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Thursday, 23 May 2013
1943 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4 on this day in history. Share it »
1943 On this day in history mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed Share it »
1943 Admiral Cunningham of British fleet orders: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass" on this day in history. Share it »
1944 On this day in history 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death Share it »
1944 On this day in history the first eye bank is established in New York City Share it »
1944 On this day in history u-575 sinks Asphodel Share it »
1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam on this day in history. Share it »
1945 On this day in history chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet Share it »
1945 On this day in history general Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov near Berlin Share it »
1945 On this day in history in Berlin, the unconditional surrender is ratified, marking an end to twelve and a half years of the Nazi Third Reich. Share it »
1945 On this day in history victory In Europe Day (VE Day) declared Share it »
1946 The birth of Candice Bergen, American actress on this day in history. Share it »
1946 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game on this day in history. Share it »
1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon on this day in history. Share it »
1948 Bradman scores 146 Australia vs Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours on this day in history. Share it »
1948 On this day in history bradman scores 146 Aust v Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours Share it »
1948 On this day in history alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81 Share it »
1949 West German constitution approved on this day in history. Share it »
1950 On this day in history american General MacArthur becomes comander of the UN forces in Korea Share it »
1950 On this day in history chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons Share it »
1950 Franklin Dyall, dies at 76 on this day in history. Share it »
1951 On this day in history dacron men's suits introduced and we live to regret it Share it »
1951 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak on this day in history. Share it »
1951 Dacron men's suits introduced on this day in history. Share it »
1951 Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40 on this day in history. Share it »
1952 Mad Magazine debuts Great Magazine sure wish I still had the first issue, but mon garbaged it on this day in history. Share it »
1957 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75 on this day in history. Share it »
1958 President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock on this day in history. Share it »
1958 On this day in history vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru Share it »
1958 Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered on this day in history. Share it »
1959 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship; 200 drown just yards from shore on this day in history. Share it »
1959 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55 on this day in history. Share it »
1960 On this day in history uSSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations Share it »
1960 Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88 on this day in history. Share it »
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