History Events on August 23
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History Events on August 23
Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to Khwarezmian Empire.
#Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1244)
In 1244
Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
#Captain_(United_States_O-3)
In 1923
World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
#Michael_I_of_Romania
In 1944
Siege of Moscow: The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
#Siege_of_Moscow_(1382)
In 1382
World War II: Soviet-Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".
#Soviet-Japanese_War
In 1945
Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of C?lug?reni and achieves a tactical victory.
#Long_Turkish_War
In 1595
Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
#Battle_of_Cassel_(1328)
In 1328
Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang P?iklopil, after eight years of captivity.
#Natascha_Kampusch
In 2006
George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
#George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham
In 1628
French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
#Jacques_Cartier
In 1541
Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
#Saddam_Hussein
In 1990
At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
#Battle_of_Großbeeren
In 1813
Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
#Chinese_Civil_War
In 1958
American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
#American_Revolutionary_War
In 1775
Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
#Sacco_and_Vanzetti
In 1927
The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
#First_Opium_War
In 1839
American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
#American_Civil_War
In 1864
A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200 million-$300 million USD.
#2011_Virginia_earthquake
In 2011
The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan
#Pontiac_Silverdome
In 1975
The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
#Southern_Cross_Expedition
In 1898
Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
#Gulf_Air_Flight_072
In 2000
The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty.
#Battle_of_Chaldiran
In 1514
A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
#Norrmalmstorg_robbery
In 1973
Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
#Freckleton_air_disaster
In 1944
The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
#Alexei_Nikolaevich,_Tsarevich_of_Russia
In 2007
French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
#French_Wars_of_Religion
In 1572
Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius-Tallinn road, holding hands.
#Singing_Revolution
In 1989
Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king of Sweden and Gustav Vasa is elected regent.
#Christian_II_of_Denmark
In 1521
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