Historical Events for 23rd August 2023

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1595 - Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.
1903 - Sixth Zionist Congres: Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state
1923 - Paavo Nurmi of Finland runs world record for 1 mile of 4:10.4 in Stockholm; record stands until 1931
1931 - Count Gyula Károlyi becomes premier of Hungary
1946 - "The Big Sleep" directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart (Philip Marlowe) and Lauren Bacall, premieres
1948 - World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries
1979 - Iranian army opens offensive against Kurds
1985 - Said Aouita of Morocco sets 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin
1990 - East and West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3
2000 - Nicaragua becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. This essentially deprecated the Buenos Aires Convention treaty, because as of this date, all members of the BA Convention were also signatories to Berne.

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