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May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (144th in Leap Year s). There are 222 days remaining.
Events
- 1430 - Joan Of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne
- 1498 - Girolamo Savonarola is executed on the orders of Pope Alexander VI
- 1533 - The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine Of Aragon is declared null and void.
- 1541 - Jacques Cartier leaves St-Malo , France on his third voyage.
- 1555 - Paul IV becomes Pope .
- 1568 - Netherlands declared Independence from Spain .
- 1568 - Dutch rebels led by Louis Of Nassau , brother of William I Of Orange , defeat Jean De Ligne, Duke Of Aremberg and his loyalist troops in the Battle Of Heiligerlee , opening the Eighty Years' War .
- 1609 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.
- 1618 - The Second Defenestration Of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War .
- 1701 - After being convicted of Piracy and of murdering William Moore , Captain William Kidd is hanged in London .
- 1788 - South Carolina becomes the 8th U.S. State to ratify the United States Constitution .
- 1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King Of Italy with the Iron Crown Of Lombardy in the Cathedral Of Milan .
- 1813 - South American Independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida , leading the invasion of Venezuela , and is proclaimed ''El Libertador'' ("The Liberator").
- 1844 - Persian Prophet the Báb announces his revelation, founding Bábísm . He announced to the world of the coming of " He Whom God Shall Make Manifest ." He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh , the founder of the Bahá'í Faith .
- 1844 - First Morse Code message sent, reading "What hath God wrought".
- 1863 - The Siege Of Port Hudson starts.
- 1873 - The Canadian Parliament establishes the North West Mounted Police , the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police .
- becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal Of Honor , for his heroism in the Assault On The Battery Wagner .
- 1911 - Dedication ceremony for the New York Public Library .
- joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary .
- 1923 - Launch of Belgium's SABENA airline.
- 1929 - The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse , ''The Karnival Kid'', was released.
- 1939 - The U.S. Navy Submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 26 sailors. The remaining 32 crewmen and one passenger are rescued the following day.
- 1945 - Heinrich Himmler , the head of the SS , commits suicide while in Allied custody.
- 1949 - The Federal Republic Of Germany is established, and the Basic Law For The Federal Republic Of Germany proclaimed.
- 1958 - Explorer I ceases transmission.
- 1960 - Prime Minister Of Israel David Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi War Criminal Adolf Eichmann has been captured.
- 1967 - Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf Of Aqaba to Israel i shipping, laying the foundations for the Six Day War .
- 1969 - Rock band The Who release '' Tommy '', the first Rock Opera .
- 1970 - An outbreak of fire occurs in the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits in north Wales contributing to its partial destruction and amounting to approximately £1,000,000 worth of fire damage.
- are taken onboard a Train , and about 100 others (mostly children) are held at a Dutch School . The train siege lasts until June 11 .
- 1985 - U.S. Engineer Thomas Patrick Cavanagh is sentenced to life in prison for attempting to sell Stealth Bomber secrets to the Soviet Union .
- , Oklahoma , what remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building is imploded.
- 1997 - Mohammad Khatami is elected as President Of Iran .
- 1998 - The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum, with a high margin of three-fourth 'yes' votes to Northern Ireland .
- 2002 - The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland .
- 2003 - The Euro exceeds its initial trading value as it hits $ 1.18 for the first time since its introduction in 1999.
- 2003 - The 2nd Tier is founded in Granby, Connecticut .
- 2003 - 25-year-old Nepal ese Sherpa , Pemba Dorjie Sherpa , makes the fastest-ever ascent of Mount Everest , in 12 hours 45 minutes. This is broken by his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu only three days later.
- 2004 - Part of Paris Charles De Gaulle International Airport Terminal 2E collapses, killing five people and injuring three others.
Births
- 1052 - King Philip I Of France (d. 1108 )
- 1100 - Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161 )
- 1606 - Juan Caramuel Y Lobkowitz , Spanish writer (d. 1682 )
- 1617 - Elias Ashmole , English antiquarian (d. 1692 )
- 1707 - Carolus Linnaeus , Swedish botanist (d. 1778 )
- 1718 - William Hunter , Scottish anatomist (d. 1783 )
- 1729 - Giuseppe Parini , Italian writer (d. 1799 )
- 1734 - Franz Anton Mesmer , Austrian physician/hypnotist (d. 1815 )
- 1790 - Jules Dumont D'Urville , French explorer (d. 1842 )
- 1795 - Charles Barry , English architect (d. 1860 )
- 1810 - Margaret Fuller , American journalist and feminist (d. 1850 )
- 1820 - James Buchanan Eads , American engineer and inventor (d. 1887 )
- 1824 - Ambrose Burnside , American Civil War general (d. 1881 )
- 1834 - Carl Heinrich Bloch , Danish painter (d. 1890 )
- 1844 - `Abdu'l-Bahá , Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1921 )
- 1848 - Otto Lilienthal , German aviation pioneer (d. 1896 )
- 1875 - Alfred P. Sloan , American business professor (d. 1966
- 1879 - Dezső Lauber , Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966 )
- 1883 - Douglas Fairbanks , American actor (d. 1939 )
- 1884 - Corrado Gini , Italian sociologist (d. 1965 )
- 1887 - Thoralf Skolem , Norwegian mathematician (d. 1963 )
- 1888 - Zack Wheat , baseball player (d. 1972 )
- 1890 - Herbert Marshall , English actor (d. 1966 )
- 1891 - Pär Lagerkvist , Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974 )
- 1893 - Ulysses S. Grant IV , American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977 )
- 1898 - Scott O'Dell , American author (d. 1989 )
- 1900 - Hans Frank , German Nazi war criminal (d. 1946 )
- 1908 - John Bardeen , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991 )
- 1910 - Margaret Wise Brown , American author (d. 1952 )
- 1910 - Sir Hugh Casson , British architect and painter (d. 1999 )
- 1910 - Scatman Crothers , American actor and musician (d. 1986 )
- 1910 - Artie Shaw , American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 2004 )
- 1912 - Jean Françaix , French composer (d. 1997 )
- 1912 - John Payne , American actor (d. 1989 )
- 1918 - Denis Compton , English cricketer (d. 1997 )
- 1919 - Betty Garrett , American actress and dancer
- 1920 - Helen O'Connell , American singer (d. 1993 )
- 1921 - James Blish , American author (d. 1975 )
- 1921 - Humphrey Lyttelton , British musician
- 1925 - Joshua Lederberg , American molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- 1928 - Rosemary Clooney , American singer and actress (d. 2002 )
- 1931 - Barbara Barrie , American actress
- 1933 - Joan Collins , English actress
- 1934 - Dr. Robert Moog , American inventor
- 1936 - Charles Kimbrough , American actor
- 1939 - Reinhard Hauff , German film director
- 1943 - John Newcombe , Australian tennis player
- 1945 - Padmarajan , Indian film director (d. 1991 )
- 1946 - Frederik De Groot , Dutch actor
- 1951 - Anatoly Karpov , Russian chess player
- 1952 - Anne-Marie David , French singer
- 1952 - Marvelous Marvin Hagler , American boxer
- 1956 - Ursula Plassnik , Austrian politician
- 1956 - Buck Showalter , baseball player and manager
- 1958 - Mitch Albom , American writer
- 1958 - Drew Carey , American actor and comedian
- 1961 - Karen Duffy , American actress
- 1963 - Wally Dallenbach Jr. , American race car driver and announcer
- 1964 - Allan Kayser , American actor
- 1967 - Phil Selway , English drummer ( Radiohead )
- 1971 - Charmaine Sinclair , Playboy model
- 1972 - Rubens Barrichello , Brazilian race car driver
- 1974 - Ken Jennings , American game show contestant
- 1974 - Jewel , American singer
- 1974 - Monica Naranjo , Spanish singer
- 1977 - Ilia Kulik , Russian figure skater
- 1978 - Scott Raynor , original drummer for San Diego rock trio Blink-182
- 1982 - Malene Mortensen , Danish singer
- 1983 - Patrick Martin , professional wrestler, more commonly known as Alex Shelley
- 1984 - Adam Wylie , American actor
Deaths
- 1125 - Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1081 )
- 1304 - Jehan De Lescurel , French poet and composer
- 1498 - Girolamo Savonarola , Italian religious reformer and ruler of Florence (b. 1452 )
- 1523 - Ashikaga Yoshitane , Japanese shogun (b. 1466 )
- 1524 - Ismail I , Shah Of Persia (b. 1487 )
- 1662 - John Gauden , English bishop and writer (b. 1605 )
- 1670 - Ferdinando II De' Medici, Grand Duke Of Tuscany (b. 1610 )
- 1691 - Adrien Auzout , French astronomer (b. 1622 )
- 1701 - Captain Kidd , Scottish pirate (b. 1645 )
- 1752 - William Bradford , British-born printer (b. 1663 )
- 1754 - John Wood, The Elder , English architect (b. 1704 )
- 1783 - James Otis , American lawyer and patriot (b. 1725 )
- 1786 - Móric Beňovský , Slovak explorer
- 1825 - Ras Gugsa Of Yejju , Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia
- 1841 - Franz Xaver Von Baader , German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765 )
- 1855 - Charles Robert Malden , English explorer (b. 1797 )
- 1857 - Augustin Louis Cauchy , French mathematician
- 1868 - Kit Carson , American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809 )
- 1886 - Leopold Von Ranke , German historian (b. 1795 )
- 1893 - Anton Von Schmerling , Austrian statesman (b. 1805 )
- 1895 - Franz Ernst Neumann , German mineralogist and physicist (b. 1798 )
- 1906 - Henrik Ibsen , Norwegian writer (b. 1828 )
- 1920 - Svetozar Boroević , Austrian field marshal (b. 1856 )
- 1934 - Clyde Barrow , American outlaw (b. 1909 )
- 1934 - Bonnie Parker , American outlaw (b. 1910 )
- 1937 - John D. Rockefeller , American entrepreneur (b. 1839 )
- 1945 - Heinrich Himmler , Nazi official (b. 1900 )
- 1965 - Earl Webb , baseball player (b. 1897 )
- 1966 - Demchugdongrub , Mongolian politician (b. 1902 )
- 1975 - Moms Mabley , American comedian (b. 1894 )
- 1981 - George Jessel , American actor (b. 1898 )
- 1986 - Sterling Hayden , American actor (b. 1916 )
- 1989 - Georgy Tovstonogov , Russian theatre director (b. 1915 )
- 1991 - Wilhelm Kempff , German pianist and composer (b. 1895 )
- 1992 - Giovanni Falcone , Italian judge (b. 1939 )
- 1999 - Owen Hart , Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1965 )
- 2002 - Sam Snead , American golfer (b. 1912 )
Holidays and observances
External links
May 22 - May 24 - April 23 - June 23 – Listing Of All Days
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