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What happened in history on this day: August 23?
On August 23 in ...
- 1968 - Ringo Starr temporarily quits The Beatles over a disagreement.
- 1993 - Duran Duran gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 2023 - The Academy of Country Music Honors awards ceremony is held in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Icon Award: Tim McGraw.
International Award: Kane Brown.
Lift Every Voice Award: Breland.
Births on August 23
- 1903 - Birth of William Primrose in Glasgow, Scotland; violist (Method for Violin and Viola).
- 1913 - Birth of Bob Crosby in Spokane, Washington, USA; brother of Bing Crosby, orchestra leader (Bob Crosby Show).
- 1923 - Birth of Wolfgang Sawallisch in Munich, Germany; conductor (Vienna Symphony 1960-70).
- 1932 - Birth of Mark Russell in Buffalo, New York, USA; political satirist/pianist (Real People).
- 1946 - Birth of Keith Moon in Wembley, London; drummer (The Who - "My Generation").
- 1947 - Birth of Rex Allen Junior in Chicago, Illinois, USA; country singer (Nashville on the Road).
- 1949 - Birth of Rick Springfield in Australia; actor (General Hospital), singer ("Jessie's Girl").
- 1949 - Birth of Woody Paul; country fiddler-singer (Riders in the Sky).
- 1953 - Birth of Bobby Gubby; rocker (Bucks Fizz - "My Camera Never Lies").
- 1961 - Birth of Dean DeLeo; guitarist (Army of Anyone, Stone Temple Pilots).
- 1978 - Birth of Julian Casablancas; singer (The Strokes).
- 1979 - Birth of Ritchie Neville, English singer (5ive).
Deaths on August 23
- 1960 - Death of Oscar Hammerstein II at age 65 of cancer; lyricist/songwriter (with Richard Rodgers, Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song, The Sound of Music).
- 1990 - Death of David Rose at age 80; composer/orchestra leader, musical director for Red Skelton on radio and TV for 24 years.
- 2005 - Death of Brock Peters AKA George Fisher at age 78 of pancreatic cancer; actor/singer (To Kill a Mockingbird, Joseph Sisko - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
- 2006 - Death of Maynard Ferguson at age 78 of liver and kidney failure; jazz trumpeter/bandleader ("Gonna Fly Now").
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