August 23rd, 2526

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What happened on August 23rd?

August 23rd, 1960

Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise forces launched an invasion of South Kasai.

August 23rd, 1954

The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departed 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 (pictured), 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 (pictured), 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, 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 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.

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

Birthdays and future age on August 23rd, 2526

540

Ayron Jones

American musician

*August 23rd, 1986, Seattle

570

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

544

Natalie Coughlin

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

*August 23rd, 1982, Vallejo

577

William Lane Craig

American Christian apologist and theologian

*August 23rd, 1949, Peoria

548

Andrew Rannells

American actor and singer

*August 23rd, 1978, Omaha

579

Willy Russell

British dramatist, lyricist and composer

*August 23rd, 1947, Whiston

577

Jacques Weber

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*August 23rd, 1949, Paris

552

Konstantin Novoselov

Russian-British physicist known for graphene work

*August 23rd, 1974, Nizhny Tagil

562

Johan Bruyneel

Directeur sportif and former road bicycle racer

*August 23rd, 1964, Izegem

535

Isabella Tobias

American ice dancer

*August 23rd, 1991, New York City

572

Halimah Yacob

8th President of the Republic of Singapore

*August 23rd, 1954, Singapore

571

David Learner

British actor

*August 23rd, 1955, Hammersmith

576

Roza Otunbayeva

President of Kyrgyzstan

*August 23rd, 1950, Bishkek

579

Linda Thompson

British singer

*August 23rd, 1947, London

555

Demetrio Albertini

Italian association football player

*August 23rd, 1971, Besana in Brianza

563

Park Chan-wook

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

*August 23rd, 1963, Seoul

542

Glen Johnson

English association football player (born 1984)

*August 23rd, 1984, Greenwich

541

Adrian Molina

American screenwriter

*August 23rd, 1985, Yuba City

565

Alexandre Desplat

French film composer

*August 23rd, 1961, 20th arrondissement of Paris

532

Roberto Bellarosa

Belgian singer

*August 23rd, 1994, Wanze

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.

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