^B{^#!16!23 August^N! National Day of Romania. Feast day of St Rose of Lima, Saints Asterius and Claudius, St Tydfil, St Philip Benizi, and St Eugene or Eoghan of Ardstraw.
^B{1813^B} The French were driven back by the Prussians under General von Bⁿlow at the Battle of Grossbeeren. ^B{1839^B} Hong Kong was taken by the British. ^B{1914^B} The British Expeditionary Force fought its first battle at Mons, in the First World War. ^B{1921^B} Faisal I was crowned as King of Iraq. ^B{1927^B} Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italo-American anarchists, were falsely accused of robbery and murder, and were sent to the electric chair. ^B{1939^B} The USSR and Germany signed a non-aggression pact which, although short-lived, eased the way for Hitler's invasion of Poland. ^B{1940^B} The Blitz began as German bombers began an all-night raid on London, UK. ^B{1948^B} The World Council of Churches was founded.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Louis XVI, King of France, ^B{1754^B}; Edgar Lee Masters, US poet and novelist, ^B{1869^B}; Gene Kelly, US dancer and singer, ^B{1912^B}; Peter Thomson, Australian golfer, ^B{1929^B}; Willy Russell, English playwright, ^B{1947^B}; Keith Moon, British rock drummer, ^B{1947^B}.^B}
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}William Wallace, Scottish patriot, ^B{1305^B}; Charles Auguste de Coulomb, French physicist, ^B{1806^B}; Rudolph Valentino, Italian-born film actor, ^B{1926^B}; Oscar Hammerstein II, US lyricist, ^B{1960^B}; Didier Peroni, French racing driver, ^B{1987^B}.
