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Sunday, 15 June 2025
1915 On this day in history italy declares war on Austria-Hungary & Germany during WW I 
1915 On this day in history clyde Wiegand, physicist
1916 Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun on May - 23.
1916 M Jean Francaix, composer on May - 23.
1917 On this day in history dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft
1918 King Oil/Shell refinery on Curaçao officially opens on this day in history.
1918 On this day in history 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 Bulent Arel, composer on this day in history.
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 May - 23.
1920 On this day in history helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)
1921 On May - 23 "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC
1922 "Abie's Irish Rose" first of over 2,500 performances on this day in history.
1922 On this day in history harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat
1922 Walt Disney incorporates his first film company Laugh-O-Gram Films on May - 23.
1922 "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances on May - 23.
1923 The first flight of Sabena Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on this day in history.
1923 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on this day in history.
1923 The first flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on May - 23.
1926 On this day in history lebanese constitution is established under French mandate
1926 On this day in history lebanon becomes a republic
1926 Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard on this day in history.
1926 Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1928 On May - 23 bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die
1929 Canada's first airborne wedding takes place in a bi-plane over Regina on May - 23.
1929 On this day in history 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 Whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England on this day in history.
1932 Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds on this day in history.
1933 On May - 23 parliament passes Canadian National-Canadian Pacific Act; directing the two companies to cooperate during the Depression.
1934 On May - 23 bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death in a police ambush in Louisiana
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 this day in history.
1934 Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush on this day in history.
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