Page 7: Historical Events In May - 23

1935  1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain (Cincinnati) on May - 23.   

1937  John D Rockefeller dies in Ormond Beach, Florida on May - 23.   

1937  On this day in history john Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla   

1938  Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1939  On May - 23 british decoration, George Cross, first presented   

1939  British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949 on this day in history.   

1939  Dmitri Shostakovitch appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad on May - 23.   

1939  Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland on this day in history.   

1939  Submarine Squalis sinks off Portsmouth NH, 26 die on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history british decoration, George Cross, 1st presented   

1940  The first great dogfight involving the British Spitfire on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history 1st great dogfight between Spitfires   

1940  On this day in history andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies   

1941  On this day in history joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 for heavyweight boxing title   

1941  Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies on this day in history.   

1942  On May - 23 kanga Force moved to Wau, Papua New Guinea   

1943  On May - 23 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund   

1943  On May - 23 -24] 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund   

1944  British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history chinese counter offensive at Hunan front   

1944  On this day in history during World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio begin a major breakout offensive   

1944  Operation-Buffalo Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead on May - 23.   

1944  On this day in history operation-Buffalo: Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead   

1945  On May - 23 british military police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz   

1945  On May - 23 german island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British   

1945  Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary on this day in history.   

1945  Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide while imprisoned in Luneburgm Germany on May - 23.   

1945  Winston Churchill resigns as British PM on May - 23.   

1945  On May - 23 british milt police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz   

1945  On May - 23 heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44   

1947  PC Hooft prize forms for literature on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history c F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68   

1948  Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive homeruns on this day in history.   

1948  Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel on May - 23.   

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1052  On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

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

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.   

1125  On May - 23 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  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

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

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.   

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.