Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81   

1977  On May - 23 benin adopts its constitution   

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

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 this day in history general strike in Peru   

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

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

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

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

1981  NASA launches Intelsat V on May - 23.   

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  Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles on this day in history.   

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  Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

1986  US & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa on May - 23.   

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

1987  Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86 on May - 23.   

1988  Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990 on May - 23.   

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  On this day in history 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 May - 23.   

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

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

1990  On May - 23 cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26 on this day in history.   

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

1100  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 May - 23.   

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

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

1153  On May - 23 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  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on May - 23.   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.