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Thursday, 03 April 2025
1915 On this day in history 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 On this day in history dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft
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 this day in history.
1919 On this day in history betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)
1920 Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei on May - 23.
1920 Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola) on May - 23.
1921 "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC on this day in history.
1922 "Abie's Irish Rose" first of over 2,500 performances on this day in history.
1922 Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat on May - 23.
1922 On this day in history walt Disney incorporates his first film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
1922 "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances on May - 23.
1923 The first flight of Sabena Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on this day in history.
1923 On this day in history 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain
1923 On this day in history the first flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain
1926 Lebanese constitution is established under French mandate on May - 23.
1926 Lebanon becomes a republic on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 On May - 23 sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds
1933 On May - 23 parliament passes Canadian National-Canadian Pacific Act; directing the two companies to cooperate during the Depression.
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 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 this day in history.
1934 On May - 23 bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush
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