Today in History for 23rd August 2022:
Historical Events
1328 – Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers
1944 – Sammellager Drancy freed
1953 – Italian Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari clinches his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by winning Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten
1964 – St Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in NL; go on win Baseball World Series, 4-3 v New York Yankees
2013 – 26 people are killed and 55 are injured by a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
2020 – US Republican party convention begins by formally renominating Donald Trump for a second presidential term
Famous Birthdays
1486 – Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, born in Vipava, Slovenia (d. 1566)
1623 – Stanis?aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, born in Raków, Kielce County, Poland (d. 1675)
1783 – William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer, born in Bristol, England (d. 1852)
1852 – Arnold Toynbee, English economic historian and social reformer, born in London (d. 1883)
1911 – Elizabeth “Betty” Robinson, US 100m sprinter (Olympic gold 1928), born in Riverdale, Illinois (d. 1999)
1953 – Bobby Gubby, English rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies), born in Epsom, Surrey, England
Famous Deaths
1867 – Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796)
1979 – Richard Hearne, British actor (Tons of Trouble, The Time of His Life), dies at 71
1992 – Virginia Sale-Wren, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92
1993 – Victorine Hefting, historian/wife of Bert Baker, dies at 88
2005 – Harold “Hal” Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins), dies in a road accident at 71
2020 – Greg Montgomery, American NFL punter (Baltimore Ravens), dies at 55