Events on August 23, 2011
First Man-Powered FlightKelly, Gene (Birth Date)
Masters, Edgar Lee (Birth Date)
Perry, Oliver Hazard (Birth Date)
Romania Surrender to Ussr
Sacco-Vanzetti Memorial Day
Space Milestone: Intelsat-4 F-7 (US)
"Stockholm Syndrome" Bank Robbery
United Nations: International Day for the Remembrance of The Slave Trade and Its Abolition
Valentino Memorial Service
Virgo, the Virgin
Birthdays on August 23, 2011
Tony Bill, 71, actor (You’re a Big Boy Now), director (My Bodyguard), born San Diego, CA, Aug 23, 1940.Kobe Bryant, 33, basketball player, born Philadelphia, PA, Aug 23, 1978.
Barbara Eden, 77, actress (“I Dream of Jeannie,” Harper Valley P.T.A.), born Barbara Huffman at Tucson, AZ, Aug 23, 1934.
Sonny Jurgensen, 77, Hall of Fame football player, born Wilmington, NC, Aug 23, 1934.
Cortez Kennedy, 43, former football player, born Osceola, AR, Aug 23, 1968.
Shelley Long, 62, actress (“Cheers,” Irreconcilable Differences), born Fort Wayne, IN, Aug 23, 1949.
Patricia McBride, 69, dancer, born Teaneck, NJ, Aug 23, 1942.
Vera Miles, 81, actress (The Wrong Man, Psycho), born Boise City, OK, Aug 23, 1930.
Jay Mohr, 41, actor (Jerry Maguire, Picture Perfect, “Action”), comedian, born Verona, NJ, Aug 23, 1970.
Antonia Novello, 67, first woman and first Hispanic US Surgeon General (1990–93), born Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Aug 23, 1944.
Mark Russell, 79, political comedian, born Mark Ruslander at Buffalo, NY, Aug 23, 1932.
Richard Sanders, 71, actor (“WKRP in Cincinnati,” “Berrengers”), born Harrisburg, PA, Aug 23, 1940.
Rik Smits, 45, former basketball player, born Eindhoven, Netherlands, Aug 23, 1966.
Rick Springfield, 62, singer, actor, born Sydney, Australia, Aug 23, 1949.
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