Page 6: Historical Events In May - 23

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

1915  On May - 23 clyde Wiegand, physicist   

1916  On this day in history heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun   

1916  M Jean Francaix, composer on this day in history.   

1917  On May - 23 dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft   

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

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  On May - 23 bulent Arel, composer   

1919  On May - 23 betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)   

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  On May - 23 harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat   

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 May - 23.   

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

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

1923  On this day in history the first flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain   

1926  Lebanese constitution is established under French mandate on this day in history.   

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 May - 23.   

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

1929  On this day in history 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 May - 23.   

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 May - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1100  On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

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

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

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

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

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on this day in history.   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

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

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on May - 23.   

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

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27