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May 23 is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) May 2007 is the fifth month of that year It began on a Tuesday and 31 days later ended on a Thursday. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month May 2005 was the fifth month of that year It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday. May 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 222 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne. The Siege of Compiègne (1430 was Joan of Arc's final military action Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' Burgundy (Bourgogne Burgund is a region historically situated in modern-day France and Switzerland, inhabited in turn by Celts ( Gauls) Compiègne is a commune in the Oise département of France, of which it is a Sous-préfecture.
• 1498 - Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI. Girolamo Savonarola ( September 21, 1452 &ndash May 23, 1498) was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Pope Alexander VI ( 1 January 1431 &ndash 18 August 1503) born Roderic Llançol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja (
• 1533 - The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536 also known as Catharine, Katherine or Katharine ( Castilian Infanta Catalina
• 1568 - The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Independence is the Self-government of a Nation, Country, or State by its residents and population or some portion thereof generally exercising Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 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. Louis of Nassau ( January 10, 1538 &ndash April 14, 1574) was the third son of William Count of Nassau, and Juliana of Stolberg William I Prince of Orange ( April 24 1533 — July 10 1584) also widely known as William the Silent (Willem de Zwijger or simply Jean de Ligne Duke of Aremberg (1528 &ndash 1568 was Stadtholder of the Dutch provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and The Battle of Heiligerlee ( Heiligerlee, Groningen, 23 May, 1568) was fought between Dutch rebels and the Spanish army The Dutch Revolt, Eighty Years' War or the Revolt of the Netherlands (1568—1648 was the revolt of the Seventeen Provinces in the Low Countries
• 1609 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state
• 1618 - The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War. The Defenestrations of Prague were two incidents in the history of Bohemia. For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War.
• 1701 - After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London. Piracy is Robbery committed at sea or sometimes on shore without a commission from a sovereign Nation (as distinct from Privateering William Moore is the name of William Moore William " Captain " Kidd ( c 1645 &ndash May 23, 1701) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1706 - Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi. Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Battle of Ramillies ( was a major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession fought on 23 May 1706 The Dukedom of Marlborough (named after Marlborough, ˈmɔrlbrə " Maul bruh" is a hereditary title of British nobility in the Peerage of This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. François de Neufville 2nd duc de Villeroi ( April 7, 1644 - July 18, 1730) French soldier came of a noble family which
• 1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Iron Crown of Lombardy ( Corona Ferrea) is both a reliquary and one of the most ancient royal insignia of Europe Milan Cathedral (Italian Duomo di Milano; Milanese: Domm de Milan) is the Cathedral
• 1813 - South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator"). Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a Independence is the Self-government of a Nation, Country, or State by its residents and population or some portion thereof generally exercising Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios y Blanco,Venezuelan or commonly known as Simón Bolívar ( July 24, 1783 &ndash Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida es la capital del municipio Libertador y del estado Mérida y una de las principales localidades de los Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the
• 1844 - Declaration of the Báb: During the previous night, the Persian Prophet the Báb announced his revelation, founding Bábísm. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad ( ( October 20, 1819 – July 9, 1850) was the founder of Bábism, and one of three central figures of the The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Bábism () is a religious movement that flourished in Persia from 1844 to 1852 then lingered on in exile in the Ottoman Empire (especially Cyprus) as He announced to the world the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest". He whom God shall make manifest () is a Messianic figure in the religion of Babism. He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'u'lláh ( ba-haa-ol-laa "Glory of God" ( November 12, 1817 – May 29, 1892) born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Nuri The Bahá'í Faith is a Religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind
• 1846 - Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga ( Mexico City, c January 7, 1797 &ndash September 7, 1849 in Mexico City was an ultraconservative The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1863 - Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated " Adventist " Church is a Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance
• 1863 - The Siege of Port Hudson takes place. Background From the time the American Civil War started in April 1861 both the North and South made controlling the Mississippi River a major
• 1873 - The Canadian Parliament establishes the North West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• 1900 - American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South William Harvey Carney ( February 29, 1840 &ndash December 8, 1908) was an American Civil War soldier and the first African American African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. Fort Wagner (also called Battery Wagner) was a Fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina, that covered the southern approach to Charleston
• 1907 - The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or Parliamentary chamber The Eduskunta (in Finnish) or the Riksdag (in Swedish) is the Parliament of Finland.
• 1911 - the New York Public Library is dedicated. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The New York Public Library ( NYPL) is one of the leading public libraries of the world and is one of America's most significant Research libraries.
• 1915 - World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Entente Powers (from Triple Entente) were the countries at war with the Central Powers during World War I.
• 1923 - Launch of Belgium's SABENA airline. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. SABENA was the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001 with its base at Brussels National Airport.
• 1929 - The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. The Karnival Kid ( 1929) is a Mickey Mouse short subject first released on May 23, 1929.
• 1934 - American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bank robbery is the Crime of robbing a Bank. It is also called a bank heist, especially in the United States. Bonnie Parker ( October 1 1910 &ndash May 23 1934) and Clyde Barrow ( March 24 1909 &ndash Bienville Parish (Paroisse de Bienville is a Parish located in the U
• 1934 - The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers. The Toledo Auto-Lite strike was a strike by a federal labor union of the American Federation of Labor (AFL against the Electric Auto-Lite company of The Ohio National Guard comprises Ohio Army National Guard Ohio Air National Guard
• 1939 - The U. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 26 sailors. A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability Sinking of Squalus and recommissioning On 12 May, following a yard overhaul Squalus began a series of test dives off Portsmouth New Hampshire New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The remaining 32 crewmen and one passenger are rescued the following day.
• 1945 - World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, committs suicide while in Allied custody. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War.
• 1945 - World War II: The Flensburg government under Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are captured and arrested by British forces at Flensburg in Northern Germany. The Flensburg government was the short-lived administration that attempted to rule Germany during most of May 1945 at the very end of World War II. The Reichspräsident was the German Head of state during the period of the 1919-1934 Weimar Republic and the title was later briefly revived Karl Dönitz (ˈdøːnɪts) (16 September 1891 &ndash 24 December 1980 was a German naval Commander who served The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Flensburg ( Danish: Flensborg, Low Saxon: Flensborg, North Frisian: Flansborj) is an independent town in Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 1949 - The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland is the Constitution of Germany.
• 1951 - Tibetans are forced to sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Definitions of Tibet See also Definitions of Tibet Name In English The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European The Agreement of the Central People's Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, or the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES
• 1958 - Explorer 1 ceases transmission. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Explorer 1 (officially titled at NASA as satellite 1958 Alpha) was the first Earth Satellite of the United States, launched on February 1
• 1960 - Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann had been captured. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied
• 1967 - Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, laying the foundations for the Six Day War. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Straits of Tiran ( Arabic: مضيق تيران Hebrew: מיצרי טיראן are the narrow sea passages about 13 km (8 miles wide between the Sinai Eilat (Hebrew אילת should not be confused with the nearby kibbutz of Eilot (Hebrew אילות The Gulf of Aqaba ( Arabic: خليج العقبة transliterated: Khalyj al-'Aqabah in Israel known as the Gulf of Eilat ( Hebrew For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Background Suez Crisis aftermath The Suez Crisis of 1956 represented a military defeat but a political victory for Egypt
• 1970 - A fire breaks out in the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits in north Wales contributing to its partial destruction and causing approximately £1,000,000 worth of fire damage. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Britannia Bridge ( Welsh: Pont Britannia) is a bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland The Menai Strait ( Afon Menai, the "River Menai" is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 14 miles (23 km long which separates the island of Anglesey
• 1977 - Two terrorist actions unfold in The Netherlands: several dozen hostages are taken on board a train, and about 100 others (mostly children) are held at a school. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion A hostage is a person or entity which is held by a captor The original definition meant that this was handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils" The train siege lasts until June 11. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes.
• 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building are imploded. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19 1995 aimed at the U Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. The Alfred P Murrah Federal Building was a United States Federal Government complex located at 200 N
• 1996 - 1996 Everest Disaster : The deadliest year for climbers of Everest
• 1998 - The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The 1996 Everest Disaster refers to a single day of the 1996 climbing season May 11, 1996, when eight people died on Mount Everest during summit attempts Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Agreement, most often referred to as the Belfast Agreement (Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste Belfast Greeance or the Good Friday Agreement (Comhaontú Aoine an A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of
• 2002 - The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the international Framework Convention on Climate Change with the objective of reducing Greenhouse gases in an effort Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland (
• 2003 - The euro exceeds its initial trading value as it hits $1. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 18 for the first time since its introduction in 1999. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
• 2004 - Part of Paris Charles De Gaulle International Airport Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle also known as Roissy Airport (or just Roissy in French in the Paris area is
• 2008– The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common See also International Commission of Jurists The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ; Cour For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Pedra Branca (formerly referred to by Malaysia as Pulau Batu Puteh and now as Batu Puteh is an outlying island of Singapore. Pedra Branca (formerly referred to by Malaysia as Pulau Batu Puteh and now as Batu Puteh is an outlying island of Singapore. Singapore The Pedra Branca dispute was a Territorial dispute between Singapore and Malaysia over several islets at the eastern entrance to the Singapore Strait

Births

• 1052 - King Philip I of France (d. Philip I ( 23 May 1052 &ndash 29 July 1108) called the Amorous or the Fat, was King of France from 1060 1108)
• 1100 - Emperor Qinzong of China (d. Emperor Qinzong ( May 23, 1100 &ndash June 14, 1161) was the ninth emperor of the Song Dynasty of China, and the last 1161)
• 1606 - Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz ( May 23, 1606 in Madrid — September 8, 1682 in Vigevano) was a Spanish Catholic 1682)
• 1617 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. Elias Ashmole (23 May 1617 – 18 May 1692 was a celebrated English antiquary, Politician, Officer of arms, astrologer and 1692)
• 1707 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for 1778)
• 1718 - William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (d. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a William Hunter FRS ( 23 May 1718 &ndash 30 March 1783) was a Scottish Anatomist and Physician 1783)
• 1729 - Giuseppe Parini, Italian writer (d. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Giuseppe Parini ( May 23, 1729 August 15, 1799) was an Italian enlighted Satirist and Poet of 1799)
• 1734 - Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician/hypnotist (d. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1734 ( MDCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Franz Anton Mesmer (born Friedrich Anton Mesmer; May 23, 1734 &ndash March 5, 1815) was a German physician and astrologist who 1815)
• 1741 - Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (d. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Andrea Luca Luchesi ( May 23, 1741 - March 21, 1801) was an Italian composer. 1801)
• 1790 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Rear Admiral Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville ( May 23, 1790, Condé-sur-Noireau, France &ndash May 8, 1842, 1842)
• 1795 - Charles Barry , English architect (d. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir Charles Barry FRS ( 23 May 1795 &ndash 12 May 1860) was an English Architect, best known for his role 1860)
• 1810 - Margaret Fuller, American journalist and feminist (d. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23 1810 – July 19 1850 was a Journalist, Critic and Women's rights activist associated with the American 1850)
• 1820 - James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor (d. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year James Buchanan Eads ( May 23 1820 &ndash March 8 1887) was an American Structural engineer and Inventor. 1887)
• 1820 - Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lorenzo Sawyer ( May 23 1820 &ndash September 7 1891) was an American Lawyer and Judge who was appointed the 1891)
• 1824 - Ambrose Burnside, American Union Civil War general (d. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23 1824 September 13 1881 was an American soldier railroad executive inventor industrialist and politician from Rhode Island, 1881)
• 1834 - Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Carl Heinrich Bloch ( May 23, 1834 &ndash February 22, 1890) was a Danish painter 1890)
• 1844 - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Successor to Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ( ar عبد البهاء &lrm (23 May 1844 - 28 November 1921 born `Abbás Effendí, was the son of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the 1921)
• 1848 - Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Otto Lilienthal (born 23 May, 1848 in Anklam, Province of Pomerania &ndash died 10 August, 1896 in Berlin 1896)
• 1865 - Epitácio Pessoa, President of Brazil (d. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa ( May 23, 1865 - February 13, 1942) was a Brazilian Politician and Jurist The President of Brazil is both the Head of state and Head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. 1942)
• 1875 - Alfred P. Sloan, American long-time president and chairman of General Motors (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr ( May 23, 1875 – February 17, 1966) was a long-time President and Chairman of General General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. 1966)
• 1879 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dezső Lauber ( May 23, 1879 &ndash September 5, 1966) was a Hungarian all-round sportsman and architect. 1966)
• 1883 - Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Douglas Fairbanks ( May 23 1883 – December 12 1939) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, director 1939)
• 1884 - Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Corrado Gini ( May 23, 1884 - March 13, 1965) was an Italian Statistician, demographer and sociologist 1965)
• 1887 - Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thoralf Albert Skolem ( May 23, 1887 – March 23, 1963) (ˈtɔɾɑlf ˈskuləm was a Norwegian Mathematician known 1963)
• 1888 - Zack Wheat, American baseball player (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Zachariah Davis "Zack" Wheat ( May 23, 1888 &ndash March 11, 1972) nicknamed "Buck" was an American Major 1972)
• 1889 - Ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ernst Niekisch ( May 23, 1889 &ndash May 27, 1967) was a prominent German exponent of National Bolshevism. 1967)
• 1890 - Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Herbert Marshall, born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall, in London, England, ( May 23, 1890 - January 22, 1966 1966)
• 1891 - Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pär Fabian Lagerkvist ( May 23, 1891 — July 11, 1974) was a Swedish The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1974)
• 1893 - Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ulysses S Grant IV ( May 23, 1893 – March 11, 1977) was the son of Ulysses S 1977)
• 1896 - Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Felix Martin Julius Steiner ( 23 May 1896 – 12 May 1966) was a German Heer and Waffen-SS officer who served Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Heer was the land forces component of the German armed forces ( Wehrmacht) from 1935 to 1945, which also included the Navy ( The Waffen-SS ( German for "Armed SS" literally "Weapons SS" was the Combat arm of the Schutzstaffel ("Protective Squadron" 1966)
• 1898 - Scott O'Dell, American author (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Scott O'Dell ( May 23, 1898 &ndash October 16, 1989) was an American Children's author who wrote 26 novels for youngsters along with 1989)
• 1900 - Hans Frank, German Nazi war criminal (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Hans Michael Frank ( May 23 1900 &ndash October 16 1946) was a German Lawyer who worked for the Nazi party 1946)
• 1908 - John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year John Bardeen ( May 23 1908 – January 30 1991) was an American Physicist and Electrical engineer, who won The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1991)
• 1908 - Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Hélène Boucher ( 23 May 1908 in Paris – 30 November 1934 in Guyancourt near Versailles was a French pilot 1934)
• 1910 - Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Margaret Wise Brown ( 23 May 1910 &ndash 13 November 1952) was a prolific American Author of Children's literature 1952)
• 1910 - Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and painter (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson, KCVO, RA, RDI, ( 23 May 1910 – 15 August 1999) was a British Architect 1999)
• 1910 - Scatman Crothers, American actor and musician (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Not to be confused with Scatman John. Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers ( May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986 1986)
• 1910 - Artie Shaw, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Arthur Jacob Arshawsky ( May 23, 1910 &ndash December 30, 2004) better known as Artie Shaw, was an American Jazz 2004)
• 1912 - Jean Françaix, French composer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Jean René Désiré Françaix ( May 23, 1912, Le Mans &ndash September 25 1997, Paris) was a French neoclassical 1997)
• 1912 - Betty Astell, English actress (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Betty Astell ( May 23 1912 &ndash July 26 2005) was an English actress. 2005)
• 1912 - John Payne, American actor (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Payne ( May 28, 1912 - December 6, 1989) was an American movie actor who is mainly remembered as a singer in 20th Century Fox 1989)
• 1913 - Ruth Fernandez legendary singer from Puerto Rico
• 1917 - Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ruth Fernández Titi Ruth (born May 23, 1913 in Ponce Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican Singer. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Edward Norton Lorenz ( May 23, 1917) was an American Mathematician and meteorologist, and a pioneer of Chaos theory. 2008)
• 1918 - Denis Compton, English cricketer (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 in Hendon, Middlesex – 23 April 1997 in Windsor, Berkshire) was an English 1997)
• 1919 - Betty Garrett, American actress and dancer
• 1920 - Helen O'Connell, American singer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Betty Garrett (born May 23, 1919, St Joseph Missouri) is an American actress, Comedian and Dancer who Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Helen O'Connell (b May 23, 1920 in Lima Ohio &ndash September 9, 1993 in San Diego California) was a singer actress 1993)
• 1921 - James Blish, American author (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar James Benjamin Blish ( East Orange, New Jersey, May 23, 1921 – Henley-on-Thames, July 30, 1975) was an 1975)
• 1921 - Humphrey Lyttelton, English musician (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008 also known as Humph, was an English Jazz musician and broadcaster, and 2008)
• 1923 - Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist
• 1923 - Walter Wolfrum, German fighter pilot
• 1925 - Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle (born 23 May, 1923) is a Spanish Pianist, considered one of the greatest of her generation Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Walter Wolfrum (born 23 May 1923 in Schmölz Germany) was a German World War II Fighter ace who served in the Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joshua Lederberg ( May 23, 1925 &ndash February 2, 2008) was an American molecular biologist known for his work in The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 2008)
• 1925 - Mac Wiseman, American musician
• 1928 - Jeannie Carson, English actress and comedian
• 1928 - Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Malcolm B Wiseman (born May 23 1925 in Crimora Virginia) better known as Mac Wiseman is a bluegrass singer nicknamed "The Voice with Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeannie Carson (born Jean Schufflebottom on May 23 1928 in Yorkshire) is an English Comedian and stage Actor Rosemary Clooney ( May 23, 1928 &ndash June 29, 2002) was an American Singer and actress whose warm radiant 2002)
• 1928 - Nigel Davenport, English actor
• 1928 - Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Nigel Davenport (born 23 May 1928) is an English stage television and film actor Pauline Julien ( May 23, 1928 - October 1, 1998) was a singer songwriter actress feminist activist and Quebec sovereigntist 1998)
• 1929 - Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ulla Jacobsson ( 23 May 1929 &ndash 20 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who is perhaps best known for playing the only female role in the 1982)
• 1930 - Friedrich Achleitner, German poet
• 1931 - Barbara Barrie, American actress
• 1933 - Joan Collins, English actress
• 1934 - Robert Moog, American inventor (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Friedrich Achleitner (b Schalchen, Braunau am Inn, 23 May[[ 930]] is the name of an Austrian Poet and Architecture Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barbara Barrie (born May 23 1931) is an American Academy Award-nominated Actress and author of Children's books. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE (born 23 May 1933) is a Golden Globe Award -winning English actress and bestselling Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Robert Arthur Moog (ˈmoʊɡ to rhyme with "rogue" ( May 23, 1934 &ndash August 21, 2005) was an American pioneer of 2005)
• 1936 - Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
• 1936 - Charles Kimbrough, American actor
• 1938 - Peter Preston, English journalist and author
• 1939 - Reinhard Hauff, German film director
• 1939 - Michel Colombier, French composer and songwriter (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ingeborg Hallstein (born 23 May 1936 in Munich) is a German opera singer Charles Kimbrough (born May 23, 1936) is an American Character actor best known for playing the straight-faced anchor Jim Dial on Murphy Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Preston (born 23 May 1938 in Leicestershire) is a British Journalist and author Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Reinhard Hauff (born 23 May 1939) is a German film director His works which were mostly carried out in the late 1960s to early 1990s are known for their Michel Colombier ( May 23, 1939 &mdash November 14, 2004) was a French Composer, Songwriter, Arranger 2004)
• 1942 - K. Raghavendra Rao, Indian film director
• 1942 - Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher
• 1943 - General Norman Johnson, American singer (Chairmen of the Board)
• 1944 - John Newcombe, Australian tennis player
• 1945 - Padmarajan, Indian film director (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Darsakendra K Raghavendra Rao (born May 23, 1942) is a renowned Telugu film director Gabriel Liiceanu (b May 23 1942, Râmnicu-Vâlcea) is a Romanian philosopher Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. General Johnson is the Frontman of Chairmen of the Board and a top Rhythm and blues Songwriter / Record producer. Chairmen of the Board is a Detroit, Michigan based Soul music group active mostly in the 1970s that is still touring today Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944 in Sydney Australia) is a former World No Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar P Padmarajan (പി പത്മരാജന്‍ 23 May 1945 – 24 January 1991) was a Malayalam Author, Script 1991)
• 1946 - Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
• 1946 - H. Paul Shuch, American SETI scientist
• 1947 - Bernard Comrie, English linguist
• 1947 - Ann Hui, Hong Kong film director
• 1947 - Jane Kenyon, American poet (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frederik Percy de Groot (born May 23, 1946 in Bilthoven) is a Dutch actor Dr H Paul Shuch ( May 23, 1946) is an American Scientist and Engineer who has coordinated Radio amateurs to help in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence ( SETI) is the collective name for a number of activities to detect intelligent Extraterrestrial life. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bernard Comrie (ˈbɝːnɚd ˈkɒmri born May 23, 1947 in Sunderland, UK) is a British-born linguist Ann Hui On-Wah ( 許鞍華, Pinyin: Xǔ Ānhuá, Hepburn: Kyo Anka) born May 23, 1947 to a Chinese Jane Kenyon ( May 23, 1947 - April 22, 1995) was an American Poet and translator. 1995)
• 1948 - Reggie Cleveland, Canadian baseball player
• 1951 - Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
• 1951 - Antonis Samaras, Greek politician
• 1952 - Anne-Marie David, French singer
• 1952 - "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, American boxer
• 1955 - Luka Bloom, Irish singer/songwriter
• 1956 - Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician
• 1956 - Mark Shaw, New Zealand rugby footballer
• 1956 - Buck Showalter, American baseball player and manager
• 1957 - Mark Arnold, American actor
• 1957 - Jimmy McShane Northern Irish singer and front man of Baltimora, (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Reginald Leslie Cleveland (born on May 23, 1948 in Swift Current Saskatchewan) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов born May 23, 1951) is a Russian Chess grandmaster Antonis (or Andonis Samaras (born May 23 1951) is a Greek politician and former Member of the European Parliament for New Democracy Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler, in Newark, New Jersey, May 23, 1954) is a former American Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Luka Bloom (born 23 May 1955 as Kevin Barry Moore) is an accomplished Irish Folk-rock Singer-songwriter. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ursula Plassnik (born May 23 1956 in Klagenfurt) is an Austrian diplomat and Politician. Mark William Shaw (born 23 May 1956) is a former New Zealand Rugby union footballer who represented Manawatu, Hawke's Bay William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter (born May 23, in DeFuniak Springs, Florida) is a former professional Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Mark Arnold (born May 23 1957 in Broomall Pennsylvania, USA) is an American Actor most notably recognized for his role Baltimora was an Italian Italo Disco Baltimora was an Italian Italo Disco 1995)
• 1958 - Mitch Albom, American writer
• 1958 - Drew Carey, American actor, comedian, and game show host
• 1958 - François Feldman, French singer
• 1961 - Karen Duffy, American actress
• 1962 - Imran Anwar, Pakistani Internet pioneer and American TV personality
• 1963 - Wally Dallenbach Jr., American race car driver and announcer
• 1963 - Gregg "Opie" Hughes, American radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
• 1964 - Ruth Metzler-Arnold, member of the Swiss Federal Council
• 1965 - Tom Tykwer, German film director
• 1965 - Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Real Madrid footballer
• 1966 - Graeme Hick, English cricketer
• 1966 - Gary Roberts, professional ice hockey player
• 1967 - Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
• 1967 - Phil Selway, English drummer (Radiohead)
• 1968 - Guinevere Turner, American actress
• 1970 - Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
• 1970 - Nanette Burstein, American director/producer
• 1970 - Bryan Herta, American race car driver
• 1970 - Blake Schwendiman, American author
• 1971 - Laurel Holloman, American actress
• 1972 - Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian formula one driver
• 1974 - Ken Jennings, American game show contestant
• 1974 - Matt Hindle, Canadian bobsledder
• 1974 - Jewel, American singer
• 1974 - Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer
• 1974 - Charlie Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer
• 1975 - Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor
• 1976 - Kelly Monaco, American actress
• 1976 - Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 - Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
• 1978 - Mike González, American baseball player
• 1978 - Carolyn Moos, American model and professional basketball player
• 1978 - Scott Raynor, American drummer (formerly of blink-182)
• 1979 - Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 - Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player
• 1979 - Rasual Butler, American basketball player
• 1980 - Lane Garrison, American actor
• 1980 - Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
• 1981 - Gwenno Saunders, Former Welsh dancer, now singer with The Pipettes
• 1982 - Cyrill Gloor, Swiss footballer
• 1982 - Malene Mortensen, Danish singer
• 1982 - Tristan Prettyman, American musician
• 1983 - Cristiano Bilanzola, Canadian musician and film-maker
• 1983 - Heidi Range, English singer (Sugababes)
• 1983 - Alex Shelley, American professional wrestler
• 1984 - Adam Wylie, American actor
• 1985 - Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
• 1986 - Ruben Zadkovich, Australian soccer player
• 1988 - Morgan Pressel, American golfer

Deaths

• 1125 - Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1958 in Passaic New Jersey) is a best-selling author journalist screenwriter playwright radio and television Drew Allison Carey (born May 23 1958 is an American Comedian, Actor and Game show host. François Feldman (born 23 May 1958) is a French Singer. A well established star in France Feldman had his best known hits with " Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karen Duffy (born May 23 1961 is an American model, Television personality and actress Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Imran Anwar (born May 23, 1962 in Montgomery (now Sahiwal) Pakistan) is a Pakistani technology and business Entrepreneur Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wally Dallenbach Jr (born May 23, 1963 in East Brunswick New Jersey) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver Opie ( Gregg Hughes, born May 23, 1963) Anthony ( Anthony Cumia, born April 26, 1961) and Jim Opie ( Gregg Hughes, born May 23, 1963) Anthony ( Anthony Cumia, born April 26, 1961) and Jim Ruth Metzler-Arnold (born May 23, 1964) is a Swiss politician and former Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1999-2003 Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Tom Tykwer (born 23 May 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a German Film director best known internationally for directing Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo (born May 23, 1965 in Madrid) is a former Spanish football player Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May, 1966) is a retired English Cricketer who played 65 Tests and 120 One Day Internationals Gary Roberts (born May 23, 1966 is a Canadian professional Ice hockey left wing with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Anna Ibrisagic (born 23 May 1967 in Sanski Most, Bosnia, Yugoslavia) is a Swedish Politician and Member Philip James Selway (born 23 May 1967) is the Drummer and Backing vocalist of English Alternative rock group Radiohead Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guinevere Turner ( May 23, 1968) is an American actress, writer and director Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is a frequently vandalized article and vandalism is reverted immediately Nanette Burstein (born May 23 1970 is an American film and Television director. Bryan Herta (b May 23 1970, Warren Michigan) is an American race car driver Blake Schwendiman (born May 23, 1970) is an American author of several PHP software development books Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Laurel Holloman (born May 23, 1971 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is an American actress, currently best known Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello (born May 23 1972 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver currently driving for Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Matt Hindle (born May 23, 1974 in Calgary Alberta) is a Canadian Bobsledder who competed in the 1990s Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974) is an American Singer-songwriter, actress, and Poet, generally known just by her Mónica Naranjo Carrasco (born May 23, 1974) is a Spanish Singer born in Figueres, a village in Catalonia near Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei, sometimes spelled Charlie Young, is a Hong Kong actress and Singer. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kim Sung-soo (김성수 is a Korean actor born on May 23, 1973. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kelly Marie Monaco (born May 23 1976) is an American model, actress and Reality television contestant Ricardinho, real name Ricardo Luiz Pozzi Rodrigues (born May 23, 1976 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian football player currently Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Ilia Alexandrovich Kulik (Илья Александрович Кулик (born May 23, 1977 in Moscow, Russia) is an Olympic Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Carolyn Moos (Mʊʊs (born May 23, 1978 in Minneapolis Minnesota) is an American model, Personal trainer, nutrition consultant and Scott Raynor (born May 23, 1978) was the original drummer and founding member of Blink-182 (1992-1998 until he was asked to leave the band in mid-1998 Blink-182 was an American Pop Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Brian Wesley Campbell (born on May 23, 1979, Strathroy, Ontario) is a professional Ice hockey defenceman who currently plays Kirk Craig Saarloos (born May 23, 1979 in Long Beach, California) is a Right-handed Major League Baseball Pitcher Rasual Butler (born May 23 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional Basketball player in the Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Lane Edward Garrison (born May 23, 1980) is an American Actor. Theofanis (Fanis Gekas (Θεοφάνης Γκέκας born May 23, 1980, Larissa, Greece) is a footballer who currently plays for Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gwenno Pipette (born Gwenno Mererid Saunders on 23 May 1981) is a Welsh dancer and solo artist. The Pipettes are a British Indie pop Girl group formed in Brighton. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Cyrill Gloor (born 23 May 1982 is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as defender for FC Concordia Basel in the Swiss Challenge Malene Winter Mortensen (born May 23, 1982) is a Danish Singer. Tristan Prettyman (born May 23, 1982) is a Singer - Songwriter and former Roxy model from San Diego California. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Cristiano Bilanzola ( May 23, 1983) is a proud Canadian Musician and Assistant director. Heidi India Range (born 23 May 1983 in Walton, Liverpool) is a member of English Girl group the Sugababes. Sugababes are a BRIT Award -winning English pop group trio from London. Patrick Martin (born May 23 1983 better known by the ring name Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for Total Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Adam Augustus Wylie (born May 23, 1984) is an American Television and Motion picture Actor, as well as a Broadway Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Ross Wallace (born 23 May 1985 in Dundee, Scotland) is a professional footballer currently playing for Preston North End Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Ruben Zadkovich (born May 23, 1986 in Bulli, New South Wales) is an Australian Football (soccer player who attended Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Childhood and family life Pressel was born in Tampa Florida, to Mike Pressel and Kathy Krickstein Pressel Henry V ( 8 November 1086 &ndash 23 May 1125) was King of Germany (from 1098-1125) and Holy Roman Emperor 1081)
• 1304 - Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
• 1498 - Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer and ruler of Florence (b. Jehan de Lescurel (also Jehannot de l'Escurel (died May 23, 1304) was a medieval Poet and Composer. Girolamo Savonarola ( September 21, 1452 &ndash May 23, 1498) was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1452)
• 1523 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. also known as Ashikaga Yoshimura, was the 10th Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who headed the shogunate first from 1490 to 1493 and then again from 1466)
• 1524 - Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)
• 1662 - John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. John Gauden ( 1605 - May 23, 1662) was an English Bishop of Exeter then Bishop of Worcester and writer and the reputed author of the 1605)
• 1670 - Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. Ferdinando II de' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany ( 14 July 1610 &ndash 23 May 1670) ruled as Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670 1610)
• 1691 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. Adrien Auzout ( January 28, 1622 &ndash May 23, 1691) was a French Astronomer. 1622)
• 1701 - Captain Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. William " Captain " Kidd ( c 1645 &ndash May 23, 1701) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his 1645)
• 1752 - William Bradford, English-born printer (b. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of William Bradford ( May 20, 1663 – May 23, 1752) was an early English printer in North America, and the head of a family 1663)
• 1754 - John Wood, the Elder, English architect (b. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or John Wood ( 1704 - May 23, 1754, Bath) also named Wood of Bath, was an English Architect. 1704)
• 1783 - James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (b. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or James Otis Jr (February 5 1725 &ndash May 23 1783 was a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts who was an early advocate of the political views that led to the American 1725)
• 1786 - Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1746)
• 1813 - Geraud Duroc, French general (b. Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Geraud Christophe Michel Duroc 1st Duc de Frioul ( October 25, 1772 - May 23, 1813) was a French General 1772)
• 1825 - Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia
• 1841 - Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Gugsa of Yejju (died 23 May 1825) was a Ras of Begemder ( circa 1798 until his death and Inderase (regent For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Franz Xaver von Baader ( March 27, 1765 &ndash May 23, 1841) was a German Philosopher and theologian. 1765)
• 1846 - Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki (Франциск-Ксаверий Друцкий-Любецкий sometimes spelled Xawery 1778 - 1846 was an important politician of the first half 1778)
• 1855 - Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Charles Robert Malden ( August 9, 1797 &ndash May 23, 1855) was a 19th century British naval officer surveyor and educator 1797)
• 1857 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1789)
• 1868 - Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson ( December 24, 1809 &ndash May 23, 1868) was an American Frontiersman 1809)
• 1886 - Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Leopold von Ranke ( December 21, 1795 – May 23, 1886) was a German Historian of the 19th century and frequently considered 1795)
• 1893 - Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Anton Ritter von Schmerling ( August 23, 1805 &mdash May 23, 1893) Austrian Statesman, was born at Vienna, where 1805)
• 1895 - Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (b. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Franz Ernst Neumann ( September 11, 1798 - May 23, 1895) was a German Mineralogist, Physicist and Mathematician 1798)
• 1906 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (b. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting "Ibsen" redirects here For other people named Ibsen see Ibsen (disambiguation. 1828)
• 1908 - François Coppée, French poet and novelist (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year François Edouard Joachim Coppée ( January 26, 1842 &ndash May 23, 1908) was a French Poet and Novelist 1842)
• 1920 - Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Svetozar Borojević (or Boroević von Bojna ( December 13, 1856 &ndash May 23, 1920) was a successful Croatian defensive military 1856)
• 1934 - Clyde Barrow, American outlaw (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bonnie Parker ( October 1 1910 &ndash May 23 1934) and Clyde Barrow ( March 24 1909 &ndash 1909)
• 1934 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Bonnie Parker ( October 1 1910 &ndash May 23 1934) and Clyde Barrow ( March 24 1909 &ndash 1910)
• 1937 - John D. Rockefeller, American entrepreneur (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Davison Rockefeller ( July 8, 1839 &ndash May 23, 1937) was an American Industrialist and philanthropist 1839)
• 1945 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official (b. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. 1900)
• 1965 - Earl Webb, American baseball player (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. William Earl Webb ( September 17, 1897 - May 23, 1965) was an American Right fielder in Major League Baseball 1897)
• 1966 - Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Prince Demchugdongrub ( February 8, 1902 - May 23, 1966) was the leader of a Mongol independence movement in Inner Mongolia 1902)
• 1967 - Lionel Groulx, French Canadian priest and historian (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Lionel-Adolphe Groulx ( January 13, 1878 – May 23, 1967) often called by his priestly titles Abbé Groulx or "Chanoine Groulx" 1878)
• 1975 - Moms Mabley, American comedian (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jackie "Moms" Mabley ( March 19 1894 - May 23 1975) was an African American comedienne. 1894)
• 1981 - Gene Green, American baseball player (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gene Leroy Green ( June 26, 1933 - May 23, 1981) was a Major League Baseball Outfielder - Catcher. 1933)
• 1981 - Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Rayner Heppenstall (27 July 1911 in Lockwood Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England - 23 May 1981 in Deal Kent, England was a British novelist poet 1911)
• 1981 - George Jessel, American actor (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year George Jessel ( April 3, 1898 – May 23, 1981) was an American Actor, singer Songwriter, and Academy Award 1898)
• 1981 - David Lewis, Canadian labour lawyer and politician (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common David Lewis (born Losz) CC, (June 23 or October 1909 -May 23 1981 was a Russian-born Canadian labour lawyer and social democratic politician 1909)
• 1986 - Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Sterling Hayden ( March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American Actor and Author. 1916)
• 1989 - Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Georgy Alexandrovich Tovstonogov (Георгий Александрович Товстоногов - May 23 1989) was a Russian theatre director 1915)
• 1991 - Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff ( November 25, 1895 &ndash May 23, 1991) was a world-renowned German Virtuoso Pianist 1895)
• 1992 - Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) He who's afraid dies every day who's not afraid dies only once 1939)
• 1994 - Ray Candy, American professional wrestler (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Ray Candy ( December 3, 1951 - May 23, 1994) was a professional wrestler for the Jim Crockett Promotions and various other regional 1951)
• 1994 - Joe Pass, American jazz guitarist (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929, New Brunswick, New Jersey, U 1929)
• 1996 - Patrick Cargill, English actor (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Patrick Cargill ( 3 June, 1918 &ndash 23 May, 1996) was a British Actor known for his role on the British television 1918)
• 1996 - Rob Hall, New Zealand high altitude climber (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Rob Hall ( January 14 1961 - May 11, 1996) New Zealander was a Mountaineer best known for being head Guide of 1941)
• 1996 - Scott Fischer, American high altitude climber (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Scott E Fischer ( December 24 1955 – May 11 1996) was an American climber and Guide, and the first American to summit 1955)
• 1999 - Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Owen James Hart (May 7 1965 – May 23 1999 As those attempts were unsuccessful he decided to give wrestling a chance and see where it took him 1965)
• 2002 - Sam Snead, American golfer (b. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Career In 1937 his first year on the Tour he won five events including the Oakland Open at Claremont Country Club in California 1912)
• 2003 - Jean Yanne, French actor and director (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Jean Yanne ( July 18, 1933 - May 23, 2003) was a French Humorist, Actor and Film director. 1933)
• 2004 - Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Ramon Margalef i López ( Barcelona 1919 - 2004 was Emeritus Professor of Ecology at the Faculty of Biology of the University 1919)
• 2006 - Clifford Antone, American businessman (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Clifford Antone ( October 27, 1949 in Port Arthur, Texas &ndash May 23, 2006 in Austin, Texas) was 1949)
• 2006 - Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr ( February 11 1921 – May 23 2006) was a four-term United States senator (1971 until 1993 from Texas 1921)
• 2006 - Frits Bernard, American activist (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Frits Bernard (August 28 1920 in Rotterdam – May 23 2006 was a Dutch psychologist sexologist homosexual activist, and pro-paedophile activist 1920)
• 2006 - Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski ( March 2 1921 &ndash May 23 2006) was a legendary coach of Poland national football team and honorary 1921)

Holidays and observances

• Bahá'í Faith: Declaration of the Báb
• World Turtle Day
• Discordianism: Day of Disunity
• Aaron the Illustrious in the Syriac Orthodox Church
• Saint Desiderius
• Saint Guibert of Gemblours

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Bahá'í Faith is a Religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad ( ( October 20, 1819 – July 9, 1850) was the founder of Bábism, and one of three central figures of the World Turtle Day began year 2000 and was started by the American Tortoise Rescue, which is a rescue organization run from Malibu, California in the Discordianism is a modern Religion centered on the idea that Chaos is as important as order. Aaron the Illustrious (also known as Aaron of the Nuts) was a Christian monk of Mesopotamia The Syriac Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church based in the Middle East with members spread throughout the world Saint Desiderius may refer to Desiderius (lector, died c303 Desiderius of Auxerre, died 621 Desiderius of Cahors Gembloux Abbey was a Benedictine Abbey near the town of Gembloux in the province of Namur, Belgium.

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