Today in History - History - August 23rd

1939Molotov-Ribbentrop pact: Eastern Europe divided between Hitler & Stalin

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

1972Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, & Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers

1305William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England.

1933Mahatma Gandhi released from Indian jail following yet another hunger strike

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

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

1541French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.

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

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

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

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

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

1769Georges Cuvier [Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier], Montbéliard, France, French naturalist and zoologist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2006Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator, dies at 79