Page 7: Historical Events In May - 23

1935  1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain (Cincinnati) on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 23 john D Rockefeller dies in Ormond Beach, Florida   

1937  On May - 23 john Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla   

1938  On this day in history philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70   

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

1939  On May - 23 british parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949   

1939  On May - 23 dmitri Shostakovitch appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad   

1939  Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland on May - 23.   

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

1939  On May - 23 british decoration, George Cross, 1st presented   

1940  On May - 23 the first great dogfight involving the British Spitfire   

1940  On May - 23 1st great dogfight between Spitfires   

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

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

1941  On May - 23 lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies   

1942  On this day in history kanga Force moved to Wau, Papua New Guinea   

1943  826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund on this day in history.   

1943  -24] 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund on this day in history.   

1944  British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy on May - 23.   

1944  On May - 23 chinese counter offensive at Hunan front   

1944  During World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio begin a major breakout offensive on May - 23.   

1944  Operation-Buffalo Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead on this day in history.   

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

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

1945  German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British on this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide while imprisoned in Luneburgm Germany   

1945  On this day in history winston Churchill resigns as British PM   

1945  British milt police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz on May - 23.   

1945  Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44 on May - 23.   

1947  On this day in history pC Hooft prize forms for literature   

1947  C F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1948  On May - 23 ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel   

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

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On May - 23 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 this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.   

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

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.