Today in History - History - August 23rd

406Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians

1942Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for NY-Wash game (raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief

192640th US Women's Tennis: Molla Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (4-6 6-4 9-7)

1988Mike Tyson & Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem

1942British Premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Cairo

1996Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.'

1981Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf

1970Roberto Clemente compiles his record 2nd straight 5-hit game

1954President Getulio Vargas of Brazil resigns temporarily

193044th US Women's Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (6-1 6-4)

1934Barbara Eden, [Huffman], Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie)

1946Keith Moon, English rock drummer (Who-I'm A Boy)

1978Kobe Bryant, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, NBA guard (LA Lakers)

1942Nancy Richey Gunther, San Angelo Texas, tennis player (US Doubles 1965, 66)

1970River Phoenix, Madras Oregon, actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me)

1930Vera Miles, [Ralston], Boise City ID, actress (Psycho)

2003"The Hours" actress Julianne Moore (42) weds "The Myth of Fingerprints" director Bart Freundlich (33) in New York

2014Actress Angelina Jolie (39) weds actor and film producer Brad Pitt (50) in Correns, France

1876Sharp Shooter Annie Oakley weds traveling show marksman Frank E. Butler

1962Musician and member of the Beatles, John Lennon weds Cynthia Powell

1975Actress Maggie Smith (40) weds playwright Beverley Cross (44) at the Guildford Register Office in Surrey, England

1978Actress Kate Jackson (29) weds actor Andrew Stevens (23) in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

2006Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator, dies at 79

1926Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31