Caan (actor)
47 - Ray Park (actor)
51 - Jay Mohr (actor/comedian)
65 - Skipp Sudduth (actor)
70 - Mark Hudson (actor)
70 - Queen Noor of Jordan
72 - Rick Springfield (singer)
72 - Shelley Long (actress)
74 - Linda Thompson (singer)
74 - David Robb (actor)
76 - Rayfield Wright (football player)
81 - Richard Sanders (actor)
87 - Sonny Jurgensen (football player)
90 - Barbara Eden (actress)
91 - Vera Miles (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 23
1936 - Future Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller makes his MLB debut at age 17 with the Cleveland Indians; he strikes out 15 battlers in a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Browns.
1942 - Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in a pregame attraction that draws 69,000 fans for a New York Yankees vs. Washington Senators doubleheader. The event raised $80,000 for Army-Navy World War II relief.
1947 - The first Little League World Series is completed in Williamsport, Pennsylvania with the Maynard Midgets defeating the Lock Haven All-Stars.
1970 - American swimmer Gary Hall broke three world records at the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) outdoor swimming meet, held in Los Angeles.
1982 - Gaylord Perry (Seattle Mariners) was tossed out of a game for throwing an illegal spitball.
1985 - Paul Hornung is awarded $1.16 million by a Louisville court against the NCAA who had barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games.
1989 - Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball after being accused of gambling on baseball.
1993 - Fred McGriff and David Justice are the sixth duo to hit back-to-back home runs twice in a single game.
2008 - The star-studded American women's basketball team led by the likes of Lisa Leslie, Sue Bird & Diana Taurasi win the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics with a convincing 92-65 win over Australia.
2010 - Golfer Tiger Woods announced his divorce from Elin Nordegren.
2020 - Takuma Sato won his second Indianapolis 500; it was held in front of empty grandstands because of the pandemic.
1305 - Scottish leader and national hero William Wallace was executed in London for treason.
1754 - France's King Louis XVI was born at Versailles.
1775 - Britain’s King George III proclaimed the American colonies to be in a state of “open and avowed rebellion.
1914 - Japan declared war on Germany during World War I.
1926 - Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in New York City at age 31.
1927 - Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery.
1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty.
1960 - Broadway librettist Oscar Hammerstein II died at age 65.
1973 - A bank robbery-turned-hostage-taking began in Stockholm, Sweden; the four hostages ended up empathizing with their captors, a psychological condition now referred to as “Stockholm Syndrome.”
1979 - Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York.
1989 - Yusuf Hawkins, an African-American teenager, was shot dead by white youths in Brooklyn.
2000 - The first season finale of the reality show "Survivor" aired on CBS, with contestant Richard Hatch winning the $1 million prize.
2003 - Former Roman Catholic priest John Geoghan, a convicted child molester, was killed by a fellow inmate in a Massachusetts prison.
2005 - Israeli forces evicted militant holdouts from two Jewish settlements, completing a historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.
2008 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama announced Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate.
2011 - Judges in New York put an end to the sensational sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, setting him free after prosecutors questioned the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who'd accused the French diplomat.
2011 - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered near Mineral, Virginia, the strongest on the East Coast since 1944, caused cracks in the Washington Monument and damaged Washington National Cathedral.
2013 - A military jury convicted Maj. Nidal Hasan in the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that claimed 13 lives; the Army psychiatrist was later sentenced to death. Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier who’d massacred 16 Afghan civilians, was sentenced at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to life in prison with no chance of parole.
2016 - Standing amid piles of waterlogged debris, President Barack Obama promised a sustained national effort to rebuild flood-ravaged southern Louisiana.
2020 - A white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot a black man, Jacob Blake, seven times as officers tried to arrest Blake on an outstanding warrant; the shooting left Blake partially paralyzed and triggered several nights of violent protests. (Blake, who was shot as he was about to get into an SUV with a pocketknife that had fallen from his pants, later said he’d been prepared to surrender after putting the knife in the vehicle. Officer Rusten Sheskey was not charged.)
2020 - Demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, hurled rocks, bottles and fireworks at officers and set fires in the streets as they marched on a precinct station; police used tear gas to scatter the demonstrators.
2020 - President Donald Trump announced emergency authorization to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma; some health experts said the treatment needed more study.
2020 - Kellyanne Conway, one of Trump’s most influential and longest serving advisers, announced that she would leave the White House at the end of the month.
Birthdays
26 - Chrissy Costanza (singer)
26 - Trace McSorley (football player)
27 - Francesca Reale (actress)
31 - Seth Curry (basketball player)
33 - Jeremy Lin (basketball player)
33 - Kimberly Matula (actress)
40 - Jaime Lee Kirchner (actress)
41 - Joanne Froggatt (actress)
44 - Shelly Fairchild (country singer)
45 - Scott Caan (actor)
47 - Ray Park (actor)
51 - Jay Mohr (actor/comedian)
65 - Skipp Sudduth (actor)
70 - Mark Hudson (actor)
70 - Queen Noor of Jordan
72 - Rick Springfield (singer)
72 - Shelley Long (actress)
74 - Linda Thompson (singer)
74 - David Robb (actor)
76 - Rayfield Wright (football player)
81 - Richard Sanders (actor)
87 - Sonny Jurgensen (football player)
90 - Barbara Eden (actress)
91 - Vera Miles (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 23
1936 - Future Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller makes his MLB debut at age 17 with the Cleveland Indians; he strikes out 15 battlers in a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Browns.
1942 - Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in a pregame attraction that draws 69,000 fans for a New York Yankees vs. Washington Senators doubleheader. The event raised $80,000 for Army-Navy World War II relief.
1947 - The first Little League World Series is completed in Williamsport, Pennsylvania with the Maynard Midgets defeating the Lock Haven All-Stars.
1970 - American swimmer Gary Hall broke three world records at the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) outdoor swimming meet, held in Los Angeles.
1982 - Gaylord Perry (Seattle Mariners) was tossed out of a game for throwing an illegal spitball.
1985 - Paul Hornung is awarded $1.16 million by a Louisville court against the NCAA who had barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games.
1989 - Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball after being accused of gambling on baseball.
1993 - Fred McGriff and David Justice are the sixth duo to hit back-to-back home runs twice in a single game.
2008 - The star-studded American women's basketball team led by the likes of Lisa Leslie, Sue Bird & Diana Taurasi win the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics with a convincing 92-65 win over Australia.
2010 - Golfer Tiger Woods announced his divorce from Elin Nordegren.
2020 - Takuma Sato won his second Indianapolis 500; it was held in front of empty grandstands because of the pandemic.
