Historical Events In May - 23

1971  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale on May - 23.   

1971  Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands on May - 23.   

1973  On May - 23 athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57   

1974  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1974  On May - 23 italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed   

1974  Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1975  Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1977  Benin adopts its constitution on May - 23.   

1977  Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren & 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11 on May - 23.   

1977  On this day in history supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell   

1978  General strike in Peru on May - 23.   

1979  Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy on this day in history.   

1979  West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president on this day in history.   

1979  On May - 23 hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79   

1981  Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage on this day in history.   

1981  NASA launches Intelsat V on this day in history.   

1981  On May - 23 george Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83   

1982  On May - 23 bBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina   

1982  Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles on May - 23.   

1983  On this day in history radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghánistán Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air   

1983  Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 23 anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London   

1986  On this day in history uS & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa   

1986  Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70 on May - 23.   

1987  Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1988  Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990 on this day in history.   

1988  David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1989  3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone on May - 23.   

1989  An estimated one million people in Beijing (and tens of thousands in other Chinee cities) march to demand the resignation of Premier Li Peng on May - 23.   

1989  On this day in history angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe   

1989  3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone on this day in history.   

1990  A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna on May - 23.   

1990  On this day in history cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion   

1990  On this day in history dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26   

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

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

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

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 this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On May - 23 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 this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On May - 23 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 May - 23.