On this day — August 23

killing all ten people on board.

Bolivia kills 31 people.

killing six people and injuring 28 others.

Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington, D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at 200 million–300 million USD.

Philippines killing 9 people including the perpetrator while injuring 9 others.

Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.

who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.

Bahrain, killing 143.

the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.