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 May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed   

1974  On this day in history kathleen Cannell, writer, dies   

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

1977  On May - 23 benin adopts its constitution   

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  General strike in Peru on this day in history.   

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

1979  West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president on May - 23.   

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

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

1981  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

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

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

1982  On May - 23 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 May - 23.   

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

1987  Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 23 maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990   

1988  On May - 23 david Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73   

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 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  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 May - 23.   

1990  On this day in history dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26   

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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 this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On this day in history 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 May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  On this day in history 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 May - 23.   

1523  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

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 May - 23.