Famous Birthdays In May - 23

1844  `Abdu'l-Bahá, Successor to Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1921) was born on May - 23.   

1848  On this day in history birth of helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I)   

1848  On May - 23 birth of otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator   

1851  Antoni Stolpe, composer was born on May - 23.   

1862  On May - 23 birth of william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99   

1864  Louis Glass, composer was born on May - 23.   

1865  On this day in history birth of epitácio Pessoa, President of Brazil (d. 1942)   

1866  On May - 23 birth of gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist/criminalologist   

1871  On this day in history birth of sigurd Lie, composer   

1873  On May - 23 birth of leo Baeck, rabbi/president (World Union for Progressive Judaism)   

1875  Alfred P. Sloan, American long-time president and chairman of General Motors (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.   

1879  On May - 23 birth of dezsÅ‘ Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966)   

1882  James Gleason, NYC, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool) was born on May - 23.   

1883  On May - 23 birth of douglas Fairbanks, Denver CO, actor (Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood)   

1884  On May - 23 birth of corrado Gini, Italian sociologist (d. 1965)   

1887  On May - 23 birth of thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1963)   

1888  On May - 23 birth of adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired)   

1888  Zack Wheat, American baseball player (d. 1972) was born on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history birth of ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. 1967)   

1890  Herbert Marshall, London, actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes) was born on May - 23.   

1890  Virginia Eames, Ft Davis TX, entertainer was born on May - 23.   

1891  On this day in history birth of pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1974)   

1893  On this day in history birth of ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977)   

1896  Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (d. 1966) was born on May - 23.   

1898  On May - 23 birth of frank McHugh, actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young)   

1898  On this day in history birth of joseph Hazen, lawyer   

1898  Scott O'Dell, American author (d. 1989) was born on May - 23.   

1900  On May - 23 birth of hans Frank, German Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)   

1901  On May - 23 birth of edmund Rubbra, Northampton England, composer (Morning Watch) [or 3/23]   

1902  On May - 23 birth of mark Lothar, composer   

1903  Walter Reisch, US, screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic) was born on May - 23.   

1906  On this day in history birth of hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer   

1907  On May - 23 birth of kenneth Allen, engineer   

1907  On this day in history birth of matthew Campbell, British senior civil servant   

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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 this day in history.   

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 May - 23.   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

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

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.