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| August 23rd |
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| About August 23rd is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 130 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. August 23rd is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Births 1901 - John Sherman Cooper, former U.S. Senator (Kentucky) 1922 - George Kell, Hall of Fame baseball player 1925 - Robert Mulligan, director (To Kill a Mockingbird) 1934 - Sonny Jurgensen, Hall of Fame quarterback 1945 - Rayfield Wright, Hall of Fame offensive tackle 1978 - Kobe Bryant, professional basketball player Deaths 1819 - Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Navy officer in War of 1812 2002 - Hoyt Wilhelm, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher 2003 - Bobby Bonds, professional baseball player Events 1775 - King George III proclaims the American colonies to be in a state of rebellion. 1966 - The first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon is taken by Lunar Orbiter 1. 2005 - Hurricane Katrina begins to form near the Bahamas. |
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