August 23 - The Day in History

August 23 : General Interest 1902: Fannie Farmer opens cooking school On this day in 1902, pioneering cookbook author Fannie Farmer, who changed the way Americans prepare food by advocating the use of standardized measurements in recipes, opens Miss Farmer's School of Cookery in Boston... read more American Revolution 1784 : State of Franklin declares independence http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/state-of-franklin-declares-independence Automotive 1904 : Patent for tire chain issued http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patent-for-tire-chain-issued Civil War 1861 : Rose Greenhow is arrested http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rose-greenhow-is-arrested Cold War 1979 : Aleksandr Godunov defects to United States http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/aleksandr-godunov-defects-to-united-states Crime 2006 : Austrian teen escapes after eight years in captivity http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/austrian-teen-escapes-after-eight-years-in-captivity Disaster 1999 : NYC reports first cases of West Nile virus http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nyc-reports-first-cases-of-west-nile-virus General Interest 1926 : Valentino dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/valentino-dies 1927 : Sacco and Vanzetti executed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sacco-and-vanzetti-executed Hollywood 2000 : First Survivor finale airs http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-survivor-finale-airs Literary 1869 : Edgar Lee Masters, author of Spoon River Anthology, is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/edgar-lee-masters-author-of-spoon-river-anthology-is-born Music 1970 : Lou Reed plays his last show with the Velvet Underground http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lou-reed-plays-his-last-show-with-the-velvet-underground Old West 1877 : Texas Rangers arrest John Wesley Hardins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/texas-rangers-arrest-john-wesley-hardin Presidential 1814 : Dolley Madison saves portrait from British http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dolley-madison-saves-portrait-from-british Sports 1989 : Pete Rose gets booted from baseball http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pete-rose-gets-booted-from-baseballt Vietnam War 1966 : U.S. cargo ship strikes a mine near Saigon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-cargo-ship-strikes-a-mine-near-saigon 1968 : Communist forces renew offensive http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/communist-forces-renew-offensive World War I 1914 : Battle of Mons http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-mons World War II 1939 : The Hitler-Stalin Pact http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hitler-stalin-pact

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