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 May - 23.   

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

1974  On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1974  Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell   

1978  On May - 23 general strike in Peru   

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

1979  West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president on this day in history.   

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

1981  On May - 23 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 May - 23 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 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  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  On this day in history david Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73   

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

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 this day in history angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe   

1989  3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone on May - 23.   

1990  On this day in history 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  On May - 23 dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26   

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1052  On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

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 this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

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

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

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

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

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  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.