August 23
Today is the 236th day of 2016, there are 130 days left in the year.
1305 - Scottish leader and national hero, William Wallace, was executed in London for treason.
1754 - France's King Louis XVI was born at Versailles.
1912 - Actor and dancer Gene Kelly was born in Pittsburgh.
1914 - Japan declared war on Germany in World War I.
1926 - Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died at age 31.
1927 - Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery, despite worldwide protests.
1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty.
1960 - Broadway librettist Oscar Hammerstein II died at age 65.
1973 - A bank robbery-turned-hostage-taking began in Stockholm, Sweden; the four hostages ended up empathizing with their captors, a psychological condition now referred to as "Stockholm Syndrome."
1979 - Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York.
1989 - Yusuf Hawkins, an African-American teenager, was shot dead by white youths in Brooklyn.
2000 - The first season finale of the reality show "Survivor" aired on CBS, with contestant Richard Hatch winning the $1 million prize.
2003 - Former Roman Catholic priest John Geoghan, a convicted child molester, was killed by a fellow inmate in a Massachusetts prison.
2005 - Israeli forces evicted militant holdouts from two Jewish settlements, completing a historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.
2008 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama introduced his choice of running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.
2011 - Judges in New York put an end to the sensational sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, setting him free after prosecutors questioned the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who had accused the French diplomat.
Birthdays
21 - Chrissy Costanza (singer)
22 - Mara Teigen (model)
26 - Seth Curry (basketball player)
28 - Jeremy Lin (basketball player)
29 - Chris Galya (actor)
31 - Valeria Lukyanova (model)
34 - Natalie Coughlin (swimmer)
34 - Adam Rupp (country singer)
35 - Gauhar Khan (model)
36 - Marty York (actor)
36 - Joanne Froggatt (actress)
38 - Kobe Bryant (basketball player)
40 - Scott Caan (actor)
42 - Ray Park (actor)
67 - Shelley Long (actress)
67 - Rick Springfield (singer)
85 - Barbara Eden (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 23
1883 - Philadelphia Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks and passballs count as errors prior to 1888).
1933 - First televised boxing match, between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri in London, England, broadcast by the BBC's experimental TV service.
1968 - New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers play to a 3-3 tie in 19 innings due to 1 AM curfew.
1982 - Gaylord Perry (Seattle Mariners) was tossed out of a game for throwing an illegal spitball.
1985 - Paul Hornung is awarded nearly $1.2 million by a Louisville court against the NCAA who had barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games.
1989 - The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Montreal Expos 1-0 in 22 innings.
1989 - Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball after being accused of gambling on baseball.
2009 - Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies completes only the second ever game-ending unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball, giving his team a 9-7 victory over the New York Mets.
2010 - Golfer Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, divorced.
Today is the 236th day of 2016, there are 130 days left in the year.
1305 - Scottish leader and national hero, William Wallace, was executed in London for treason.
1754 - France's King Louis XVI was born at Versailles.
1912 - Actor and dancer Gene Kelly was born in Pittsburgh.
1914 - Japan declared war on Germany in World War I.
1926 - Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died at age 31.
1927 - Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery, despite worldwide protests.
1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty.
1960 - Broadway librettist Oscar Hammerstein II died at age 65.
1973 - A bank robbery-turned-hostage-taking began in Stockholm, Sweden; the four hostages ended up empathizing with their captors, a psychological condition now referred to as "Stockholm Syndrome."
1979 - Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York.
1989 - Yusuf Hawkins, an African-American teenager, was shot dead by white youths in Brooklyn.
2000 - The first season finale of the reality show "Survivor" aired on CBS, with contestant Richard Hatch winning the $1 million prize.
2003 - Former Roman Catholic priest John Geoghan, a convicted child molester, was killed by a fellow inmate in a Massachusetts prison.
2005 - Israeli forces evicted militant holdouts from two Jewish settlements, completing a historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.
2008 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama introduced his choice of running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.
2011 - Judges in New York put an end to the sensational sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, setting him free after prosecutors questioned the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who had accused the French diplomat.
Birthdays
21 - Chrissy Costanza (singer)
22 - Mara Teigen (model)
26 - Seth Curry (basketball player)
28 - Jeremy Lin (basketball player)
29 - Chris Galya (actor)
31 - Valeria Lukyanova (model)
34 - Natalie Coughlin (swimmer)
34 - Adam Rupp (country singer)
35 - Gauhar Khan (model)
36 - Marty York (actor)
36 - Joanne Froggatt (actress)
38 - Kobe Bryant (basketball player)
40 - Scott Caan (actor)
42 - Ray Park (actor)
67 - Shelley Long (actress)
67 - Rick Springfield (singer)
85 - Barbara Eden (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 23
1883 - Philadelphia Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks and passballs count as errors prior to 1888).
1933 - First televised boxing match, between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri in London, England, broadcast by the BBC's experimental TV service.
1968 - New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers play to a 3-3 tie in 19 innings due to 1 AM curfew.
1982 - Gaylord Perry (Seattle Mariners) was tossed out of a game for throwing an illegal spitball.
1985 - Paul Hornung is awarded nearly $1.2 million by a Louisville court against the NCAA who had barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games.
1989 - The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Montreal Expos 1-0 in 22 innings.
1989 - Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball after being accused of gambling on baseball.
2009 - Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies completes only the second ever game-ending unassisted triple play in Major League Baseball, giving his team a 9-7 victory over the New York Mets.
2010 - Golfer Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, divorced.
