Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

1971  Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale on May - 23.   

1971  On this day in history rock group Iron Butterfly disbands   

1973  Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57 on May - 23.   

1974  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1974  Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed on May - 23.   

1974  On this day in history kathleen Cannell, writer, dies   

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

1977  Benin adopts its constitution on May - 23.   

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  Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell on May - 23.   

1978  On May - 23 general strike in Peru   

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

1981  Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage on May - 23.   

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 May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 uS & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa   

1986  On this day in history sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70   

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

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

1988  On May - 23 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 May - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.   

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 May - 23.   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.   

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

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27