August 23
1305 - Scottish leader and national hero William Wallace, was executed in London on charges of treason.
1775 - Britain's King George III proclaimed the American colonies to be in a state of "open and avowed rebellion."
1914 - Japan declared war on Germany during World War I.
1926 - Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in New York at age 31.
1927 - Amid worldwide protests, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery. (On the 50th anniversary of their executions, then-Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis issued a proclamation that Sacco and Vanzetti had been unfairly tried and convicted.)
1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty.
2000 - A Gulf Air Airbus crashed into the Persian Gulf near Bahrain, killing all 143 people aboard.
2003 - Former priest John Geoghan, the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide, died after another inmate attacked him in a Massachusetts prison.
2004 - President George W. Bush criticized a political commercial accusing Democratic nominee John Kerry of inflating his own Vietnam War record, and said broadcast attacks by outside groups had no place in the race for the White House.
2008 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama introduced his choice of running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, before a crowd outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois.
2011 - A magnitude-5.8 earthquake centered near Mineral, Virginia, the strongest on the East Coast since 1944, caused cracks in the Washington Monument and damaged Washington National Cathedral.
2013 - A military jury convicted Maj. Nidal Hasan in the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that claimed 13 lives; the Army psychiatrist was later sentenced to death.
2018 - Mark David Chapman, the killer of former Beatle John Lennon, was denied parole for a 10th time.
2018 - The United States and China imposed tariff increases on an additional $16 billion of each other's goods.
2020 - A white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot a Black man, Jacob Blake, seven times as officers tried to arrest Blake on an outstanding warrant; the shooting left Blake partially paralyzed and triggered several nights of violent protests.
2022 - The Nielsen Co. revealed that the "Game of Thrones" spinoff "House of the Dragon" was the most-watched series premiere ever for HBO.
Birthdays
21 - Indiana Massara (singer)
28 - Chrissy Costanza (singer)
29 - Francesca Reale (actress)
33 - Seth Curry (basketball player)
35 - Jeremy Lin (basketball player)
35 - Kimberly Matula (actress)
37 - Sky Blu (musician)
40 - Annie Ilonzeh (actress)
42 - Jaime Lee Kirchner (actress)
43 - Joanne Froggatt (actress)
46 - Nicole Bobek (figure skater)
46 - Shelly Fairchild (singer)
47 - Scott Caan (actor)
49 - Ray Park (actor)
49 - Tana Ramsay (author)
53 - Jay Mohr (actor/comedian)
72 - Mark Hudson (actor)
72 - Queen Noor of Jordan
74 - Woody Paul (singer)
74 - Rick Springfield (singer)
74 - Shelley Long (actress)
76 - Linda Thompson (singer)
76 - David Robb (actor)
83 - Richard Sanders (actor)
89 - Sonny Jurgensen (football player)
92 - Barbara Eden (actress)
93 - Vera Miles (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 23
1883 - Philadelphia Quakers make 27 errors against Providence Grays in 28-0 shutout defeat at Messer Street Grounds; wild pitches, walks, passed balls count as errors in MLB prior to 1888.
1906 - Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Washington Senators, 4-1 at American League Park.
1936 - Bob Feller makes his MLB pitching debut with the Cleveland Indians at age 17; Feller strikes out 15 in a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Browns.
1942 - Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in a pregame attraction that draws 69,000 fans for a New York Yankees vs Washington Senators doubleheader; the event raised $80,000 for Army-Navy relief.
1947 - The Maynard Midgets defeat the Lock Haven All Stars 16-7 to win the first Little League World Series.
1970 - U.S. swimmer Gary Hall broke three world records at the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) outdoor swimming meet, held in Los Angeles, CA.
1982 - Gaylord Perry (Seattle Mariners) was tossed out of a game for throwing an illegal spitball.
1989 - Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball after being accused of gambling on baseball.
2008 - The United States women's basketball team defeats Australia 92-65 to win the gold medal at the Beijing Summer Olympics.
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