This Day In History
August 23rd
1305 Scottish Knight and champion of Scotland's independence struggle, Sir William Wallace of Elerslie is hanged, drawn, beheaded, and quartered in London
1863 US Union Navy Admiral David "Damn the Torpedoes" Farragut captures Fort Morgan in Alabama, thus breaking Confederate control of Gulf of Mexico ports
1866 The 7 Week war between Austria and Prussia ended with the signing of the Treaty of Prague
1926 Silent Screen Actor Rudolph Valentino dies suddenly in New York
1927 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed in Massachusetts in spite of international protests. They allegedly killing a factory guard seven years ago and there was a lack of evidence and it was suggested the two Italian-born men were killed for their anarchist beliefs
1939 Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop sign a ten-year non-aggression pact, exposing Poland to attack by Soviet and German forces who divide the country
1942 The Battle of Stalingrad, Russia, began after losing 500,000 square miles and millions of men to invading German forces, Soviet resurgence out of the rubble of Stalingrad marks a turning point in World War II.
1944 After an invasion by the Red Army, King Michael of Romania lead a coup that ousted the pro-Axis government of Premier Antonescu, ending Romanian resistance to the Allies in World War II.
1979 Russian Ballet star Alexander Godunov defects to the USA
1982 Militia leader Bashir Gemayel of the Christian Phalangist Party is elected president of Lebanon and killed 3 weeks later by a bombing at their headquarters
1754 King Louis XVI of France (1784-1792)
1785 US Naval Officer Oliver Hazard Perry quoted as saying "We have met the enemy, and they are ours"
1912 Dancer/Actor Gene Kelly
1917 Singer Tex Williams
1934 Actress Barbara Eden (Huffman)
1947 Rock Drummer Keith Moon
1949 Actress Shelley Long
1949 Singer/Actor Rick Springfield
1951 Lisa Najeeb Halaby, Queen Noor, wife of Jordan's King Hussein
1951 Singer Mark Hudson
1970 Actor River Phoenix
Top Hits Courtesy of...
1956
My Prayer - The Platters
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Canadian Sunset - Hugo Winterhalter and Eddie Haywood
The Fool - Sanford Clark
1964
Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
Wishin' and Hopin' - Dusty Springfield
1972
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - The Hollies
Hold Your Head Up - Argent
Bless Your Heart - Freddie Hart
1980
Magic - Olivia Newton-John
Fame - Irene Cara
All Out of Love - Air Supply
Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt
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