Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

1971  On this day in history kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale   

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  On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1974  Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1977  Benin adopts its constitution on May - 23.   

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 May - 23 general strike in Peru   

1979  On this day in history rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy   

1979  On this day in history west-Germany elects Karl Carstens president   

1979  On May - 23 hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79   

1981  Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

1981  George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 23 bBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina   

1982  On this day in history colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles   

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

1983  Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70   

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 May - 23.   

1989  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1606  On this day in history 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 May - 23.   

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

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

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

1153  On May - 23 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 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 this day in history.   

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

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27