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| August 23rd, 2005 (August 23 2005) | Event | TANS Peru Flight 204 crashes near Pucallpa, Peru, killing 41. | |
| August 23rd, 2005 (August 23 2005) | Death | Brock Peters, American actor (born in 1927) | |
| August 23rd, 2005 (August 23 2005) | Death | Ninjalicious, Canadian author and urban explorer (born in 1973) | |
| August 23rd, 1995 (August 23 1995) | Birth | Eliza Pineda, Filipina child actress | |
| August 23rd, 1995 (August 23 1995) | Death | Dwayne Goettel, Canadian musician (Skinny Puppy)(born in 1964) | |
| August 23rd, 1985 (August 23 1985) | Event | Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany. | |
| August 23rd, 1975 (August 23 1975) | Event | Successful Communist coup in Laos. | |
| August 23rd, 1975 (August 23 1975) | Birth | Eliza Carthy, English singer and fiddler | |
| August 23rd, 1975 (August 23 1975) | Birth | Jarkko Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player | |
| August 23rd, 1965 (August 23 1965) | Birth | Roger Avary, Canadian-born screenwriter, director, and producer | |
| August 23rd, 1955 (August 23 1955) | Death | Reginald Tate, British actor (born in 1896) | |
| August 23rd, 1945 (August 23 1945) | Birth | Rayfield Wright, American football player | |
| August 23rd, 1925 (August 23 1925) | Birth | Robert Mulligan, American movie and television director | |
| August 23rd, 1905 (August 23 1905) | Birth | Constant Lambert, British composer (died in 1951) | Constant Lambert Quotes |
| August 23rd, 1875 (August 23 1875) | Birth | William Eccles, English radio pioneer (died in 1966) | |
| August 23rd, 1875 (August 23 1875) | Birth | Eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (died in 1946) | Gene Ray Quotes |
| August 23rd, 1805 (August 23 1805) | Birth | Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (died in 1893) | |
| August 23rd, 1785 (August 23 1785) | Birth | Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. naval officer (died in 1819) | Oliver Hazard Perry Quotes |
| August 23rd, 1775 (August 23 1775) | Event | King George III declares that the American colonies exist in a state of open and avowed rebellion. | |
| August 23rd, 1595 (August 23 1595) | Event | Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni. | |
| August 23rd, 1555 (August 23 1555) | Event | Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands. | |
| August 23rd, 1305 (August 23 1305) | Event | William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England. | |
| August 23rd, 1305 (August 23 1305) | Death | William Wallace, Scottish patriot | |
