On Aug. 23, 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery.
On Aug. 23, 1912, Gene Kelly, the American dancer and choreographer, was born. Following his death on Feb. 2, 1996, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1754 | France's King Louis XVI was born at Versailles. |
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| 1775 | Britain's King George III proclaimed the American colonies in a state of open rebellion. |
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| 1926 | Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died at age 31. |
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| 1927 | Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery. |
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| 1960 | Broadway librettist Oscar Hammerstein II died at age 65. |
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| 1979 | Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York. |
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| 1989 | Yusuf Hawkins, an African-American teenager, was shot dead by white youths in Brooklyn. |
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| 2000 | The first season finale of the reality show "Survivor" aired on CBS, with contestant Richard Hatch winning the $1 million prize. |
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| 2003 | Former Roman Catholic priest John Geoghan, a convicted child molester, was killed by a fellow inmate in a Massachusetts prison. |
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| 2005 | Israeli forces evicted militant holdouts from two Jewish settlements, completing a historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank. |
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| 2008 | Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama introduced his choice of running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware. |
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| 2010 | Golfer Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, divorced. |
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Current Birthdays
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant turns 33 years old today.
AP Photo/Reed Saxon
Actress Marian Seldes turns 60 years old today.
AP Photo/Jonathan Short
| 1928 | Marian Seldes, Actress, turns 83 |
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| 1930 | Vera Miles, Actress, turns 81 |
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| 1932 | Mark Russell, Comedian, turns 79 |
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| 1933 | Pete Wilson, Former California governor, U.S. senator, turns 78 |
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| 1934 | Barbara Eden, Actress ("I Dream of Jeannie"), turns 77 |
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| 1934 | Sonny Jurgensen, Football Hall of Famer, turns 77 |
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| 1940 | Richard Sanders, Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati"), turns 71 |
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| 1947 | Linda Thompson, Rock singer, turns 64 |
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| 1949 | Shelley Long, Actress ("Cheers"), turns 62 |
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| 1949 | Rick Springfield, Actor, singer, turns 62 |
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| 1970 | Jay Mohr, Actor, turns 41 |
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Historic Birthdays
Gene Kelly8/23/1912 - 2/2/1996American dancer, actor, choreographer and director.Go to obituary »
| 65 | Francois Hotman 8/23/1524 - 2/12/1590
French jurist and humanist scholar |
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| 38 | Louis XVI 8/23/1754 - 1/21/1793
French king; guillotined in French Revolution |
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| 62 | Georges, Baron Cuvier 8/23/1769 - 5/13/1832
French zoologist and statesman |
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| 53 | William Ernest Henley 8/23/1849 - 7/11/1903
English poet, critic and editor |
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| 30 | Arnold Toynbee 8/23/1852 - 3/9/1883
English economist and social reformer |
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| 80 | Edgar Lee Masters 8/23/1868 - 3/5/1950
American poet and novelist |
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| 85 | Jack Butler Yeats 8/23/1871 - 3/28/1957
Irish painter |
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| 70 | Jonathan Wainwright 8/23/1883 - 9/2/1953
American army general and World War II hero |
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| 45 | Constant Lambert 8/23/1905 - 8/21/1951
English composer, conductor and critic |
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