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What happened in history on this day: August 23?
On August 23 in ...
- 1933 - First televised boxing match, between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri in London, England, broadcast by the BBC's experimental TV service.
- 1962 - The first live TV program is relayed between the U.S. and Europe through the U.S. Telstar satellite.
- 2000 - Richard Hatch wins $1 million in season finale of US reality TV show Survivor.
Births on August 23
- 1912 - Birth of Gene Kelly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; dancer/actor (An American in Paris, Going My Way).
- 1930 - Birth of Vera Miles; actress (Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone).
- 1932 - Birth of Mark Russell in Buffalo, New York, USA; political satirist/pianist (Real People).
- 1934 - Birth of Barbara Eden in Tucson, Arizona, USA; actress (I Dream of Jeannie, Amazing Dobermans).
- 1940 - Birth of Richard Sanders in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Les - WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers).
- 1940 - Birth of Tony Bill in San Diego, California, USA; actor (Sam - "What Really Happened to the Class of '65").
- 1943 - Birth of Bobby Diamond in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Duncan Gillis - Dobie Gillis).
- 1949 - Birth of Rick Springfield in Australia; actor (General Hospital), singer ("Jessie's Girl").
- 1949 - Birth of Shelley Long in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; actress (Diane - Cheers, The Money Pit, Frasier).
- 1951 - Birth of Mark Hudson in Portland, Oregon, USA; comedian/actor/music producer (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show, Sara).
- 1970 - Birth of River Phoenix in Madras, Oregon, USA; actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me).
- 1970 - Birth of Jay Mohr; actor (Gary Unmarried, Ghost Whisperer, Last Comic Standing).
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).
- 1975 - Hank Patterson, actor (Fred Ziffel - Green Acres), dies at age 87.
- 1990 - Death of David Rose at age 80; composer/orchestra leader, musical director for Red Skelton on radio and TV for 24 years.
- 1999 - Death of Martha Rountree at age 87; journalist/producer (Meet the Press on radio and TV).
- 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).
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