Various events that happened on August 23

The significant events of daily life become history in time. Those events take place there, which are good, which are first, which are the curse-blessing of mankind.

The agenda of history has always been important to people. Keeping this importance in mind, Bangladesh regularly organizes 'Today's History' for its readers.

Today is 23 August 2024, Friday. Take a look at the important events that happened on this day in history, the birth and death dates of prominent people and other important things.

Chronology:

634- Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique, the first Caliph of Islam [রা.] passed away

1328 – King Philip VI of France is enthroned.

1617 – The first one-way street opened in London.

1799 – Napoleon leaves Egypt and travels to France.

1821 – Mexico declares independence.

1825- Bengal Chamber of Commerce established.

1833 – Britain abolished slavery in its colonies. As a result, 7 million slaves were freed.

1839 – Britain captures Hong Kong from China.

1866 – The historic Treaty of Prague is signed between Prussia and Austria.

1875- Bengal's first actress-playwright Golap [সুকুমারী দত্ত] 'Apurba Sati' composed by him was staged in aid. This is Bengal's first filmi-assisted Abhinay Rajini.

1914- Japan declares war on Germany.

1921 – Faisal I was anointed as the king of Iraq.

1923 – English computer scientist Edgar Codd was born.

1925- Bengal Chamber of Commerce was established.

1939 – Armistice signed between Germany under Hitler and Russia under Stalin.

1942 – The historic Battle of Stalingrad begins.

1944 – Overthrow of Romanian rulers.

1962- First natural gas was discovered in Bangladesh.

1986 – Moscow-Washington Treaty for the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy is signed

1991- The Communist Party was banned in the Russian Republic.

1991 – Former Soviet Union palace coup fails and Gorbachev regains power.

Birth:

1740 – Russian Emperor Ivan VI is born.

1770- Philosopher Hegel was born.

1773 – Birth of German philosopher Jacob F. Fries.

1898 – Birth of novelist Tarashankar Banerjee.

1908 – Russian-French dramatist Arthur Adamov was born.

1931- Nobel laureate [১৯৭৮] American microbiologists Hamilton and Tunnell Smith are born.

1978 – Famous American basketball player Kobe Bryant was born.

Death:

1806 – French physicist Charles Augustine Coulomb dies.

1975- Bengali journalist and writer Amal Hom passed away.

1987- Death of poet, journalist Samar Sen.

Day:

International Day of Commemoration of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

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