Page 9: Historical Events In May - 23

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

1971  Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1974  On May - 23 kathleen Cannell, writer, dies   

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

1977  Benin adopts its constitution on this day in history.   

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  Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history general strike in Peru   

1979  Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy on May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage   

1981  On May - 23 nASA launches Intelsat V   

1981  George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83 on May - 23.   

1982  BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina on May - 23.   

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

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

1988  On this day in history maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990   

1988  David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

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

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

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.