May 23
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
May 23 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 221 days remaining after May 23 until the end of the year.
Contents |
[change] Births
- 1052 – King Philip I of France (d. 1108)
- 1100 – Emperor Quinzong of China (d. 1161)
- 1707 – Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish biologist (d. 1778)
- 1718 – William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (d. 1783)
- 1734 – Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician (d. 1815)
- 1760 – Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (d. 1815)
- 1790 – Jules Dumont D'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
- 1810 – Margaret Fuller, American journalist and feminist (d. 1850)
- 1824 – Ambrose Burnside, American general (d. 1881)
- 1844 – Abdu'l Baha, leading member of the Baha'i faith (d. 1921)
- 1848 – Otto Lilienthal, German aviator (d. 1896)
- 1865 – Epitacio Pessoa, President of Brazil (d. 1942)
- 1883 – Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (d. 1939)
- 1891 – Par Lagerkvist, Swedish writer (d. 1974)
- 1892 – Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922)
- 1908 – John Bardeen, American physicist (d. 1991)
- 1910 – Scatman Crothers, American musician (d. 1986)
- 1910 – Artie Shaw, American musician (d. 2004)
- 1911 – Paul Mayer, German cardinal (d. 2010)
- 1919 – Betty Garrett, American actress (d. 2011)
- 1921 – Humphrey Lyttelton, British musician (d. 2008)
- 1923 – Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (d. 2009)
- 1924 – Karlheinz Deschner, German author and humanist
- 1925 – Joshua Lederberg, American biologist (d. 2008)
- 1928 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
- 1933 – Joan Collins, British actress
- 1934 – Robert Moog, American inventor (d. 2005)
- 1944 – Lena Nyman, Swedish actress (d. 2011)
- 1949 – Alan Garcia, former President of Peru
- 1950 – Martin McGuinness, Northern Irish politician
- 1951 – Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
- 1959 – Ryuta Kawashima, Japanese neuroscientist, creator of Brain Training
- 1967 – Phil Selway, American drummer (Radiohead)
- 1970 – Yigal Amir, assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
- 1971 – George Osborne, British politician
- 1972 – Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian Formula One racecar driver
- 1974 – Ken Jennings, American gameshow contestant
- 1974 – Jewel, American singer
- 1976 – Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1980 – Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
- 1983 – Heidi Range, British singer (The Sugababes)
- 1991 – Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer
[change] Deaths
- 1498 – Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer and ruler of Florence (b. 1452)
- 1523 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)
- 1670 – Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
- 1701 – William Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
- 1868 – Kit Carson, American Western figure (b. 1809)
- 1893 – Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. 1805)
- 1906 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer and playwright (b. 1828)
- 1917 – Ranavalona III, Queen of Madagascar (b. 1861)
- 1934 – Bonnie and Clyde, American outlaws (b. 1909 and 1910)
- 1937 – John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1839)
- 1945 – Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official (b. 1900)
- 1966 – Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. 1902)
- 1992 – Giovanni Falcone, Italian magistrate and anti-Mafia judge (b. 1939)
- 1999 – Owen Hart, professional wrestler (b. 1965)
- 2002 – Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912)
- 2006 – Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b. 1921)
- 2008 – Heinz Kwiatkowski, German footballer (b. 1926)
- 2009 – Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean President (b. 1946)
- 2010 – Leonida Georgievna, Grand Duchess of Russia (b. 1914)
- 2011 – Nasser Hejazi, Iranian footballer (b. 1949)
- 2011 – Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (b. 1978)
[change] Events
- 1618 - The Second Defenestration of Prague leads to the start of the Thirty Years' War.
- 1788 - South Carolina becomes the 8th State of the US.
- 1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy in Milan Cathedral.
- 1915 - World War I: Italy joins the Allies against Austria-Hungary.
- 1934 – The outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are shot dead by law officers in the Texas–Louisiana border region.
- 1949 – The Federal Republic of Germany is founded.
- 1960 – Israel announces the capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, who was hiding in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1998 - Voters in Northern Ireland approve the Good Friday Agreement in a referendum.
- 2002 - Iceland ratifies the Kyoto protocol.
- 2004 – Horst Köhler is chosen as the new German President, to succeed Johannes Rau.
- 2004 - Part of the roof of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 2E collapses, killing 4 people.
- 2009 - Former President of South Korea Roh Moo-hyun commits suicide, while facing a corruption investigation.
