Tukuk-OS📅 August 23
14 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on August 23? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2011 — A 5.8 MW earthquake struck the Piedmont region of Virginia, and was felt by more people than any other quake in U.S. history.
Moment magnitude scale2011 Virginia earthquakePiedmont (plateau)
- 2006 — Natascha Kampusch (pictured), who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in Strasshof an der Nordbahn after more than eight years in captivity.
- 1991 — The World Wide Web was opened to the public.
- 1989 — Singing Revolution: Approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet republics to demonstrate their desire for independence.
- 1960 — Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise forces launched an invasion of South Kasai.
- 1954 — The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departed from Marseille, France.
Cruise of the KingsList of Greek royal consortsFrederica of Hanover
- 1943 — Second World War: A decisive Soviet victory against German forces at the Battle of Kursk gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.
- 1939 — Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (pictured), a ten-year mutual non-aggression treaty, which also secretly divided northern and eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence.
- 1933 — The Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane made landfall in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and went on to cause at least 47 deaths in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.
- 1914 — In their first major action of the First World War, the British Expeditionary Force engaged German troops in Mons, Belgium.
World War IBritish Expeditionary Force (World War I)Battle of Mons
- 1898 — The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departed London.
Southern Cross ExpeditionHeroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
- 1873 — The Albert Bridge, spanning the River Thames in London, opened to traffic.
- 1775 — King George III issued a proclamation that declared elements of the American colonies of Great Britain to be in a state of "open and avowed rebellion".
- 1305 — William Wallace, a leader of Scottish resistance against England during the Wars of Scottish Independence, was hanged, drawn and quartered.
William WallaceWars of Scottish IndependenceHanged, drawn and quartered
Births
- 2000 — Boryana Kaleyn, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast and Olympic silver medalist
- 1999 — Saya Sakakibara, Australian cyclist
- 1998 — P. J. Washington, American basketball player
- 1997 — Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer
- 1996 — Alejo Igoa, Argentine YouTuber
- 1995 — Gabriela Lee, Romanian tennis player
- 1995 — Cameron Norrie, British tennis player
- 1994 — August Ames, Canadian pornographic actress (died 2017)
- 1994 — Jusuf Nurkić, Bosnian basketball player
- 1993 — Taylor Decker, American football player
- 1993 — Tyler Glasnow, American baseball player
- 1993 — Iván López, Spanish professional footballer
Deaths
- 2026 — Klaus-Michael Kühne, German billionaire and businessman (born 1937)
- 2023 — Dmitry Utkin, Russian army officer, founder of Wagner Group (born 1970)
- 2023 — Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian businessman, chief of Wagner Group (born 1961)
- 2023 — Terry Funk, American professional wrestler (born 1944)
- 2021 — Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker (born 1931)
- 2015 — Augusta Chiwy, Congolese-Belgian nurse (born 1921)
- 2015 — Guy Ligier, French rugby player and race car driver (born 1930)
- 2015 — Enrique Reneau, Honduran footballer (born 1971)
- 2015 — Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (born 1914)
- 2014 — Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (born 1989)
- 2014 — Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (born 1994)
- 2014 — Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (born 1932)
Observances & holidays
- Battle of Kursk Day (Russia)
- Christian feast day: Ascelina
- Christian feast day: Asterius, Claudius, and Neon
- Christian feast day: Éogan of Ardstraw
- Christian feast day: Blessed Franciszek Dachtera
- Christian feast day: Blessed Juan María de la Cruz
- Christian feast day: Lupus (Luppus) of Novae
- Christian feast day: Philip Benitius
- Christian feast day: Quiriacus and companions, of Ostia
- Christian feast day: Rose of Lima
- Christian feast day: Tydfil
- Christian feast day: Zacchaeus of Jerusalem
- Christian feast day: August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)
- European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day (European Union and other countries), and related observances: Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day (Romania)
- International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- National Day for Physicians (Iran)
- The memorial day for the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis(the August 23 shelling war) (Taiwan)
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