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August 23

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YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on August 23 this year.

  • R. Pinchas of Koretzd. 1790 CE

    Early Hasidic master and associate of the Baal Shem Tov

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  1. 1923 CEIslamic · born

    Nazik al-Malaika, an Iraqi poet who helped pioneer Arabic free verse, was born in Baghdad.

  2. 1806 CEScience · died

    Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, who measured the force between electric charges and lent his name to the unit of electric charge, died in Paris.

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