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Sunday, August 23, 2026

Generated Aug 23, 2026, 10:46 PM

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The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese.
Spencer Johnson
  • 2011: A 5.8 MW earthquake struck the Piedmont region of Virginia, and was felt by more people than any other quake in U.S. history.
  • 2006: Natascha Kampusch (pictured), who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in Strasshof an der Nordbahn after more than eight years in captivity.
  • 1991: The World Wide Web was opened to the public.
  • 1989: Singing Revolution: Approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet republics to demonstrate their desire for independence.
  • 1960: Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise forces launched an invasion of South Kasai.