#aug. 23

Sailors of the French Navy salute as they stand at Rockefeller Plaza on August 23, 1944. The ceremony celebrated the liberation of Paris from the Nazis.

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti died in the electric chair on August 23, 1927. They were accused of killing two men during an armed robbery.

The trial and subsequent appeals attracted enormous interest internationally, and generated vehement protests. Sacco and Vanzetti were considered to be victims of prejudice against immigrants, Italians, Catholics, and anarchists. John Dos Passos, Dorothy Parker, Edna St. Vincent Millay, George Bernard Shaw, and Albert Einstein were among those who wrote about the case or signed petitions.

The photo above shows a demonstration in Union Square on the day of the men's execution.

Some of the Czechs who arrived at Ellis Island on August 23, 1920, aboard the S.S. Lafayette.

Folded poster insert, from Topps Chewing Gum, features baseball cards that highlight members of the 1954 New York Yankees, August 23, 1954. The poster originally appeared in issue number two of Sports Illustrated magazine.