What are the important events that happened on August 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 23: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 23 is the 235th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 130 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 10, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 487,752 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatriacontapentagon’ day.
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Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 178 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,628 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 23 Historical Events
- 406 –Radagaisus is executed after he is defeated by the Roman army under Stilicho.
- 1514 –Battle of Chaldiran ended with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, Safavids founder.
- 1765 –Beginning of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)
- 1784 –Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it wasn’t accepted into the United States, and only lasted for four years.
- 1904 –The automobile tire chain is patented.
- 1942 –World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
- 1948 –World Council of Churches is formed.
- 1973 –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”.
- 1982 –Bachir Gemayel is elected Lebanese President amidst the raging civil war.
- 1990 –Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Who were born on August 23?
- 1843 –William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)
- 1883 –Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, American general (d. 1953)
- 1908 –Hannah Frank, Scottish artist (d. 2008)
- 1923 –Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (d. 2003)
- 1927 –Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator
- 1934 –Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
- 1964 –Yoshikazu Taru, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1974 –Christian Beranek, American graphic novelist and actor
- 1982 –Scott Palguta, American soccer player
- 1983 –Tony Moll, American football player
Who died on August 23?
- 406 –Radagaisus, Gothic king
- 1618 –Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch writer (b. 1585)
- 1652 –John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600)
- 1853 –Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806)
- 1926 –Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
- 1927 –Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist (b. 1891)
- 1960 –Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (b. 1895)
- 1999 –James White, Northern Irish writer (b. 1928)
- 2001 –Kathleen Freeman, American actress (b. 1919)
- 2001 –Peter Maas, American novelist (b. 1929)
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