Historical Events In May - 23
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale on May - 23.
1971 On May - 23 rock group Iron Butterfly disbands
1973 On May - 23 athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57
1974 On May - 23 great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 On May - 23 italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed
1974 Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies on this day in history.
1975 Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 on May - 23.
1977 Benin adopts its constitution on May - 23.
1977 On May - 23 moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren & 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
1977 Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell on this day in history.
1978 On this day in history general strike in Peru
1979 On this day in history rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy
1979 West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president on this day in history.
1979 On May - 23 hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79
1981 Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage on May - 23.
1981 On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V
1981 On May - 23 george Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83
1982 BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina on this day in history.
1982 Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles on this day in history.
1983 On May - 23 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 On May - 23 anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London
1986 On May - 23 uS & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa
1986 Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70 on May - 23.
1987 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone
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 A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna on May - 23.
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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