Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

1971  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale on May - 23.   

1971  On this day in history rock group Iron Butterfly disbands   

1973  Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57 on May - 23.   

1974  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

1974  On May - 23 kathleen Cannell, writer, dies   

1975  Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 on May - 23.   

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 May - 23.   

1978  On May - 23 general strike in Peru   

1979  On May - 23 rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy   

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

1979  On this day in history hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79   

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 this day in history.   

1982  BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina on this day in history.   

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  Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84 on May - 23.   

1984  Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London on this day in history.   

1986  US & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa on May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990   

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

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

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  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  On May - 23 cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion   

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 this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

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

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

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

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

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

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  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 May - 23.   

1498  On May - 23 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