Page 6: Historical Events In May - 23

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

1915  On this day in history clyde Wiegand, physicist   

1916  On May - 23 heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun   

1916  On this day in history m Jean Francaix, composer   

1917  Dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft on May - 23.   

1918  On May - 23 king Oil/Shell refinery on Curaçao officially opens   

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  On May - 23 bulent Arel, composer   

1919  Betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family) on this day in history.   

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  "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC on May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain   

1923  The first flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on this day in history.   

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

1926  On this day in history lebanon becomes a republic   

1926  On this day in history hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard   

1926  On this day in history hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73   

1928  Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die on this day in history.   

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

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

1931  On this day in history whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England   

1932  Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds on May - 23.   

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 this day in history 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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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

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

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

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

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

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1153  On May - 23 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 May - 23.   

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.