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Events and Birthdays on 23 August

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Events on this day, 23 August


Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev begins his purge of cabinet members and officials involved in the failed coup four days ago.

Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein appears on state television with western hostages, provoking a storm of outrage.

The head of West German counter-intelligence is unmasked as an East German spy.

Kurds in Iran oust government troops from a large area near the Iraqi border.

Police launch a murder hunt after a man is found shot dead and his companion seriously wounded in a lay-by in Bedfordshire.


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