Historical Events for 23rd August 2022

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1906 - Cuba's 1st president Tomés Estrada Palma asks for US intervention
1921 - Austria and the US formally end war; the US does the same with Germany on the 25th, and Hungary on the 29th
1926 - US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan 4-6, 6-4, 9-7 for her 8th and final US singles title
1943 - 50th day of Battle of Kursk, USSR: Largest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany; over 10,000 tanks take part, nearly 250,,000 combatants killed
1946 - "The Big Sleep" directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart (Philip Marlowe) and Lauren Bacall, premieres
1975 - Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway
1982 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1993 - Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back HRs twice in same game
2004 - Outstanding British athlete Kelly Holmes wins 1st leg of her 800/1,500m double at the Athens Olympics taking the gold medal in 1:56.38
2005 - Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane

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