Today in History - History - August 23rd

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

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

1799Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.

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

1993Fred McGriff & David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back HRs twice in same game

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2006Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator, dies at 79