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 this day in history.   

1916  Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun on May - 23.   

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 May - 23.   

1918  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 on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history king Oil/Shell refinery on Curacao officially opens   

1918  On May - 23 bulent Arel, composer   

1919  Betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family) on this day in history.   

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

1920  On this day in history helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)   

1921  "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1922  On May - 23 "Abie's Irish Rose" first of over 2,500 performances   

1922  Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat on this day in history.   

1922  Walt Disney incorporates his first film company Laugh-O-Gram Films on this day in history.   

1922  "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances on May - 23.   

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

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

1923  The first flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain on May - 23.   

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

1926  Lebanon becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1926  Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard on May - 23.   

1926  On this day in history hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73   

1928  On May - 23 bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die   

1929  Canada's first airborne wedding takes place in a bi-plane over Regina on May - 23.   

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

1931  Whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England on this day in history.   

1932  Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds on May - 23.   

1933  On this day in history parliament passes Canadian National-Canadian Pacific Act; directing the two companies to cooperate during the Depression.   

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  On May - 23 bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush   

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

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

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

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  On this day in history 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  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

1423  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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