Hot and Cold Olympics in Sochi
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It is extraordinarily warm at the Sochi Olympics but Team USA is running cold in all events but snowboarding. (Feb. 12)
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This Day in History
Today: August 23, 2026
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After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.[<span title="This claim needs references...
79
Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.[1]
476
Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic - Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.
1244
Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to the Khwarazmiyya.
1268
The Battle of Tagliacozzo marks the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.
1328
Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
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