Famous Birthdays In May - 23

1844  On May - 23 birth of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Successor to Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1921)   

1848  On this day in history birth of helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I)   

1848  On May - 23 birth of otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator   

1851  On May - 23 birth of antoni Stolpe, composer   

1862  On May - 23 birth of william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99   

1864  On May - 23 birth of louis Glass, composer   

1865  On May - 23 birth of epitácio Pessoa, President of Brazil (d. 1942)   

1866  On this day in history birth of gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist/criminalologist   

1871  Sigurd Lie, composer was born on this day in history.   

1873  Leo Baeck, rabbi/president (World Union for Progressive Judaism) was born on this day in history.   

1875  On May - 23 birth of alfred P. Sloan, American long-time president and chairman of General Motors (d. 1966)   

1879  On this day in history birth of dezsÅ‘ Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966)   

1882  James Gleason, NYC, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool) was born on this day in history.   

1883  Douglas Fairbanks, Denver CO, actor (Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood) was born on May - 23.   

1884  On this day in history birth of corrado Gini, Italian sociologist (d. 1965)   

1887  Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1963) was born on May - 23.   

1888  Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired) was born on May - 23.   

1888  On this day in history birth of zack Wheat, American baseball player (d. 1972)   

1889  On May - 23 birth of ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. 1967)   

1890  Herbert Marshall, London, actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes) was born on May - 23.   

1890  On May - 23 birth of virginia Eames, Ft Davis TX, entertainer   

1891  On May - 23 birth of pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1974)   

1893  On May - 23 birth of ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977)   

1896  On May - 23 birth of felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (d. 1966)   

1898  On this day in history birth of frank McHugh, actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young)   

1898  On this day in history birth of joseph Hazen, lawyer   

1898  On this day in history birth of scott O'Dell, American author (d. 1989)   

1900  On May - 23 birth of hans Frank, German Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)   

1901  On this day in history birth of edmund Rubbra, Northampton England, composer (Morning Watch) [or 3/23]   

1902  Mark Lothar, composer was born on May - 23.   

1903  Walter Reisch, US, screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic) was born on this day in history.   

1906  On May - 23 birth of hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer   

1907  On May - 23 birth of kenneth Allen, engineer   

1907  Matthew Campbell, British senior civil servant was born on this day in history.   

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1125  On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  On this day in history 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  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.   

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

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27