August 23
Today is the 235th day of 2015, there are 130 days left in the year.
1305 - Scottish leader and national hero, William Wallace, was executed in London.
1754 - France's King Louis XVI was born in 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.
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 of the reality show "Survivor" aired on CBS, with contestant Richard Hatch ultimately 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 Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate.
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'd accused the French diplomat.
Birthdays
25 - Seth Curry (basketball player)
27 - Jeremy Lin (basketball player)
33 - Natalie Coughlin (swimmer)
35 - Joanne Froggatt (actress)
37 - Kobe Bryant (basketball player)
39 - Scott Caan (actor)
41 - Ray Park (actor)
45 - Jay Mohr (actor)
66 - Rick Springfield (rock singer)
66 - Shelley Long (actress)
67 - Rudy Ruettiger (college football player)
84 - Barbara Eden (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 23
1883 - The Philadelphia Phillies committed 27 errors in a game against Providence. (Prior to 1888, walks and passed balls also counted as errors.)
1907 - Howie Camnitz of the Pittsburgh Pirates no-hit the New York Giants.
1953 - Phil Grate sets a record for throwing a baseball, 443 feet, 3.5 inches.
1968 - The New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers play to a 3-3 tie after 19 innings due to a 1 a.m. curfew.
1982 - Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners was tossed out of a game for throwing an illegal spitball.
1985 - Paul Hornung was awarded $1.16 million by a Louisville court against the NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games.
1989 - Pete Rose, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball after being accused of gambling on baseball.
1989 - The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Montreal Expos 1-0 in 22 innings.
2009 - Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies completes only the second-ever game-ending unassisted triple play in major league history in a 9-7 win over the New York Mets.
2010 - Golfer Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, divorced.
Today is the 235th day of 2015, there are 130 days left in the year.
1305 - Scottish leader and national hero, William Wallace, was executed in London.
1754 - France's King Louis XVI was born in 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.
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 of the reality show "Survivor" aired on CBS, with contestant Richard Hatch ultimately 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 Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate.
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'd accused the French diplomat.
Birthdays
25 - Seth Curry (basketball player)
27 - Jeremy Lin (basketball player)
33 - Natalie Coughlin (swimmer)
35 - Joanne Froggatt (actress)
37 - Kobe Bryant (basketball player)
39 - Scott Caan (actor)
41 - Ray Park (actor)
45 - Jay Mohr (actor)
66 - Rick Springfield (rock singer)
66 - Shelley Long (actress)
67 - Rudy Ruettiger (college football player)
84 - Barbara Eden (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 23
1883 - The Philadelphia Phillies committed 27 errors in a game against Providence. (Prior to 1888, walks and passed balls also counted as errors.)
1907 - Howie Camnitz of the Pittsburgh Pirates no-hit the New York Giants.
1953 - Phil Grate sets a record for throwing a baseball, 443 feet, 3.5 inches.
1968 - The New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers play to a 3-3 tie after 19 innings due to a 1 a.m. curfew.
1982 - Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners was tossed out of a game for throwing an illegal spitball.
1985 - Paul Hornung was awarded $1.16 million by a Louisville court against the NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games.
1989 - Pete Rose, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, agreed to a lifetime ban from baseball after being accused of gambling on baseball.
1989 - The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Montreal Expos 1-0 in 22 innings.
2009 - Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies completes only the second-ever game-ending unassisted triple play in major league history in a 9-7 win over the New York Mets.
2010 - Golfer Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, divorced.
