Historical Events In May - 23

1915  On May - 23 italy declares war on Austria-Hungary & Germany during WW I  

1915  On May - 23 clyde Wiegand, physicist  

1916  Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun on this day in history.  

1916  M Jean Francaix, composer on this day in history.  

1917  On May - 23 dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft  

1918  King Oil/Shell refinery on Curaçao officially opens on this day in history.  

1918  On May - 23 sS Moldavia, lost off Littlehampton, Sussex. This P & O ship of 9,500 tons was requisitioned in 1915 and converted to an auxilliary cruiser and commissioned by the British Admiralty. Later she was used as a troopship after the USA joined the war and while carrying troops to France she was torpedoed. Most soldiers were rescued but 56 lost their lives.  

1918  King Oil/Shell refinery on Curacao officially opens on May - 23.  

1918  On May - 23 bulent Arel, composer  

1919  On this day in history betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)  

1920  Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei on this day in history.  

1920  On May - 23 helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)  

1921  On this day in history "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC  

1922  On this day in history "Abie's Irish Rose" first of over 2,500 performances  

1922  Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history walt Disney incorporates his first film company Laugh-O-Gram Films  

1922  On May - 23 "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances  

1923  On May - 23 the first flight of Sabena Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain  

1923  On this day in history 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain  

1923  The first flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on May - 23.  

1926  On May - 23 lebanese constitution is established under French mandate  

1926  On May - 23 lebanon becomes a republic  

1926  Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard on May - 23.  

1926  Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1928  Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die on May - 23.  

1929  Canada's first airborne wedding takes place in a bi-plane over Regina on May - 23.  

1929  On May - 23 first non-stop Winnipeg-to-Edmonton flight made in six hours and 48 minutes. (and it still takes about 6 hours for the trip)  

1931  On May - 23 whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England  

1932  On May - 23 sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds  

1933  On this day in history parliament passes Canadian National-Canadian Pacific Act; directing the two companies to cooperate during the Depression.  

1934  Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death in a police ambush in Louisiana on this day in history.  

1934  On May - 23 wallace Carothers manufactures first nylon (polymeer 66)  

1934  The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers on May - 23.  

1934  On May - 23 bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush  

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.  

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.  

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.  

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary  

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized  

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer  

1696  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer  

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies  

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.  

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer  

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.  

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.  

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.  

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.  

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.