Today In History

Today in History: Tuesday, August  23, 2016
AP Highlight in History:
On Aug. 23, 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty.
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On this date in:
1754 France’s King Louis XVI was born at Versailles.
1775 Britain’s King George III proclaimed the American colonies in a state of open rebellion.
1912 Actor and dancer Gene Kelly was born in Pittsburgh.
1926 Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died at age 31.
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.
1979 Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York.
1989 Yusuf Hawkins, an African-American teenager, was shot dead by white youths in Brooklyn.
2000 The first season finale of the reality show “Survivor” aired on CBS, with contestant Richard Hatch winning the $1 million prize.
2003 Former Roman Catholic priest John Geoghan, a convicted child molester, was killed by a fellow inmate in a Massachusetts prison.
2005 Israeli forces evicted militant holdouts from two Jewish settlements, completing a historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.
2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama introduced his choice of running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.
2010 Golfer Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, divorced.
2011 Judges in New York put an end to the sensational sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, setting him free after prosecutors questioned the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who’d accused the French diplomat.
Today’s Birthdays:
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant turns 38 years old today.
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Name Profession Age
Marian Seldes Actress 88
Vera Miles Actress 86
Barbara Eden Actress (“I Dream of Jeannie”) 85
Mark Russell Comedian 84
Pete Wilson Former California governor, U.S. senator 83
Sonny Jurgensen Football Hall of Famer 82
Richard Sanders Actor (“WKRP in Cincinnati”) 76
Linda Thompson Rock singer 69
Shelley Long Actress (“Cheers”) 67
Rick Springfield Actor, singer 67
Jay Mohr Actor 46
Joanne Froggatt Actress (“Downton Abbey”) 36
Queen Noor of Jordan turns 65 years old today.
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