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.
1701 - Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder.
1788 - South Carolina became the eighth state.
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 time 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 declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I.
1934 - Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Beinville Parish, Louisiana.
1937 - Industrialist John D. Rockefeller died 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 while in prison.
1949 - The German Federal Republic (West Germany) came into existence.
1960 - Israel announced it had captured former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
1967 - Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, an action which helped precipitate war between Israel and its Arab neighbors the following month.
1977 - Moluccan extremists seized a train and a primary school in the Netherlands; the hostage drama ended June 11 as Dutch marines stormed the train, resulting in the deaths of six out of nine hijackers and two hostages, while the school siege ended peacefully.
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.
2003 - Congress sent President George W. Bush a $330 billion package of tax cuts - the third of his presidency.
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.
2012 - Egypt held the Arab world's first competitive presidential vote. (Islamist Mohammed Morsi was ultimately named the winner following a runoff)
2016 - The Supreme Court upended the conviction and death sentence of a Black Georgia man because prosecutors had improperly excluded African-Americans from his all-white jury.
2016 - Dr. Henry Heimlich, the 96-year-old retired chest surgeon credited with developing the namesake Heimlich maneuver, used it to save a woman choking on food at his senior living center in Cincinnati.
Birthdays
30 - Sarah Jarosz (singer)
30 - Aaron Donald (football player)
32 - Alberto Frezza (actor)
34 - Bray Wyatt (professional wrestler)
37 - Adam Wylie (actor)
40 - Tim Robinson (actor/comedian)
41 - Lane Garrison (actor)
46 - LaMonica Garrett (actor)
47 - Ken Jennings (game show contestant)
47 - Jewell (singer)
49 - John Pollono (actor)
49 - Brian McComas (actor)
53 - Laurel Holloman (actor)
56 - Melissa McBride (actress)
60 - Karen Duffy (actress/model)
61 - Linden Ashby (actor)
63 - Shelly West (country singer)
63 - Lea DeLaria (actress)
63 - Drew Carey (actor/comedian/game show host)
65 - Buck Showalter (baseball manager)
76 - Lauren Chapin (actress)
85 - Charles Kimbrough (actor)
88 - Joan Collins (actress)
90 - Barbara Barrie (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 23
1948 - Joe DiMaggio hit three consecutive home runs.
1962 - The NBA approved the move of the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers tied an American League record with their 16th straight road win.
1999 - At a wrestling pay-per-view event in Kansas City, Missouri, professional wrestler Owen Hart died when he fell over 90 feet while being lowered into a WWF ring from the ceiling and the apparatus holding him failed. He was 33 years old.
2018 - NFL owners approve new NFL national anthem policy whereby players required to stand if they choose to be on the field for pre-game presentations.
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.
1701 - Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder.
1788 - South Carolina became the eighth state.
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 time 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 declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I.
1934 - Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Beinville Parish, Louisiana.
1937 - Industrialist John D. Rockefeller died 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 while in prison.
1949 - The German Federal Republic (West Germany) came into existence.
1960 - Israel announced it had captured former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
1967 - Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, an action which helped precipitate war between Israel and its Arab neighbors the following month.
1977 - Moluccan extremists seized a train and a primary school in the Netherlands; the hostage drama ended June 11 as Dutch marines stormed the train, resulting in the deaths of six out of nine hijackers and two hostages, while the school siege ended peacefully.
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.
2003 - Congress sent President George W. Bush a $330 billion package of tax cuts - the third of his presidency.
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.
2012 - Egypt held the Arab world's first competitive presidential vote. (Islamist Mohammed Morsi was ultimately named the winner following a runoff)
2016 - The Supreme Court upended the conviction and death sentence of a Black Georgia man because prosecutors had improperly excluded African-Americans from his all-white jury.
2016 - Dr. Henry Heimlich, the 96-year-old retired chest surgeon credited with developing the namesake Heimlich maneuver, used it to save a woman choking on food at his senior living center in Cincinnati.
Birthdays
30 - Sarah Jarosz (singer)
30 - Aaron Donald (football player)
32 - Alberto Frezza (actor)
34 - Bray Wyatt (professional wrestler)
37 - Adam Wylie (actor)
40 - Tim Robinson (actor/comedian)
41 - Lane Garrison (actor)
46 - LaMonica Garrett (actor)
47 - Ken Jennings (game show contestant)
47 - Jewell (singer)
49 - John Pollono (actor)
49 - Brian McComas (actor)
53 - Laurel Holloman (actor)
56 - Melissa McBride (actress)
60 - Karen Duffy (actress/model)
61 - Linden Ashby (actor)
63 - Shelly West (country singer)
63 - Lea DeLaria (actress)
63 - Drew Carey (actor/comedian/game show host)
65 - Buck Showalter (baseball manager)
76 - Lauren Chapin (actress)
85 - Charles Kimbrough (actor)
88 - Joan Collins (actress)
90 - Barbara Barrie (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 23
1948 - Joe DiMaggio hit three consecutive home runs.
1962 - The NBA approved the move of the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers tied an American League record with their 16th straight road win.
1999 - At a wrestling pay-per-view event in Kansas City, Missouri, professional wrestler Owen Hart died when he fell over 90 feet while being lowered into a WWF ring from the ceiling and the apparatus holding him failed. He was 33 years old.
2018 - NFL owners approve new NFL national anthem policy whereby players required to stand if they choose to be on the field for pre-game presentations.
