On This Day in History August 23, 2023

Historical Events 79  Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on feast day of Vulcan, Roman god of fire (goes on to destroy Pompeii) [approx date] 1305  Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason by Edward Iof England at Smithfield, London 1542  Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code 1850  1st US National Women's Rights Convention convenes in Worcester, Massachusetts 1942  Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffe planes bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die) 1943  50th day of Battle of Kursk, USSR: Largest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany; over 10,000 tanks take part, nearly 250,000 combatants killed 1996  Osama bin Laden issues message entitled "A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places" 2005  Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane Famous Birthdays Barbara Eden 92nd Birthday Gene Kelly 1912 - 1996 Louis XVI 1754 - 1793 Vera Miles 94th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths David Koch 1940 - 2019 William Wallace - 1305 More Famous Deaths