41st year - Nr 235 Sunday, 23 August 2026

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41st year - Nr 235 Sunday, 23 August 2026

23 August / Today's 30 Events:

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(+) 272 years ago Friday 23rd of August 1754 King of France and Navarre Louis XVI, originally Louis-Auguste de France is born in Palais de Versailles, Versailles, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 128 years ago Tuesday 23rd of August 1898 Artist Félicien Rops aka The Satanic Eroticist dies of unknown causes at the age of 65 in Essonnes, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 114 years ago He Was an American in Pittsburgh Friday 23rd of August 1912 Dancer, actor, singer, film director and choreographer Gene Eugene Curran Kelly is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(-) 100 years ago The Sheik Lapsed in a Coma Monday 23rd of August 1926 Actor and sex symbol Rudolph Valentino, originally Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla aka Latin Lover dies of pleurisy at the age of 31 in Polyclinic Hospital, 345 West 50th Street, New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 99 years ago Tuesday 23rd of August 1927 Anarchist Bartolomeo Vanzetti is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 39 in Charlestown State Prison, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States.

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(-) 99 years ago Tuesday 23rd of August 1927 Anarchist Nicola Sacco is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 36 in Charlestown State Prison, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States.

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(+) 97 years ago Friday 23rd of August 1929 Actress Vera Miles, originally Vera June Ralston is born in Boise City, Oklahoma, United States.

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(+) 90 years ago Sunday 23rd of August 1936 Serial killer Henry Lee Lucas aka The Hand of Death is born in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States.

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(+) 80 years ago Friday 23rd of August 1946 Drummer Keith John Moon known from the band The Who is born in Central Middlesex Hospital, Wembley, Middlesex, United Kingdom.

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(+) 77 years ago Tuesday 23rd of August 1949 Manson Family member Leslie Louise Van Houten aka Lulu is born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.

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(+) 74 years ago Saturday 23rd of August 1952 Gangster Yvan Somville is born in Gembloux, Namur, Belgium.

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(-) 68 years ago Saturday 23rd of August 1958 Artist and radical lesbian Marlow Marjorie Jewel Moss dies of cancer at the age of 69 in Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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(+) 56 years ago He Was Named after a River Sunday 23rd of August 1970 Actor and musician River Phoenix, originally River Jude Bottom is born in Madras, Oregon, United States. Phoenix's parents named him after the river of life from the Hermann Hesse novel 'Siddhartha' and he received his middle name from the Beatles' song 'Hey Jude'.

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(-) 52 years ago Friday 23rd of August 1974 Kathie Sue Pearce is strangled by serial killer Paul John Knowles aka The Casanova Killer in Musella, Georgia, United States. Knowles left Pearce's three-year-old sun physically unharmed.

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(x) 51 years ago They Danced to the Radio Saturday 23rd of August 1975 Musician Ian Kevin Curtis known from the band Joy Division is strangled by serial killer Paul John Knowles aka The Casanova Killer in St Thomas' Church, Henbury, Cheshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 44 years ago Monday 23rd of August 1982 Juvenile child killer Robert Thompson known for the murder of James Bulger is born in Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.

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(-) 37 years ago Wednesday 23rd of August 1989 Psychiatrist Ronald David Laing, originally R. D. Laing dies of a heart attack at the age of 62 in .

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(x) 26 years ago Wednesday 23rd of August 2000 143 die in Gulf Air Flight 072 Airbus A320-212 crash in Bahrein International Airport, Muharraq, Bahrein.

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(-) 26 years ago Wednesday 23rd of August 2000 Triple murderer David Earl Gibbs is executed by lethal injection at the age of 39 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(x) 24 years ago Friday 23rd of August 2002 Noise music band Club Moral play their 89th concert in Stubnitz, Graaf Visartkaai, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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24 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 23rd of August 2002 Party time after our Club Moral music performance on the Stubnitz in Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(-) 21 years ago Tuesday 23rd of August 2005 Murderer Robert Alan Shields is executed by lethal injection at the age of 30 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(x) 20 years ago Wednesday 23rd of August 2006 18-year-old Kidnap victim Natascha Maria Kampusch aka The Girl in the Cellar escapes after being held in captivity for over 8 years by Wolfgang Přiklopil in Heinestrasse 60, Strasshof an der Nordbahn, Niederösterreich, Austria.

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(-) 20 years ago Wednesday 23rd of August 2006 Kidnapper Wolfgang Přiklopil commits suicide by throwing himself before a Wiener S-Bahn train at the age of 44 in Praterstern Station, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(-) 19 years ago Thursday 23rd of August 2007 Triple murderer Hifumi Takezawa is executed by hanging at the age of 69 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.

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(-) 19 years ago Thursday 23rd of August 2007 Murderer Yoshio Iwamoto is executed by hanging at the age of 63 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.

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(-) 19 years ago Thursday 23rd of August 2007 Murderer Kozo Segawa is executed by hanging at the age of 60 in Nagoya, Chūbu, Japan.

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8 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 23rd of August 2018 AMVK at Hotel Alt Weimar where Rudolf Steiner lived from 1892 to 1896 in Steiner Wohnhaus, Prellerstraße 2, Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

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8 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 23rd of August 2018 Electric light switches in Schloss Tiefurt, Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

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4 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 23rd of August 2022 The Red Dahlia on our terrace in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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