Page 7: Historical Events In May - 23

1935  1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain (Cincinnati) on May - 23.   

1937  On May - 23 john D Rockefeller dies in Ormond Beach, Florida   

1937  John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla on this day in history.   

1938  Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1939  British decoration, George Cross, first presented on May - 23.   

1939  On this day in history british parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949   

1939  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad   

1939  Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland on May - 23.   

1939  On May - 23 submarine Squalis sinks off Portsmouth NH, 26 die   

1939  British decoration, George Cross, 1st presented on May - 23.   

1940  On this day in history the first great dogfight involving the British Spitfire   

1940  1st great dogfight between Spitfires on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies   

1941  Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 for heavyweight boxing title on May - 23.   

1941  On this day in history lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies   

1942  On May - 23 kanga Force moved to Wau, Papua New Guinea   

1943  On May - 23 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund   

1943  On May - 23 -24] 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund   

1944  British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy on May - 23.   

1944  On this day in history chinese counter offensive at Hunan front   

1944  On this day in history during World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio begin a major breakout offensive   

1944  Operation-Buffalo Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 23 operation-Buffalo: Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead   

1945  On this day in history british military police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz   

1945  On May - 23 german island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British   

1945  Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide while imprisoned in Luneburgm Germany   

1945  Winston Churchill resigns as British PM on May - 23.   

1945  On this day in history british milt police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz   

1945  Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44 on May - 23.   

1947  On May - 23 pC Hooft prize forms for literature   

1947  C F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68 on May - 23.   

1948  On this day in history joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive homeruns   

1948  On May - 23 ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel   

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

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

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

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

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.   

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

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