A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome". Date: August 23, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅…
The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan Date: August 23, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
The start of the Wave Hill walk-off by Gurindji people in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kelly song and an annual celebration. Date: August 23, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events…
Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany. Date: August 23, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands. Date: August 23, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3. Date: August 23, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union. Date: August 23, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War. Date: August 23, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
The World Wide Web is opened to the public. Date: August 23, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. Date: August 23, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)