Page 6: Historical Events In May - 23

1915  Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary & Germany during WW I on May - 23.   

1915  Clyde Wiegand, physicist on May - 23.   

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

1916  M Jean Francaix, composer on May - 23.   

1917  On this day in history dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft   

1918  King Oil/Shell refinery on Curaçao officially opens on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 23 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.   

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

1918  On this day in history bulent Arel, composer   

1919  Betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family) on May - 23.   

1920  On this day in history pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei   

1920  On May - 23 helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)   

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

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

1922  Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat on May - 23.   

1922  On May - 23 walt Disney incorporates his first film company Laugh-O-Gram Films   

1922  On this day in history "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances   

1923  On May - 23 the first flight of Sabena Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain   

1923  1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on May - 23.   

1923  On this day in history the first flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain   

1926  On this day in history lebanese constitution is established under French mandate   

1926  Lebanon becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1926  Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard on May - 23.   

1926  Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1928  Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die on May - 23.   

1929  Canada's first airborne wedding takes place in a bi-plane over Regina on May - 23.   

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  Whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England on May - 23.   

1932  Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds on May - 23.   

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

1934  Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death in a police ambush in Louisiana on May - 23.   

1934  Wallace Carothers manufactures first nylon (polymeer 66) on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history 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.   

1934  On this day in history bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush   

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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 this day in history.   

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  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 May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

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

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on May - 23.   

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  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on May - 23.   

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27