Historical Events In May - 23
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale on May - 23.
1971 Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands on this day in history.
1973 Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1974 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.
1974 Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed on May - 23.
1974 On May - 23 kathleen Cannell, writer, dies
1975 On this day in history jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81
1977 Benin adopts its constitution on this day in history.
1977 On May - 23 moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren & 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
1977 Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell on this day in history.
1978 On this day in history general strike in Peru
1979 Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy on May - 23.
1979 West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79
1981 Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage on May - 23.
1981 On May - 23 nASA launches Intelsat V
1981 On May - 23 george Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83
1982 On May - 23 bBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
1982 On this day in history colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles
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 Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history uS & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa
1986 On this day in history 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 3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone on May - 23.
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 May - 23.
1989 Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe on May - 23.
1989 3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone on May - 23.
1990 On May - 23 a C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna
1990 Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion on this day in history.
1990 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26 on this day in history.
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