Page 7: Historical Events In May - 23

1935  1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain (Cincinnati) on May - 23.   

1937  John D Rockefeller dies in Ormond Beach, Florida on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 23 john Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla   

1938  On May - 23 philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70   

1939  British decoration, George Cross, first presented on this day in history.   

1939  On May - 23 british parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949   

1939  Dmitri Shostakovitch appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad on this day in history.   

1939  Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history submarine Squalis sinks off Portsmouth NH, 26 die   

1939  British decoration, George Cross, 1st presented on May - 23.   

1940  The first great dogfight involving the British Spitfire on May - 23.   

1940  On this day in history 1st great dogfight between Spitfires   

1940  Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 for heavyweight boxing title   

1941  On May - 23 lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies   

1942  Kanga Force moved to Wau, Papua New Guinea on May - 23.   

1943  826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund on May - 23.   

1943  -24] 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund on this day in history.   

1944  British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy on May - 23.   

1944  On May - 23 chinese counter offensive at Hunan front   

1944  On this day in history during World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio begin a major breakout offensive   

1944  Operation-Buffalo Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead on this day in history.   

1944  Operation-Buffalo: Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history british military police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz   

1945  On this day in history german island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British   

1945  Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary on May - 23.   

1945  Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide while imprisoned in Luneburgm Germany on May - 23.   

1945  Winston Churchill resigns as British PM on May - 23.   

1945  British milt police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz on May - 23.   

1945  On May - 23 heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44   

1947  PC Hooft prize forms for literature on May - 23.   

1947  On May - 23 c F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68   

1948  On May - 23 joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive homeruns   

1948  Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel on this day in history.   

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

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 May - 23.   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

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

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

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

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

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