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On This Day, August 23
- 2023: Chandrayaan-3 mission initiated first Moon landing in Indian history.
- 2023: A business jet carrying key leadership members of the Russian private military company Wagner Group crashes, killing all ten people on board.
- 2013: A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia kills 31 people.
- 2012: A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
- 2011: A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington, D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at 200 million–300 million USD.