Historical Events In May - 23

1915  On May - 23 italy declares war on Austria-Hungary & Germany during WW I   

1915  Clyde Wiegand, physicist on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun   

1916  M Jean Francaix, composer on this day in history.   

1917  Dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft on May - 23.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1918  Bulent Arel, composer on May - 23.   

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

1920  On May - 23 pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei   

1920  Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola) on May - 23.   

1921  On May - 23 "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC   

1922  "Abie's Irish Rose" first of over 2,500 performances on May - 23.   

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  1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on May - 23.   

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

1926  On May - 23 lebanese constitution is established under French mandate   

1926  On this day in history lebanon becomes a republic   

1926  On this day in history hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard   

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

1928  On this day in history 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  First non-stop Winnipeg-to-Edmonton flight made in six hours and 48 minutes. (and it still takes about 6 hours for the trip) on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England   

1932  Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history parliament passes Canadian National-Canadian Pacific Act; directing the two companies to cooperate during the Depression.   

1934  On this day in history 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 May - 23.   

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

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

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

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

1153  On May - 23 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 May - 23.   

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 May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27