Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

1971  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale on this day in history.   

1971  Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57   

1974  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 23.   

1974  On May - 23 italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed   

1974  On May - 23 kathleen Cannell, writer, dies   

1975  On this day in history jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81   

1977  On this day in history benin adopts its constitution   

1977  On this day in history moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren & 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11   

1977  On May - 23 supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell   

1978  On May - 23 general strike in Peru   

1979  Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy on this day in history.   

1979  West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president on this day in history.   

1979  Hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1981  On May - 23 barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage   

1981  NASA launches Intelsat V on May - 23.   

1981  George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83 on May - 23.   

1982  On this day in history bBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina   

1982  Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghánistán Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air   

1983  On this day in history albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84   

1984  On May - 23 anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London   

1986  On May - 23 uS & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa   

1986  On May - 23 sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70   

1987  On May - 23 karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86   

1988  Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990 on this day in history.   

1988  David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73 on May - 23.   

1989  On May - 23 3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone   

1989  An estimated one million people in Beijing (and tens of thousands in other Chinee cities) march to demand the resignation of Premier Li Peng on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe   

1989  On this day in history 3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone   

1990  A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna on this day in history.   

1990  Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion on May - 23.   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26 on May - 23.   

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

1304  On this day in history 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  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on May - 23.   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.