Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

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

1971  Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands on this day in history.   

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

1974  On May - 23 great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1974  On this day in history italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed   

1974  On this day in history kathleen Cannell, writer, dies   

1975  Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 on May - 23.   

1977  On May - 23 benin adopts its constitution   

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

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

1978  On May - 23 general strike in Peru   

1979  On this day in history rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy   

1979  West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president on May - 23.   

1979  On this day in history hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79   

1981  On May - 23 barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage   

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 this day in history bBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina   

1982  On May - 23 colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles   

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  On this day in history albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84   

1984  Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London on May - 23.   

1986  On May - 23 uS & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa   

1986  Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86   

1988  On May - 23 maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990   

1988  On May - 23 david Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73   

1989  On May - 23 3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone   

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

1989  Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe on this day in history.   

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

1990  A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna on this day in history.   

1990  Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion on this day in history.   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26 on this day in history.   

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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 May - 23.   

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 this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

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

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 23 david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27