Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

1971  On this day in history kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale   

1971  On this day in history rock group Iron Butterfly disbands   

1973  Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1974  On this day in history italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed   

1974  On May - 23 kathleen Cannell, writer, dies   

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  On this day in history supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell   

1978  On May - 23 general strike in Peru   

1979  On May - 23 rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy   

1979  On this day in history west-Germany elects Karl Carstens president   

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

1981  On this day in history barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage   

1981  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

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

1982  On this day in history bBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina   

1982  On this day in history colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles   

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

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

1984  On this day in history anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London   

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

1986  On May - 23 sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70   

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

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

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

1989  3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone on May - 23.   

1989  On May - 23 an estimated one million people in Beijing (and tens of thousands in other Chinee cities) march to demand the resignation of Premier Li Peng   

1989  Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe on this day in history.   

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

1990  A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna on this day in history.   

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

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26 on May - 23.   

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1052  On this day in history 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  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

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  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.