Historical Events In May - 23

1915  On this day in history italy declares war on Austria-Hungary & Germany during WW I   

1915  Clyde Wiegand, physicist on May - 23.   

1916  On May - 23 heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun   

1916  On May - 23 m Jean Francaix, composer   

1917  Dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft on this day in history.   

1918  King Oil/Shell refinery on Curaçao officially opens on this day in history.   

1918  SS Moldavia, lost off Littlehampton, Sussex. This P & O ship of 9,500 tons was requisitioned in 1915 and converted to an auxilliary cruiser and commissioned by the British Admiralty. Later she was used as a troopship after the USA joined the war and while carrying troops to France she was torpedoed. Most soldiers were rescued but 56 lost their lives on May - 23.   

1918  On May - 23 king Oil/Shell refinery on Curacao officially opens   

1918  Bulent Arel, composer on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)   

1920  On this day in history pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei   

1920  On this day in history helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)   

1921  "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1922  "Abie's Irish Rose" first of over 2,500 performances on this day in history.   

1922  Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat on May - 23.   

1922  Walt Disney incorporates his first film company Laugh-O-Gram Films on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances   

1923  The first flight of Sabena Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on May - 23.   

1923  On May - 23 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain   

1923  The first flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on this day in history.   

1926  Lebanese constitution is established under French mandate on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history lebanon becomes a republic   

1926  Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard on this day in history.   

1926  Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73 on May - 23.   

1928  On May - 23 bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die   

1929  Canada's first airborne wedding takes place in a bi-plane over Regina on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history first non-stop Winnipeg-to-Edmonton flight made in six hours and 48 minutes. (and it still takes about 6 hours for the trip)   

1931  On May - 23 whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England   

1932  On May - 23 sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds   

1933  On May - 23 parliament passes Canadian National-Canadian Pacific Act; directing the two companies to cooperate during the Depression.   

1934  On May - 23 bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death in a police ambush in Louisiana   

1934  Wallace Carothers manufactures first nylon (polymeer 66) on May - 23.   

1934  The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers on this day in history.   

1934  On May - 23 bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

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  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.