Page 6: Historical Events In May - 23

1915  On this day in history italy declares war on Austria-Hungary & Germany during WW I   

1915  Clyde Wiegand, physicist on May - 23.   

1916  Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun on this day in history.   

1916  M Jean Francaix, composer on May - 23.   

1917  On May - 23 dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft   

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

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

1918  On this day in history 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  Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola) on May - 23.   

1921  "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1922  On May - 23 "Abie's Irish Rose" first of over 2,500 performances   

1922  Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat on May - 23.   

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  On this day in history the first flight of Sabena Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain   

1923  On this day in history 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain   

1923  On May - 23 the first flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain   

1926  Lebanese constitution is established under French mandate on May - 23.   

1926  On May - 23 lebanon becomes a republic   

1926  Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard on this day in history.   

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

1928  Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die on May - 23.   

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 May - 23.   

1932  On this day in history sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds   

1933  Parliament passes Canadian National-Canadian Pacific Act; directing the two companies to cooperate during the Depression on May - 23.   

1934  Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death in a police ambush in Louisiana on this day in history.   

1934  Wallace Carothers manufactures first nylon (polymeer 66) on this day in history.   

1934  On May - 23 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.   

1934  On this day in history bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush   

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.   

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 this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

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

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

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1125  On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

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

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

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on May - 23.   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27