August 23rd
Today in America's Present Past
1724 | Politician Abraham Yates was born.
1775 | War of Independence: King George III proclaims the American colonies to be in open rebellion and orders his officials to suppress it.
1785 | Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry was born.
1819 | Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry died.
1846 | Sculptor Alexander Milne Calder was born.
1912 | Actor Gene Kelly was born.
1917 | Civil Rights: Houston race riot.
1931 | Actress Barbara Eden was born.
1931 | Satirist Mark Russell was born.
1943 | Author Nelson DeMille was born.
1949 | Actress Shelley Long was born.
1954 | First flight of the USAF C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
1960 | Composer Oscar Hammerstein died.
1970 | Actor River Phoenix was born.
1978 | Basketball Pro Kobe Bryant was born.
1982 | Entrepreneur Alfred S. Bloomingdale died.
1996 | War on Terror: Osama bin Laden issues a “Declaration of War on America.”
2019 | Entrepreneur David Koch died.
2020 | Kenosha, Wisconsin, riots start.