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 rail service in the United States.
1873 - The North West Mounted Police force was formed in Canada. (It would later come to be known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.)
1911 - The New York Public Library, at the time the largest marble structure ever built in the United States, was dedicated by President William Howard Taft in New York City following 16 years of construction.
1915 - Italy declared 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 U.S. 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 as the USS Sailfish.
1944 - During World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio began a major breakout offensive.
1945 - Heinrich Himmler, head of Adolf Hitler's Gestapo, committed suicide while in prison by biting into a cyanide capsule.
1949 - The German Federal Republic came into existence.
1967 - Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, an action that helped precipitate war between Israel and its Arab neighbors the following month.
1984 - Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was "very solid" evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung disease in non-smokers.
1997 - Moderate Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran.
2007 - President George W. Bush, speaking at the commencement ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard, portrayed the war in Iraq as a battle between the U.S. and al-Qaeda and said Osama bin Laden was setting up a terrorist cell in Iraq to strike targets in America.
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.
2021 - A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground and tumbled down a slope, killing 14 people.
2022 - President Joe Biden said the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan. It was one of the most forceful presidential statements in support of Taiwan’s self-governing in decades.
Birthdays
26 - Ramona Young (actress)
33 - Lena Meyer-Landrut (singer)
33 - Sarah Jarosz (singer)
35 - Alberto Frezza (actor)
40 - Adam Wylie (actor)
43 - Tim Robinson (actor/comedian)
44 - Lane Garrison (actor)
44 - D.J. Cotrona (actor)
49 - LaMonica Garrett (actor)
50 - Ken Jennings (game show contestant/host)
50 - Jewell (singer)
52 - John Pollono (actor)
56 - Laurel Holloman (actress)
59 - Melissa McBride (actress)
63 - Karen Duffy (actress/model)
66 - Shelly West (singer)
66 - Lea DeLaria (actress)
66 - Drew Carey (actor/comedian/game show host)
68 - Buck Showalter (baseball manager)
73 - Judy Rodman (singer)
79 - Lauren Chapin (actress)
91 - Joan Collins (actress)
93 - Barbara Barrie (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 23
1876 - Boston’s Joe Borden pitched the first no-hitter in the history of the National League.
1962 - NBA owners agreed to the move of the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco to become the San Francisco Warriors (and later the Golden State Warriors).
1984 - The Detroit Tigers tied an American League record by winning their 16th consecutive road game.
1999 - In Kansas City, Missouri, during a live televised event, professional wrestling superstar Owen Hart ("The Blue Blazer") died when he fell over 90 feet into the ring after a harness that was lowering him failed; he was 33 years old.
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.
2021 - Phil Mickelson becomes the oldest major winner in history when he wins the PGA Championship at age 50, his sixth career major.
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 rail service in the United States.
1873 - The North West Mounted Police force was formed in Canada. (It would later come to be known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.)
1911 - The New York Public Library, at the time the largest marble structure ever built in the United States, was dedicated by President William Howard Taft in New York City following 16 years of construction.
1915 - Italy declared 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 U.S. 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 as the USS Sailfish.
1944 - During World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio began a major breakout offensive.
1945 - Heinrich Himmler, head of Adolf Hitler's Gestapo, committed suicide while in prison by biting into a cyanide capsule.
1949 - The German Federal Republic came into existence.
1967 - Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, an action that helped precipitate war between Israel and its Arab neighbors the following month.
1984 - Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was "very solid" evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung disease in non-smokers.
1997 - Moderate Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran.
2007 - President George W. Bush, speaking at the commencement ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard, portrayed the war in Iraq as a battle between the U.S. and al-Qaeda and said Osama bin Laden was setting up a terrorist cell in Iraq to strike targets in America.
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.
2021 - A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground and tumbled down a slope, killing 14 people.
2022 - President Joe Biden said the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan. It was one of the most forceful presidential statements in support of Taiwan’s self-governing in decades.
Birthdays
26 - Ramona Young (actress)
33 - Lena Meyer-Landrut (singer)
33 - Sarah Jarosz (singer)
35 - Alberto Frezza (actor)
40 - Adam Wylie (actor)
43 - Tim Robinson (actor/comedian)
44 - Lane Garrison (actor)
44 - D.J. Cotrona (actor)
49 - LaMonica Garrett (actor)
50 - Ken Jennings (game show contestant/host)
50 - Jewell (singer)
52 - John Pollono (actor)
56 - Laurel Holloman (actress)
59 - Melissa McBride (actress)
63 - Karen Duffy (actress/model)
66 - Shelly West (singer)
66 - Lea DeLaria (actress)
66 - Drew Carey (actor/comedian/game show host)
68 - Buck Showalter (baseball manager)
73 - Judy Rodman (singer)
79 - Lauren Chapin (actress)
91 - Joan Collins (actress)
93 - Barbara Barrie (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 23
1876 - Boston’s Joe Borden pitched the first no-hitter in the history of the National League.
1962 - NBA owners agreed to the move of the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco to become the San Francisco Warriors (and later the Golden State Warriors).
1984 - The Detroit Tigers tied an American League record by winning their 16th consecutive road game.
1999 - In Kansas City, Missouri, during a live televised event, professional wrestling superstar Owen Hart ("The Blue Blazer") died when he fell over 90 feet into the ring after a harness that was lowering him failed; he was 33 years old.
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.
2021 - Phil Mickelson becomes the oldest major winner in history when he wins the PGA Championship at age 50, his sixth career major.