Tuesday, August 23, 2016

History for August 23


History for August 23 - On-This-Day.com
Oliver Hazard Perry 1785, Edgar Lee Masters 1869, Mark Russell 1932 - Comedian


Barbara Eden 1934 - Actress ("I Dream of Jeannie"), Richard Sanders 1940 - Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati"), Keith Moon 1947 - Musician (The Who)


1902 - Fannie Merrit Farmer opened her cooking school, Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery, in Boston, MA.


1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty.







1959 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Sally debuted as an infant.


1962 - The first live TV program was relayed between the U.S. and Europe through the U.S. Telstar satellite.


1979 - Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York City.


1982 - The parliament of Lebanon elected Bashir Bemayel president. He was assassinated three weeks later.


1990 - President Saddam Hussein appeared on Iraqi state television with a group of Western detainees that he referred to as "guests." He told the group that they were being held "to prevent the scourge of war."


1998 - Protestors in Sudan carried a sign that bore the resemblance of Monica Lewinsky and the words "No War for Monika." The anti-U.S. demonstration was in Khartoum, Sudan.

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