Historical Events In May - 23

1971  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale on May - 23.   

1971  Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands on this day in history.   

1973  Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1974  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1974  Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed on May - 23.   

1974  On May - 23 kathleen Cannell, writer, dies   

1975  On this day in history jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81   

1977  Benin adopts its constitution on this day in history.   

1977  On May - 23 moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren & 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11   

1977  Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history general strike in Peru   

1979  Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy on May - 23.   

1979  West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79   

1981  Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage on May - 23.   

1981  On May - 23 nASA launches Intelsat V   

1981  On May - 23 george Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83   

1982  On May - 23 bBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina   

1982  On this day in history colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles   

1983  On this day in history radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghánistán Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air   

1983  On this day in history albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84   

1984  Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history uS & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa   

1986  On this day in history sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70   

1987  On May - 23 karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86   

1988  Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990 on this day in history.   

1988  David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73 on May - 23.   

1989  3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone on May - 23.   

1989  An estimated one million people in Beijing (and tens of thousands in other Chinee cities) march to demand the resignation of Premier Li Peng on May - 23.   

1989  Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe on May - 23.   

1989  3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone on May - 23.   

1990  On May - 23 a C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna   

1990  Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion on this day in history.   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26 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  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  On May - 23 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  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on May - 23.   

1423  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27