Denise Brajntich *right* Nationality: Jewish Residence: Paris, France Death: August 23, 1942 Cause: Murdered in Auschwitz (buried in Auschwitz death camp) Age: 8

Know what happened on this day August 23 1305. Scottish Hero William Wallace is Executed in London

tennis - Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will star in an exhibition match played just 2 days before the US Open at Flushing Meadows

Nina Leen's life, from early on, was one in which travel played a key role – a life that, in retrospect, had something of a purposefully nomadic quality.

Adolf Loos (December 10, 1870 – August 23, 1933) was among the most influential European architects of the late 1800s, whose writings foreshadowed Modernism.

It’s every photographer’s dream to take a picture so powerful that it ends up being enjoyed by future generations. The deeper you delve into the past, the more you realize how many wonderful photos have been taken, but perhaps haven’t been given the time in the spotlight that they deserve. They’re full of character, and just as good—if not better than—some of the most iconic pics we know from textbooks and the internet.

Photographer Bob Mazzer spent two decades commuting to work and back on the tube. As he travelled, he used his Leica M4 and his own unique perspective to capture Londoners, commuters and tourists as they journeyed through the capital's network of tunnels. Here is a small collection of his work, some of which was first shown in a GLC exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall in the 1980's.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt always said that they would get married when their children asked them to, so it comes as no surprise that their six-strong brood played an integral part of their wedding day on August 23 at their French estate Chateau Miraval

Die japanischen Royals absolvieren regelmäßig offizielle Termine. ADELSWELT zeigt die schönsten Fotos der japanischen Kaiserfamilie.

1870 Nace El 10 de diciembre en Brunn (hoy Brno), que entonces era una zona residencial de Viena, capital y residencia de la monarquía de los Habsburgo. 1887-88 Asiste a la Escuela de Artes y Ofi…

Prince Harry has secured himself a brand new title: World record-breaker! The previous holder of this particular honor? His older brother.

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Nato a Nottingham (1861-1944) ha frequentato la Friends 'School a Ackworth e più tardi, nel 1872, la Friend's School a Bootham, York, dove gli è stato insegnato pittura ad acquerello.

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (28 August 1592 – 23 August 1628) (surname pronounced /ˈvɪlərz/ "villers")[1] was the favourite, claimed by some to be the lover, of King James I of England[2] Despite a very patchy political and military record he remained at the height of royal favour for the first two years of the reign of Charles I, until he was assassinated. He was one of the most rewarded royal courtiers in all history. He was born in Brooksby, Leicestershire, in August 1592, the son of the minor gentleman Sir George Villiers (1550-1604). His mother, Mary (1570 - 1632), daughter of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield, Leicestershire, who was left a widow early, educated him for a courtier's life, sending him to France with Sir John Eliot. Villiers took very well to the training; he could dance well, fence well, and speak a little French. In August 1614, Villiers, reputedly "the handsomest-bodied man in all of England," was brought before the king, in the hope that the king would take a fancy to him, diminishing the power at court of then-favourite Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset. Following Villiers' introduction to James during the king's progress of that year, the king developed a strong affection for Villiers, calling him his 'sweet child and wife'; the personal relationships of James are a much debated topic, with Villiers making the last of a succession of favourites on whom James lavished affection and rewards. The extent to which there was a sexual element, or a physical sexual relationship, involved in these cases remains controversial. Villiers reciprocated the king's love and wrote to James: "I naturally so love your person, and adore all your other parts, which are more than ever one man had" and "I desire only to live in the world for your sake". Villiers gained support from those opposed to the current favourite, Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset. Under the king's patronage he prospered greatly. Villiers was knighted in 1615 as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and was rapidly advanced through the peerage: he was created Baron Whaddon and Viscount Villiers in 1616, Earl of Buckingham in 1617, Marquess of Buckingham in 1618 and finally Earl of Coventry and Duke of Buckingham in 1623. After the reductions in the peerage that had taken place during the Tudor period, Buckingham was left as the highest-ranking subject outside the Royal Family.[3] In the 1620s, Villiers acquired York House, Strand, which, apart from an interlude during the English Civil War, remained in the family until George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham sold it to developers for £30,000 in 1672. He made it a condition of the sale that his name and title be commemorated by George Street, Villiers Street, Duke Street, Of Alley, and Buckingham Street, some of which have survived into the twenty-first century. Buckingham married the daughter of the 6th Earl of Rutland, Lady Katherine Manners, later suo jure Baroness de Ros, on 16 May 1620 despite the objections of her father. Buckingham was happy to grant valuable royal monopolies to her family. In 1623, Buckingham accompanied Charles I, then Prince of Wales, to Spain for marriage negotiations regarding the Infanta Maria. The negotiations had long been stuck, but it is believed that Buckingham's crassness was key to the total collapse of agreement; the Spanish ambassador asked Parliament to have Buckingham executed for his behaviour in Madrid; but Buckingham gained popularity by calling for war with Spain on his return. He headed further marriage negotiations, but when, in 1624, the betrothal to Henrietta Maria of France was announced, the choice of a Catholic was widely condemned. Buckingham's popularity suffered further when he was blamed for the failure of the military expedition under the command of Ernst von Mansfeld, a famous German mercenary general, sent to the continent to recover the Palatinate (1625), which had belonged to Frederick V, Elector Palatine, son-in-law of King James I of England. However, when the Duke of York became King Charles I, Buckingham was the only man to maintain his position from the court of James. Buckingham led an expedition to repeat the actions of Sir Francis Drake by seizing the main Spanish port at Cádiz and burning the fleet in its harbour. Though his plan was tactically sound, landing further up the coast and marching the militia army on the city, the troops were ill-equipped, ill-disciplined and ill-trained. Coming upon a warehouse filled with wine, they simply got drunk, and the attack was called off. The English army briefly occupied a small port further down the coast before reboarding its ships. This was followed by Buckingham leading the Army and the Navy to sea to intercept an anticipated Spanish silver fleet from Mexico and Spanish Latin America. However, the Spanish were forewarned by their intelligence and easily avoided the planned ambush. With supplies running out and men sick and dying from starvation and disease, the fleet limped home in embarrassment. Buckingham then negotiated with the French regent, Cardinal Richelieu, for English ships to aid Richelieu in his fight against the French Protestants (Huguenots), in return for French aid against the Spanish occupying the Palatinate. Seven English warships participated in operations against La Rochelle and in the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré (1625),[4] but Parliament was disgusted and horrified at the thought of English Protestants fighting French Protestants. The plan only fuelled their fears of crypto-Catholicism at court. Buckingham himself, believing that the failure of his enterprise was the result of treachery by Richelieu, formulated an alliance among the churchman's many enemies, a policy that included support for the very Huguenots whom he had recently attacked. In 1627, Buckingham led an attempt to aid his new Huguenot allies besieged at La Rochelle in France, by leading the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré (1627). He lost more than 4,000 of a force of 7,000 men. While organizing a second campaign, he was stabbed and killed at Portsmouth on August 23, 1628 by John Felton, an army officer who had been wounded in the earlier military adventure. Felton believed he had been passed over for promotion by Buckingham.[5] Felton was hanged in November and Buckingham was buried in Westminster Abbey. Buckingham's tomb bears a Latin inscription translated as: "The Enigma of the World."

Hubert Robert Paris 1733 – Paris 1808 Young Girls Dancing around an Obelisk 1798 Oil on canvas Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

“Alphonse Osbert (23 March 1857 – 11 August 1939) was a French Symbolist painter.”

The story of the nanny who was "practically perfect in every way" has stolen many hearts. Learn about her creator Helen Goff, aka P. L. Travers.

From Beyond the Unknown. DC Comics #23, July-August 1973. Cover art: Nick Cardy. "Secret of the Man-Ape!!" "When I read these three novels, I'll be able to conquer the world!"

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Jeremy Noel-Tod applauds a new biography of Ted Hughes that brings to life the poet’s raw sexuality

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Markus Lanz ist zurück aus der Sommerpause. Nach rund vierwöchiger TV-Abstinenz lädt er heute, am 23. August, diese Gäste in seine ZDF-Talkshow.