Historical Events In May - 23

1991  Last Cubans troops leave Angola on this day in history.  

1991  US Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion on this day in history.  

1991  Jean van Houte, Belgian premier, dies on this day in history.  

1992  President Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees on this day in history.  

1992  On May - 23 atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies  

1993  On May - 23 james Millhollin, actor (Anston Foster-Grindl), dies at 77  

1994  270 pilgrims dies in bustle round Mina Saudi-Arabia on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history funeral services are held at Arlington National Cemetary for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis  

1994  On May - 23 pulp Fiction wins the award for best film at the 47th Cannes Film Festival  

1994  On May - 23 roman Herzog elected President of Germany  

1994  On this day in history star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication  

1994  Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82 on May - 23.  

1996  On May - 23 fred Norris of the Howard Stern show changes his name legally to Eric  

1996  Dorothy Hyson, actress (Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1997  On this day in history mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV  

2007  A.C. Milan beat Liverpool F.C. 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League 2006-07 final at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece on May - 23.  

2014  Russia and China veto the U.N. Security Council resolution to establish an International Criminal Court for war crimes in Syria on May - 23.  

2017  On May - 23 uK raises terror threat level to critical following Manchester bombing  

2017  US President Donald Trump meets Pope Francis at the Vatican on May - 23.  

2018  Hamburg, Germany, becomes the first city to ban diesel cars on some roads on May - 23.  

2018  NFL owners approve new NFL national anthem policy whereby players required to stand if they choose to be on the field for pre-game presentations on this day in history.  

2019  On May - 23 indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins re-election in a landslide over the opposition Congress Party, world's largest-ever democratic election with over 600 million voters  

2019  On this day in history the 2019 European Parliament election takes place. The election has a 51 percent voter turnout, the highest since the first direct elections in 1979.  

2019  2019 Indian general election: Narendra Modi secures a landslide win, with his party BJP alone gaining 303 of the 543 seats in parliament, and his political alliance winning 353 seats of the 543 on May - 23.  

2019  On this day in history botswana lifts its five-year prohibition on elephant hunting.May 24 - British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Conservative leader, effective June 7, 2019.  

2020  On May - 23 [COVID-19 pandemic] China reports no new cases for the first time since the pandemic began, according to the National Health Commission.  

2021  On May - 23 pGA Championship Men's Golf, Ocean Course Kiawah Island: Phil Mickelson becomes oldest major winner in history (50); wins his 6th major by 2 strokes over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen  

2021  Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.[102] on this day in history.  

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

1100  On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)  

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized  

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

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary  

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized  

1644  On this day in history 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  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.  

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer  

1423  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies  

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 this day in history.