May 23
1430 - Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians and subsequently sold to the English.
1533 - The marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer.
1788 - South Carolina became the eighth state.
1830 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began the first passenger service in the United States.
1873 - The North West Mounted Police force was formed in Canada. It would later be known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
1911 - The New York Public Library, at the the the largest marble structure ever built in the United States, was dedicated by President William Howard Taft in New York City after 16 years of construction.
1915 - Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary during World War I.
1934 - Bank robbers Bonnie (Parker) and Clyde (Barrow) were killed in a police shootout in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
1937 - Industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Co. and the Rockefeller Foundation, died in Ormond Beach, Florida at age 97.
1939 - The Navy submarine USS Squalus sank during a test dive off the New England coast. Thirty-two crew members and one civilian were rescued, but 26 others died; the sub was salvaged and recommissioned the USS Sailfish.
1945 - Heinrich Himmler, head of Adolf Hitler's Gestapo, committed suicide by biting into a cyanide capsule while in prison.
1949 - The German Federal Republic came into existence.
1984 - Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was "very solid" evidence linking cigarette smoking to lung disease in non-smokers.
1997 - Moderate Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran.
2007 - President George W. Bush, speaking at the U.S. Coast Guard commencement, portrayed the Iraq war as a battle between the U.S. and al-Qaida and said Osama bin Laden was setting up a terrorist cell in Iraq to strike targets in America.
2013 - President Barack Obama, in a speech to the National Defense University, defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy, but acknowledged the targeted strikes were no "cure-all" and said he was haunted by the civilians who were unintentionally killed.
2013 - The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks to gay Scouts but not to gay Scout leaders.
2016 - Prosecutors failed for the second time in their bid to hold Baltimore police accountable for the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, as an officer was acquitted in the racially charged case that triggered riots a year earlier.
2018 - A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump violates the First Amendment when he blocks critics on Twitter because of their political views.
Birthdays
32 - Sarah Jarosz (singer)
32 - Lena Meyer-Landrut (singer)
34 - Alberto Frezza (actor)
36 - Bray Wyatt (professional wrestler)
39 - Adam Wylie (actor)
42 - Tim Robinson (actor/comedian)
43 - Lane Garrison (actor)
43 - D.J. Cotrona (actor)
48 - LaMonica Garrett (actor)
49 - Ken Jennings (game show contestant/host)
49 - Jewell (singer)
50 - Maxwell (singer)
51 - John Pollono (actor)
51 - Brian McComas (singer)
55 - Laurel Holloman (actress)
58 - Melissa McBride (actress)
62 - Karen Duffy (actress/model)
65 - Shelly West (singer)
65 - Lea DeLaria (actress)
65 - Drew Carey (actor/comedian/game show host)
67 - Buck Showalter (baseball manager)
78 - Lauren Chapin (actress)
79 - John Newcombe (tennis player)
90 - Joan Collins (actress)
92 - Barbara Barrie (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 23
1962 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) agreed to transfer the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco, CA. The team became the San Francisco Warriors (and later the Golden State Warriors).
1984 - The Detroit Tigers won their 16th straight road game. They tied the American League record.
1999 - In Kansas City, Missouri, professional wrestler Owen Hart died when he fell 90 feet while being lowered into a wrestling ring during a WWF pay-per-view event.
2013 - LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection.
2018 - NFL owners approved a new policy allowing players to protest during the national anthem by staying in the locker room, but forbidding players from sitting or taking a knee if they're on the field.
1430 - Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians and subsequently sold to the English.
1533 - The marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer.
1788 - South Carolina became the eighth state.
1830 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began the first passenger service in the United States.
1873 - The North West Mounted Police force was formed in Canada. It would later be known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
1911 - The New York Public Library, at the the the largest marble structure ever built in the United States, was dedicated by President William Howard Taft in New York City after 16 years of construction.
1915 - Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary during World War I.
1934 - Bank robbers Bonnie (Parker) and Clyde (Barrow) were killed in a police shootout in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
1937 - Industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Co. and the Rockefeller Foundation, died in Ormond Beach, Florida at age 97.
1939 - The Navy submarine USS Squalus sank during a test dive off the New England coast. Thirty-two crew members and one civilian were rescued, but 26 others died; the sub was salvaged and recommissioned the USS Sailfish.
1945 - Heinrich Himmler, head of Adolf Hitler's Gestapo, committed suicide by biting into a cyanide capsule while in prison.
1949 - The German Federal Republic came into existence.
1984 - Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was "very solid" evidence linking cigarette smoking to lung disease in non-smokers.
1997 - Moderate Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran.
2007 - President George W. Bush, speaking at the U.S. Coast Guard commencement, portrayed the Iraq war as a battle between the U.S. and al-Qaida and said Osama bin Laden was setting up a terrorist cell in Iraq to strike targets in America.
2013 - President Barack Obama, in a speech to the National Defense University, defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy, but acknowledged the targeted strikes were no "cure-all" and said he was haunted by the civilians who were unintentionally killed.
2013 - The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks to gay Scouts but not to gay Scout leaders.
2016 - Prosecutors failed for the second time in their bid to hold Baltimore police accountable for the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, as an officer was acquitted in the racially charged case that triggered riots a year earlier.
2018 - A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump violates the First Amendment when he blocks critics on Twitter because of their political views.
Birthdays
32 - Sarah Jarosz (singer)
32 - Lena Meyer-Landrut (singer)
34 - Alberto Frezza (actor)
36 - Bray Wyatt (professional wrestler)
39 - Adam Wylie (actor)
42 - Tim Robinson (actor/comedian)
43 - Lane Garrison (actor)
43 - D.J. Cotrona (actor)
48 - LaMonica Garrett (actor)
49 - Ken Jennings (game show contestant/host)
49 - Jewell (singer)
50 - Maxwell (singer)
51 - John Pollono (actor)
51 - Brian McComas (singer)
55 - Laurel Holloman (actress)
58 - Melissa McBride (actress)
62 - Karen Duffy (actress/model)
65 - Shelly West (singer)
65 - Lea DeLaria (actress)
65 - Drew Carey (actor/comedian/game show host)
67 - Buck Showalter (baseball manager)
78 - Lauren Chapin (actress)
79 - John Newcombe (tennis player)
90 - Joan Collins (actress)
92 - Barbara Barrie (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 23
1962 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) agreed to transfer the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco, CA. The team became the San Francisco Warriors (and later the Golden State Warriors).
1984 - The Detroit Tigers won their 16th straight road game. They tied the American League record.
1999 - In Kansas City, Missouri, professional wrestler Owen Hart died when he fell 90 feet while being lowered into a wrestling ring during a WWF pay-per-view event.
2013 - LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection.
2018 - NFL owners approved a new policy allowing players to protest during the national anthem by staying in the locker room, but forbidding players from sitting or taking a knee if they're on the field.
