Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

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

1971  On May - 23 rock group Iron Butterfly disbands   

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 May - 23.   

1974  Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed on this day in history.   

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

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

1977  Benin adopts its constitution on May - 23.   

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  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  Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy on this day in history.   

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

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

1981  On May - 23 barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage   

1981  NASA launches Intelsat V on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1982  Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history 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 May - 23.   

1986  Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70 on May - 23.   

1987  On May - 23 karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86   

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  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  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  On May - 23 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  On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  On this day in history 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  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

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  On this day in history 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  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 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  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27