What happend on 23rd August

22.08
24.08
1939

World War II: Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, Baltic states, Finland and Poland are divided between the two nations.

1929

Arabs attack Jews in Israel

1927

Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed in Boston, Massachusetts.

1924

The distance between Earth and Mars is the smallest since the 10th century.

1914

Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China.

1904

The automobile tire chain is patented.

1889

First wireless message from a ship to the shore received.

1866

Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague

1864

The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico

1839

The UK captures Hong Kong