August 23rd, 2492

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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

Birthdays and future age on August 23rd, 2492

536

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

514

Andrew Rannells

American actor and singer

*August 23rd, 1978, Omaha

545

Willy Russell

British dramatist, lyricist and composer

*August 23rd, 1947, Whiston

543

Jacques Weber

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*August 23rd, 1949, Paris

518

Konstantin Novoselov

Russian-British physicist known for graphene work

*August 23rd, 1974, Nizhny Tagil

515

Jared Fogle

American former Subway spokesperson

*August 23rd, 1977, Indianapolis

510

Natalie Coughlin

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder

*August 23rd, 1982, Vallejo

543

William Lane Craig

American Christian apologist and theologian

*August 23rd, 1949, Peoria

508

Glen Johnson

English association football player (born 1984)

*August 23rd, 1984, Greenwich

545

Linda Thompson

British singer

*August 23rd, 1947, London

507

Adrian Molina

American screenwriter

*August 23rd, 1985, Yuba City

529

Park Chan-wook

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

*August 23rd, 1963, Seoul

531

Alexandre Desplat

French film composer

*August 23rd, 1961, Paris

528

Johan Bruyneel

Directeur sportif and former road bicycle racer

*August 23rd, 1964, Izegem

504

Jeremy Lin

American basketball player

*August 23rd, 1988, Torrance

538

Halimah Yacob

8th President of Singapore

*August 23rd, 1954, Singapore

526

Alexander König

German pair skater

*August 23rd, 1966, Eilenburg

509

James Collins

Welsh association football player (born 1983)

*August 23rd, 1983, Newport

505

Alexandra Roach

Welsh actress

*August 23rd, 1987, Ammanford

516

Scott Caan

American actor (born 1976)

*August 23rd, 1976, Los Angeles

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