August 23

August 23 is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by August 22, and succeeded by August 24. Following August 23, there are 130 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"Bathe in the river of the soul, O man, for not with water is the soul washed clean."

Events

• 1880 – The Portrait of the Yogi of Tiruvalla produced phenomenally by H. P. Blavatsky, which had disappear in New York, fell through the air on the desk at which Col. Olcott sat, in Bombay.

Births

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (d. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Deaths

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (b. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Holidays and observances

• NAME OF HOLIDAY, SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia