Page 6: Historical Events In May - 23

1915  Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary & Germany during WW I on this day in history.   

1915  Clyde Wiegand, physicist on May - 23.   

1916  On May - 23 heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun   

1916  On May - 23 m Jean Francaix, composer   

1917  On this day in history dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft   

1918  King Oil/Shell refinery on Curaçao officially opens on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 23 sS Moldavia, lost off Littlehampton, Sussex. This P & O ship of 9,500 tons was requisitioned in 1915 and converted to an auxilliary cruiser and commissioned by the British Admiralty. Later she was used as a troopship after the USA joined the war and while carrying troops to France she was torpedoed. Most soldiers were rescued but 56 lost their lives.   

1918  King Oil/Shell refinery on Curacao officially opens on this day in history.   

1918  Bulent Arel, composer on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)   

1920  Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei on May - 23.   

1920  Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola) on May - 23.   

1921  "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC on May - 23.   

1922  On this day in history "Abie's Irish Rose" first of over 2,500 performances   

1922  Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat on May - 23.   

1922  On this day in history walt Disney incorporates his first film company Laugh-O-Gram Films   

1922  "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances on this day in history.   

1923  The first flight of Sabena Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on this day in history.   

1923  On May - 23 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain   

1923  On May - 23 the first flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain   

1926  Lebanese constitution is established under French mandate on May - 23.   

1926  Lebanon becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard   

1926  Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1928  Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history canada's first airborne wedding takes place in a bi-plane over Regina.   

1929  First non-stop Winnipeg-to-Edmonton flight made in six hours and 48 minutes. (and it still takes about 6 hours for the trip) on May - 23.   

1931  On May - 23 whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England   

1932  On this day in history sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds   

1933  Parliament passes Canadian National-Canadian Pacific Act; directing the two companies to cooperate during the Depression on May - 23.   

1934  On this day in history bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death in a police ambush in Louisiana   

1934  On this day in history wallace Carothers manufactures first nylon (polymeer 66)   

1934  The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers on May - 23.   

1934  Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush on May - 23.   

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.   

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

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

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

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

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