Historical Events In May - 23
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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