Historical Events In May - 23

1971  On May - 23 kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale  

1971  On May - 23 rock group Iron Butterfly disbands  

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 this day in history.  

1974  Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed on May - 23.  

1974  Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies on May - 23.  

1975  Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1977  Benin adopts its constitution on this day in history.  

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

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  On May - 23 west-Germany elects Karl Carstens president  

1979  Hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79 on May - 23.  

1981  On this day in history barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage  

1981  NASA launches Intelsat V on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles  

1983  On May - 23 radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghánistán Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air  

1983  On May - 23 albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84  

1984  Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London on May - 23.  

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

1986  Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1987  Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86 on May - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1989  On May - 23 an estimated one million people in Beijing (and tens of thousands in other Chinee cities) march to demand the resignation of Premier Li Peng  

1989  On May - 23 angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe  

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

1990  A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna on May - 23.  

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 May - 23.  

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

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.  

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

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.  

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

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.  

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.  

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45  

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)  

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

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