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August 23

3 sourced moments from August 23 in history: William Wallace was executed in London on 23 August 1305; The first photo of Earth from the Moon was taken in 1966; and Two million people formed the Baltic Way human chain (1989).

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3 things happened on August 23

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1989 History · Modern

Two million people formed the Baltic Way human chain

On a single August evening, two million people clasped hands across three nations to demand their freedom from Soviet rule.

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1966 Space · Space Exploration

The first photo of Earth from the Moon was taken in 1966

An unplanned 1966 snapshot by a NASA mapping probe, shot with a camera built for a spy satellite, gave us the first view of Earth from the Moon.

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1305 History · Medieval

William Wallace was executed in London on 23 August 1305

England's own accounts priced Wallace's traitor's death at 61 shillings and 10 pence, and charged him with a crime he never committed.

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