Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

1971  On May - 23 kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale   

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

1973  On May - 23 athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57   

1974  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1974  Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed on May - 23.   

1974  Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1975  Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 on May - 23.   

1977  On May - 23 benin adopts its constitution   

1977  On May - 23 moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren & 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11   

1977  Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell on May - 23.   

1978  On May - 23 general strike in Peru   

1979  Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy on May - 23.   

1979  West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president on this day in history.   

1979  On May - 23 hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79   

1981  Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage on this day in history.   

1981  On May - 23 nASA launches Intelsat V   

1981  George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83 on May - 23.   

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

1982  Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles on May - 23.   

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 this day in history albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84   

1984  Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London on May - 23.   

1986  On this day in history uS & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa   

1986  Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86   

1988  On May - 23 maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990   

1988  David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1989  3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone on this day in history.   

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

1990  A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna on May - 23.   

1990  Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 23 dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26   

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 May - 23.   

1125  On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.