August 23rd, 1887

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Born on August 23rd, 1887 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 23rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 23rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1887)

Born on August 23rd, 1887

Weekday

Tuesday

August 23rd, 1887 was a Tuesday.

Age

136

People born on August 23rd, 1887 will turn 137 this year (2024), in exactly 120 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 25th, 1887 - August 23rd, 1887

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 81 days, exactly on July 15th, 2024, people who were born on August 23rd, 1887 will be 50,000 days old!

49,919 Days

7,131 Weeks

1,640 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 23rd?

August 23rd, 1954

The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departs from Marseille, France.

August 23rd, 2010

A former Philippine National Police officer hijacked a tourist bus in Manila, holding its occupants hostage for nearly eleven hours and killing eight of them before being killed by police himself.

August 23rd, 2006

Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in Strasshof an der Nordbahn after more than eight years in captivity.

August 23rd, 1989

Singing Revolution: Approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet republics to demonstrate their desire for independence.

August 23rd, 1944

King Michael dismissed the pro-Axis government of General Ion Antonescu, placing Romania on the side of the Allies for the remainder of World War II.

August 23rd, 1943

Second World War: A decisive Soviet victory against German forces at the Battle of Kursk gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.

August 23rd, 1939

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a ten-year mutual non-aggression treaty, which also secretly divided northern and eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence.

August 23rd, 1933

The Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane made landfall in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and went on to cause at least 47 deaths in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.

August 23rd, 1914

In their first major action of the First World War, the British Expeditionary Force engaged German troops in Mons, Belgium.

August 23rd, 1898

The Southern Cross Expedition (dogsled team pictured), the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departed London.

August 23rd, 1873

The Albert Bridge, spanning the River Thames in London, opened to traffic.

August 23rd, 1775

King George III issued a proclamation (copy pictured) that declared elements of the American colonies of Great Britain to be in a state of "open and avowed rebellion".

August 23rd, 1514

Ottoman forces defeated the Safavids at the Battle of Chaldiran, gaining control of eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq.

August 23rd, 1305

William Wallace, a leader of Scottish resistance against England during the Wars of Scottish Independence, was hanged, drawn and quartered.

August 23rd, 2023

A business jet carrying key leadership members of the Russian private military company Wagner Group crashes, killing all ten people on-board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 23rd

Born on August 23rd, 1887

Erich Kühn

German writer (1887-1953)

*August 23rd, 1887, Dresden †April 5th, 1953, Hamburg

Albert Gutterson

Athletics competitor (1887-1965)

*August 23rd, 1887, Andover †April 7th, 1965, Burlington

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 23rd?

Kenneth Arrow

American economist (1921-2017)

*August 23rd, 1921, New York City †February 21st, 2017, Palo Alto

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

Philippe Mestre

French politician and writer

*August 23rd, 1927, Talmont †April 25th, 2017, 6th arrondissement of Paris

Michel Rocard

French politician (1930–2016)

*August 23rd, 1930, Courbevoie †July 2nd, 2016, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

Kobe Bryant

American basketball player (1978–2020)

*August 23rd, 1978, Philadelphia †January 26th, 2020, Calabasas

Dick Bruna

Dutch writer and illustrator

*August 23rd, 1927, Utrecht †February 16th, 2017, Utrecht

Marian Seldes

American stage, film, radio, and television actress (1928 – 2014)

*August 23rd, 1928, Manhattan †October 6th, 2014, New York City

John Gallaudet

American actor (1903-1983)

*August 23rd, 1903, Philadelphia †November 5th, 1983, Los Angeles

Gene Kelly

American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912-1996)

*August 23rd, 1912, Pittsburgh †February 2nd, 1996, Beverly Hills

Willy Russell

British dramatist, lyricist and composer

*August 23rd, 1947, Whiston

Jacques Weber

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*August 23rd, 1949, Paris

Alan Roscoe

American actor (1886-1933)

*August 23rd, 1886, Nashville †March 8th, 1933, Los Angeles

Paul Otlet

Belgian author, librarian and anti-colonial thinker

*August 23rd, 1868, City of Brussels †December 10th, 1944, City of Brussels

Giuseppe Meazza

Italian association football player and manager (1910-1979)

*August 23rd, 1910, Milan †August 21st, 1979, Rapallo

Jacques Rueff

French economist and adviser to the French Government (1896-1978)

*August 23rd, 1896, 3rd arrondissement of Paris †April 23rd, 1978, 7th arrondissement of Paris

Thomas Dempster

British philologist, historian, poet and etruscologist

*August 23rd, 1579, Aberdeenshire †September 6th, 1625, Bologna

Konstantin Novoselov

Russian-British physicist known for graphene work

*August 23rd, 1974, Nizhny Tagil

Andrew Rannells

American actor and singer

*August 23rd, 1978, Omaha

Louis XVI of France

King of France and Navarre (1754-1793)

*August 23rd, 1754, Palace of Versailles †January 21st, 1793, place de la Concorde

Will Cuppy

American writer (1884-1949)

*August 23rd, 1884, Auburn †September 19th, 1949, New York City

Same year
Born in 1887

Le Corbusier

Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886-1965)

*October 6th, 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds †August 27th, 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

Pierre Taittinger

French politician

*October 4th, 1887, 18th arrondissement of Paris †January 22nd, 1965, Paris

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

Marc Chagall

Belarusian-born French artist (1887–1985)

*July 14th, 1887, Vitebsk †March 28th, 1985, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

*January 28th, 1887, Łódź †December 20th, 1982, Geneva

John Reed

American journalist, poet, and communist activist

*October 22nd, 1887, Portland †October 17th, 1920, Moscow

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

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George Abbott

American writer and director (1887-1995)

*June 25th, 1887, Chautauqua County †January 31st, 1995, Miami Beach

Lynn Fontanne

British actress (1887–1983)

*December 6th, 1887, London †July 30th, 1983, Waukesha County

Josef Lada

Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)

*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague

Joseph Lamb

American composer of ragtime music

*December 6th, 1887, Montclair †September 3rd, 1960, Brooklyn

Carmen Lyra

Costa Rican politician and writer

*January 15th, 1887, San José †May 14th, 1949, Mexico City

Lajos Áprily

Hungarian poet/translator/recipient:1954 Attila József Prize

*November 14th, 1887, Brașov †August 6th, 1967, Budapest

Chiang Kai-shek

Chinese politician and military leader (1887–1975)

*October 31st, 1887, Xikou †April 5th, 1975, Taipei

Huntley Gordon

Canadian actor (1887-1956)

*October 8th, 1887, Montreal †December 7th, 1956, Van Nuys

Carlos Dávila

Chilean diplomat, journalist and politician (1887-1955)

*September 15th, 1887, Los Ángeles †October 19th, 1955, Washington, D.C.

Boris Karloff

English actor (1887–1969)

*November 23rd, 1887, Dulwich †February 2nd, 1969, Midhurst

Georgia O'Keeffe

American modernist artist (1887–1986)

*November 15th, 1887, Sun Prairie †March 6th, 1986, Santa Fe

Vidkun Quisling

Norwegian politician and Nazi collaborator (1887–1945)

*July 18th, 1887, Fyresdal †October 24th, 1945, Akershus Fortress

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day) which are celebrated on August 23rd.

Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day (Romania)

European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day (European Union and other countries), and related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_Romanian_coup_d'état

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_for_the_Remembrance_of_the_Slave_Trade_and_its_Abolition

National Day for Physicians (Iran)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Doctors'_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIII.VIII.MDCCCLXXXVII

23.8.1887

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1887 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1887

August 1887

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August 23rd, 1887

Born on August 23rd, 1887

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 49,000 days old!

49,919 Days

7,131 Weeks

1,640 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 23rd?

The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departs from Marseille, France.

A former Philippine National Police officer hijacked a tourist bus in Manila, holding its occupants hostage for nearly eleven hours and killing eight of them before being killed by police himself.

Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in Strasshof an der Nordbahn after more than eight years in captivity.

Singing Revolution: Approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet republics to demonstrate their desire for independence.

King Michael dismissed the pro-Axis government of General Ion Antonescu, placing Romania on the side of the Allies for the remainder of World War II.

Second World War: A decisive Soviet victory against German forces at the Battle of Kursk gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a ten-year mutual non-aggression treaty, which also secretly divided northern and eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence.

The Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane made landfall in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and went on to cause at least 47 deaths in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.

In their first major action of the First World War, the British Expeditionary Force engaged German troops in Mons, Belgium.

The Southern Cross Expedition (dogsled team pictured), the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departed London.

The Albert Bridge, spanning the River Thames in London, opened to traffic.

King George III issued a proclamation (copy pictured) that declared elements of the American colonies of Great Britain to be in a state of "open and avowed rebellion".

Ottoman forces defeated the Safavids at the Battle of Chaldiran, gaining control of eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq.

William Wallace, a leader of Scottish resistance against England during the Wars of Scottish Independence, was hanged, drawn and quartered.

A business jet carrying key leadership members of the Russian private military company Wagner Group crashes, killing all ten people on-board.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 23rd

Born on August 23rd, 1887

German writer (1887-1953)

Athletics competitor (1887-1965)

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 23rd?

Same year Born in 1887

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 23rd

Battle of Kursk Day (Russia)

Ascelina

Asterius, Claudius, and Neon

Éogan of Ardstraw

Lupus (Luppus) of Novae

Philip Benitius

Quiriacus and companions, of Ostia

Rose of Lima

Tydfil

Zacchaeus of Jerusalem

August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)

Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day (Romania)

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

National Day for Physicians (Iran)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

23.8.1887

Legend

Leap year

Calendar August 1887

August 1887

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 23rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 23rd?

Same year
Born in 1887

Calendar
August 1887

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
32	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
33	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
34	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
35	29	30	31