Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

1971  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history rock group Iron Butterfly disbands   

1973  On this day in history athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57   

1974  On May - 23 great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1974  On May - 23 italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed   

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

1975  On May - 23 jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81   

1977  Benin adopts its constitution on this day in history.   

1977  Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren & 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11 on this day in history.   

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

1978  General strike in Peru on May - 23.   

1979  On this day in history rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy   

1979  On May - 23 west-Germany elects Karl Carstens president   

1979  Hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79 on May - 23.   

1981  On May - 23 barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage   

1981  On May - 23 nASA launches Intelsat V   

1981  George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1982  BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina on May - 23.   

1982  On May - 23 colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles   

1983  On May - 23 radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghánistán Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air   

1983  On May - 23 albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84   

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

1986  US & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa on this day in history.   

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

1987  Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1988  Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history david Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73   

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

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 May - 23.   

1989  On this day in history angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe   

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

1990  On this day in history a C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna   

1990  On this day in history cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion   

1990  On this day in history dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26   

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

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

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

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

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 May - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1524  On May - 23 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