Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

1971  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale on this day in history.   

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

1973  On this day in history athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57   

1974  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 23.   

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

1974  Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies on May - 23.   

1975  On this day in history jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81   

1977  Benin adopts its constitution on this day in history.   

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  Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell on this day in history.   

1978  General strike in Peru on this day in history.   

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

1979  On May - 23 west-Germany elects Karl Carstens president   

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  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

1981  George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1982  BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina on this day in history.   

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

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

1983  On May - 23 albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84   

1984  On this day in history anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London   

1986  US & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa on May - 23.   

1986  On this day in history sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70   

1987  On May - 23 karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86   

1988  On this day in history 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 this day in history 3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone   

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 this day in history.   

1989  On May - 23 angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe   

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

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 May - 23.   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26 on May - 23.   

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

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.   

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

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

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1696  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

1153  On May - 23 david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on May - 23.   

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  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 this day in history.