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What happend on 23. May in History
In our data base we found 342 events happened on 23. May:
• 844: Battle of Clavijo: The Apostle Saint James the Greater is said to have miraculously appeared to a force of outnumbered Spanish rebels and aided them against the forces of the Emir of Cordoba. [category: Events]
• 1052: Philip I of France (d. 1108) [category: Births]
• 1100: Emperor Qinzong of Song (d. 1161) [category: Births]
• 1125: Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1081) [category: Deaths]
• 1304: Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer [category: Deaths]
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• 1430: Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne. [category: Events]
• 1498: Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer and ruler of Florence (b. 1452) [category: Deaths]
• 1498: Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI. [category: Events]
• 1523: Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) [category: Deaths]
• 1524: Ismail I, Iran ruler, founder of the Safavid dynasty (b. 1487) [category: Deaths]
• 1533: The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1568: The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain. [category: Events]
• 1606: Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish philosopher, ecclesiastic, mathematician, and writer (d. 1682) [category: Births]
• 1609: Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place. [category: Events]
• 1617: Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692) [category: Births]
• 1618: The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War. [category: Events]
• 1662: John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605) [category: Deaths]
• 1670: Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610) [category: Deaths]
• 1691: Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622) [category: Deaths]
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• 1696: Johann Caspar Vogler, German organist and composer (d. 1763) [category: Births]
• 1701: William Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645) [category: Deaths]
• 1701: After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London. [category: Events]
• 1706: Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi. [category: Events]
• 1707: Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) [category: Births]
• 1718: William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (d. 1783) [category: Births]
• 1729: Giuseppe Parini, Italian writer (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1734: Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician and hypnotist (d. 1815) [category: Births]
• 1741: Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (d. 1801) [category: Births]
• 1749: Abraham ben Abraham, Polish nobleman [category: Deaths]
• 1752: William Bradford, English printer (b. 1663) [category: Deaths]
• 1754: John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (b. 1704) [category: Deaths]
• 1783: James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and patriot (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Maurice Benyovszky, Hungarian count, explorer, and writer (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: South Carolina ratifies the Constitution as the 8th American state. [category: Events]
• 1790: Jules Dumont d'Urville, French naval officer, admiral, and explorer (d. 1842) [category: Births]
• 1793: Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. [category: Events]
• 1794: Ignaz Moscheles, Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1795: Charles Barry, English architect (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1810: Margaret Fuller, American journalist (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1813: Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772) [category: Deaths]
• 1813: South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator"). [category: Events]
• 1815: Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753) [category: Deaths]
• 1820: James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor, designed and built the Eads Bridge (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1820: Lorenzo Sawyer, American jurist (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1824: Ambrose Burnside, American general (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1825: Gugsa of Yejju [category: Deaths]
• 1829: Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna. [category: Events]
• 1834: Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1841: Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765) [category: Deaths]
• 1844: `Abdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious figure (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1844: Declaration of the Báb: a merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government. [category: Events]
• 1846: Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778) [category: Deaths]
• 1846: Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States. [category: Events]
• 1848: Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer and engineer (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1855: Isabella Ford, English activist (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1855: Charles Robert Malden, English naval officer and explorer (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: William O'Connor, American fencer (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1865: Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian politician and jurist, 11th President of Brazil (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1867: John Exley, American rower (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1868: Kit Carson, American frontiersman and Indian fighter (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1871: Saint George Ashe, British rower (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1873: The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. [category: Events]
• 1875: Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1879: Dezső Lauber, Hungarian architect and sportsman (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1879: Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand paediatrician (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1883: Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1883: Ferenc Talányi, Slovene writer, journalist, and painter (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1884: Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1886: Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1887: Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1888: Zack Wheat, American baseball player (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1889: Ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1890: Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1891: Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1893: Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1893: Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Billy Smith, English footballer (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1895: Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (b. 1798) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Waffen-SS officer (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1898: Josef Terboven, German nazi leader (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1898: Scott O'Dell, American author (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1900: Hans Frank, German lawyer and nazi official (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1900: American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863. [category: Events]
• 1902: Frank Buckland, Canadian sports administrator (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1906: Pran Nath Thapar, Indian military officer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1906: Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session. [category: Events]
• 1908: Hélène Boucher, French pilot (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1908: John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1908: Paul Dozois, Canadian politician (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1908: François Coppée, French poet and novelist (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Artie Shaw, American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1910: Hugh Casson, English architect, designer, and artist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1910: Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1910: Scatman Crothers, American actor singer, dancer, and musician (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1911: Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1911: Paul Mayer, German cardinal (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1911: The New York Public Library is dedicated. [category: Events]
• 1912: Betty Astell, English actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1912: Jean Françaix, French composer and pianist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1912: John Payne, American actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1914: Celestine Sibley, American author, journalist, and columnist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1915: World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary. [category: Events]
• 1917: Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: Denis Compton, English cricketer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1919: Avraham Drori, Polish-Israeli politician (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1919: Betty Garrett, American actress and dancer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1919: Gayatri Devi Indian politician (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1919: Robert Bernstein, American writer and playwright (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1919: Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican singer and politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Helen O'Connell, American singer, actress, and dancer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1920: Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Edna Skinner, American actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1921: Humphrey Lyttelton, English musician, composer, and broadcaster (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1921: James Blish, American author (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1921: August Nilsson, Swedish athlete (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1923: Walter Wolfrum, German pilot (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: Clyde King, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: Karlheinz Deschner, German researcher and writer [category: Births]
• 1925: Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1925: Mac Wiseman, American singer-songwriter and musician (Foggy Mountain Boys) [category: Births]
• 1926: Basil Salvadore D’Souza, Indian bishop (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1926: Joe Slovo, South African politician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1927: Bodil Skjånes Dugstad, Norwegian politician [category: Births]
• 1928: Jeannie Carson, English actress and comedian [category: Births]
• 1928: Nigel Davenport, English actor [category: Births]
• 1928: Pauline Julien, French-Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and activist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1928: Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1929: Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1930: Friedrich Achleitner, German poet [category: Births]
• 1931: Barbara Barrie, American actress [category: Births]
• 1932: In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian ditactor Getúlio Vargas, which occurred in the city of São Paulo. [category: Events]
• 1933: Jean-Louis Lagadec, French footballer and coach (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1933: Joan Collins, English actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Robert Moog, American businessman and inventor, founder of Moog Music and invented the Moog synthesizer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1934: Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Clyde Barrow, American outlaw (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1935: Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1936: Charles Kimbrough, American actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer [category: Births]
• 1937: John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Peter Preston, English journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1939: Jack McCarthy, American poet [category: Births]
• 1939: Michel Colombier, French composer, songwriter, and conductor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1939: Reinhard Hauff, German director [category: Births]
• 1939: The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day. [category: Events]
• 1940: Giles Gordon, Scottish writer and agent (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1942: Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher [category: Births]
• 1942: Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director [category: Births]
• 1942: Zalman King, American writer, director, and producer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1943: Alan Walden, American manager publisher, agent, and promoter, co-founder of Capricorn Records [category: Births]
• 1943: General Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (Chairmen of the Board and The Showmen) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1943: Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1944: John Newcombe, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1945: Lauren Chapin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Padmarajan, Indian director (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1945: Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi commander (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, commits suicide while in Allied custody. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1946: Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor [category: Births]
• 1946: H. Paul Shuch, American scientist [category: Births]
• 1947: Ann Hui, Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1947: Bernard Comrie, English linguist [category: Births]
• 1947: Jane Kenyon, American poet (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1948: Reggie Cleveland, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1948: Thomas C. Wasson, US Consul-General assassinated in Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 1949: Alan Garcia, Peruvian politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal [category: Births]
• 1949: Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed. [category: Events]
• 1950: Bruce Hay, Scottish rugby player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1950: Martin McGuinness, Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player [category: Births]
• 1951: Antonis Samaras, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China. [category: Events]
• 1952: Anne-Marie David, French singer [category: Births]
• 1953: Dick Stellingwerf, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Hans Kruize, Dutch field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1954: Marvin Hagler, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1955: Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1956: Albert Voorn, Dutch horse rider [category: Births]
• 1956: Andrea Pazienza, Italian Comics Artist and Painter [category: Births]
• 1956: Buck Showalter, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1956: Mark Shaw, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1956: Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Jimmy McShane, Irish singer (Baltimora) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1957: Mark Arnold, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Drew Carey, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1958: François Feldman, French singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1958: Mitch Albom, American writer [category: Births]
• 1958: Paul Street, American author and historian [category: Births]
• 1958: Serge Dupire, French-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Explorer 1 ceases transmission. [category: Events]
• 1959: Bob Mortimer, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1959: Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player [category: Births]
• 1959: Ryuta Kawashima, Japanese neuroscientist [category: Births]
• 1960: Linden Ashby, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Karen Duffy, American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Gregg Hughes, American radio host [category: Births]
• 1963: Wally Dallenbach Jr., American race car driver and announcer [category: Births]
• 1964: Ruth Metzler-Arnold, Swiss politician [category: Births]
• 1965: Athanasios Skourtopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1965: Charlie Hayes, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Tom Tykwer, German director [category: Births]
• 1965: Earl Webb, American baseball player (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Dutch television host and producer [category: Births]
• 1966: Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1966: Graeme Hick, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1966: Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1967: Phil Selway, English musician and songwriter (Radiohead) [category: Births]
• 1967: Lionel Groulx, French-Canadian priest and historian (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1968: Guinevere Turner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Bryan Herta, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1970: Matt Flynn, American drummer and producer (Maroon 5) [category: Births]
• 1970: Nanette Burstein, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of Yitzhak Rabin [category: Births]
• 1971: George Osborne, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer [category: Births]
• 1971: Laurel Holloman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1973: Jacopo Gianninoto, Italian composer and musician [category: Births]
• 1973: Maxwell, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1973: Mirjam Sterk, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1973: Ron Trent, American DJ and producer [category: Births]
• 1974: Charlie Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet [category: Births]
• 1974: Ken Jennings, American game show contestant, computer scientist, and author, 74-time Jeopardy! champion [category: Births]
• 1974: Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer [category: Births]
• 1975: Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Moms Mabley, American comedian (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Kelly Monaco, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Sinha, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Annabel Kosten, Dutch swimmer [category: Births]
• 1977: Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1978: Carolyn Moos, American model and basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Mike González, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Scott Raynor, American drummer (blink-182) [category: Births]
• 1979: Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Martin Giroux, French-Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Rasual Butler, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Chris Gethard, American actor, comedian, and writer [category: Births]
• 1980: Gary Brackett, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Lane Garrison, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Gwenno Saunders, Welsh singer, keyboardist, and dancer (The Pipettes) [category: Births]
• 1981: Pierre Lapointe, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1981: David Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: George Jessel, American actor (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Cyrill Gloor, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Malene Mortensen, Danish singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Tristan Prettyman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model [category: Births]
• 1983: Alex Shelley, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1983: Heidi Range, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes and Atomic Kitten) [category: Births]
• 1984: Adam Wylie, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Sam Milby, Filipino-American actor and model [category: Births]
• 1985: Kennedy Kanyeria, Kenyan Music Producer [category: Births]
• 1985: Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Sekou Cissé, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Shafiq Chitou, Beninese boxer [category: Births]
• 1985: Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1986: Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Thanduyise Khuboni, South African footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Gracie Otto, Australian actress, writer, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1987: Windham Rotunda, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1988: Danny de Jong, Dutch actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Lorenzo De Silvestri, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Morgan Pressel, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1988: Vaness del Moral, Filipino actress and dancer [category: Births]
• 1988: Aya Kitō, Japanese author (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Karl Koch, German computer hacker (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Kristína Kučová, Slovak tennis player [category: Births]
• 1991: Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1991: Sarah Jarosz, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1991: Jean Van Houtte, Belgian politician (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Asenate Manoa, Tuvaluan runner [category: Births]
• 1992: Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. [category: Events]
• 1994: George Metesky, American terrorist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Joe Pass, American guitarist and composer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Ray Candy, American wrestler (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Oklahoma City bombing: In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building are imploded. [category: Events]
• 1995: The first version of the Java programming language is released. [category: Events]
• 1996: Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Telford Taylor, American lawyer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes. [category: Events]
• 1999: Owen Hart, Canadian wrestler (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland. [category: Events]
• 2003: Jean Yanne, French actor and director (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Part of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others. [category: Events]
• 2005: Fat-Tone, American rapper (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Clifford Antone, American businessman (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ian Copeland, American music promoter and agent (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts. [category: Events]
• 2008: Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter, poet, and activist (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2009: Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean politician, 16th President of South Korea (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Gane Todorovoski, Macedonian critic, poet, and publicist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: José Lima, Dominican baseball player (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Princess Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Simon Monjack, English actor, producer, and writer (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Jamaican police begin a manhunt for drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, after the United States requested his extradition, leading to three days of violence during which at least 73 bystanders are killed. [category: Events]
• 2012: Gyula Elek, Hungarian handball player and coach (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hal Jackson, American disc jockey and sportscaster (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Joseph Lesniewski, American soldier (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Paul Fussell, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sattareh Farmanfarmaian, Persian noble and writer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: T. Garry Buckley, American politician (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: William C. Wampler, American politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Adam Lambert became the first openly gay artist to debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Charts, with his album Trespassing [category: Events]
• _: Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Birthday of Guru Amar Das (Sikhism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Declaration of the Báb (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Desiderius of Vienne [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Labour Day (Jamaica) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Quintian, Lucius and Julian [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rosalia (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Turtle Day [category: Holidays and observances]