Historical Events In May - 23

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   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.   

1100  On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

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

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

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  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27