August 23rd, 1959

Born on August 23rd, 1959

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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, 1959

64

Edwyn Collins

Scottish musician

*August 23rd, 1959, Edinburgh

64

Görel Crona

Swedish director and actress

*August 23rd, 1959, Stockholm

64

Bruno Chevillon

French bassist

*August 23rd, 1959, Valréas

64

Kevin Mooney

Footballer (born 1959)

*August 23rd, 1959, Liverpool

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

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

95

Kenneth Arrow

American economist (1921-2017)

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

41

Kobe Bryant

American basketball player (1978–2020)

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

62

Alexandre Desplat

French film composer

*August 23rd, 1961, Paris

74

Jacques Weber

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*August 23rd, 1949, Paris

89

Philippe Mestre

French politician and writer

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

76

Willy Russell

British dramatist, lyricist and composer

*August 23rd, 1947, Whiston

49

Konstantin Novoselov

Russian-British physicist known for graphene work

*August 23rd, 1974, Nizhny Tagil

60

Park Chan-wook

South Korean film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1963)

*August 23rd, 1963, Seoul

45

Andrew Rannells

American actor and singer

*August 23rd, 1978, Omaha

59

Johan Bruyneel

Directeur sportif and former road bicycle racer

*August 23rd, 1964, Izegem

85

Michel Rocard

French politician (1930–2016)

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

69

Halimah Yacob

8th President of Singapore

*August 23rd, 1954, Singapore

74

William Lane Craig

American Christian apologist and theologian

*August 23rd, 1949, Peoria

46

Jared Fogle

American former Subway spokesperson

*August 23rd, 1977, Indianapolis

68

David Learner

British actor

*August 23rd, 1955, Hammersmith

23

River Phoenix

American actor and musician (1970–1993)

*August 23rd, 1970, Madras †October 31st, 1993, West Hollywood

89

Dick Bruna

Dutch writer and illustrator

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

86

Marian Seldes

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

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

76

Linda Thompson

British singer

*August 23rd, 1947, London

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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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.

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Born on August 23rd, 1959
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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