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 this day in history.   

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

1974  On May - 23 great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

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

1975  On this day in history jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81   

1977  Benin adopts its constitution on this day in history.   

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 May - 23.   

1978  On May - 23 general strike in Peru   

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

1979  West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president on May - 23.   

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 this day in history george Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83   

1982  BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina on this day in history.   

1982  Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles on May - 23.   

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  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  On this day in history karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86   

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

1988  David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73 on May - 23.   

1989  3rd American Comedy Award Paula Poundstone on this day in history.   

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

1990  On May - 23 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  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

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

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

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

1423  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

1523  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

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