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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23" title="August 23">August 23</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ribbon_Day" title="Black Ribbon Day">Black Ribbon Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1775" title="1775">1775</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III" title="George III">King George III</a> issued <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Rebellion" title="Proclamation of Rebellion">a proclamation</a></b> that declared elements of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">American colonies</a> of Great Britain to be in a state of "open and avowed rebellion".</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1873" title="1873">1873</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bridge,_London" title="Albert Bridge, London">Albert Bridge</a></b>, spanning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> in London, opened to traffic.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933" title="1933">1933</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Chesapeake%E2%80%93Potomac_hurricane" title="1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane">Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane</a></b> made landfall in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Banks" title="Outer Banks">Outer Banks</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> and went on to cause at least 47 deaths in the U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a> region.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: A decisive Soviet victory against German forces at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></b> gave the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radagaisus" title="Radagaisus">Radagaisus</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 406); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelos_Zappas" title="Evangelos Zappas">Evangelos Zappas</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1800); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Bautista" title="Denny Bautista">Denny Bautista</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1980); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_White_(author)" title="James White (author)">James White</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1999)</p>
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