Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

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

1971  Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands on May - 23.   

1973  On May - 23 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  Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed on May - 23.   

1974  Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies on May - 23.   

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

1977  On May - 23 benin adopts its constitution   

1977  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1978  General strike in Peru on May - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1981  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

1981  On May - 23 george Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83   

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

1983  Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84 on May - 23.   

1984  Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London on this day in history.   

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 May - 23 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  On this day in history angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe   

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

1990  On May - 23 a C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna   

1990  Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion on May - 23.   

1990  On May - 23 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 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 May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On this day in history 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 May - 23.