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This is a list of selected August 23 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition refimprove
Day of the National Flag in Ukraine refimprove section
1521 – After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés captured Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. refimprove
1572 – The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, a wave of Catholic mob violence against the Huguenots, began, lasting for several months and resulting in an estimated tens of thousands deaths across France. unreferenced section
1784 – The western part of the U.S. state of North Carolina declared itself an independent state under the name of Franklin. lots of inline tags
1866Prussia defeated Austria in the Austro-Prussian War, and dissolved the German Confederation. refimprove section
1927 – After a controversial trial, and despite worldwide protests, Italian-born American anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed by electric chair for murder. CN tags, refimprove section
1948 – The World Council of Churches, a worldwide Christian ecumenical fellowship, was established. primary sources
1958 – The People's Liberation Army began an intense artillery bombardment of Quemoy, sparking the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. needs more footnotes, neutrality issues
1966NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first photograph of Earth from the distance of the Moon. refimprove
1970 – The United Farm Workers, led by Cesar Chavez, began the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farmworker strike in U.S. history. page numbers needed
2007 – The skeletal remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Anastasia were found near Yekaterinburg, Russia. Alexei: refimprove section

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August 23: Black Ribbon Day

Stained-glass depiction of William Wallace
Stained-glass depiction of William Wallace
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