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May 23 is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 222 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 1430Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to raise the Siege of Compiègne.
  • 1498Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
  • 1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
  • 1568 – Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
  • 1609 – Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
  • 1618 – The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
  • 1701 – After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
  • 1706John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.[1]
  • 1788South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
  • 1793Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
  • 1829Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
  • 1844 – Declaration of the Báb the evening before the 23rd: 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. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Bahá'í Faith; Bahá'ís celebrate the day as a holy day.
  • 1846Mexican–American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
  • 1863 – The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
  • 1873 – The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • 1900American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  • 1907 – The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • 1911 – The New York Public Library is dedicated.
  • 1915World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
  • 1932 – In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
  • 1934 – Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1945World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
  • 1945 – World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
  • 1948Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
  • 1949 – Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.[2]
  • 1951Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
  • 1960 – A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.[3]
  • 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. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
  • 1995 – The first version of the Java programming language is released.
  • 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.[4]
  • 2002 – The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
  • 2006 – Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
  • 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.
  • 2013 – A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
  • 2014 – Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
  • 2015 – At least 46 people are killed as a result of floods caused by a tornado in Texas and Oklahoma.
  • 2016 – Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, killed at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
  • 2016 – Eight bombings were carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people were killed and at least 200 people injured.
  • 2017 – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao, following the Maute's attack in Marawi.

Births[]

  • 635K'inich Kan Bahlam II, Mayan king (d. 702)
  • 675Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II, King of Mutharaiyar dynasty, Tamil Nadu, India
  • 1052Philip I of France (d. 1108)
  • 1100Emperor Qinzong of Song (d. 1161)
  • 1127Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (d. 1173)
  • 1330Gongmin of Goryeo, Korean ruler (d. 1374)
  • 1586Paul Siefert, German composer and organist (d. 1666)
  • 1606Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1682)
  • 1614Bertholet Flemalle, Flemish Baroque painter (d. 1675)
  • 1617Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (d. 1692)
  • 1629William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, noble of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1663)
  • 1707Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (d. 1778)
  • 1718William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician (d. 1783)
  • 1729Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and educator (d. 1799)
  • 1730Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general (d. 1813)
  • 1734Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer (d. 1815)
  • 1741Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1801)
  • 1789Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general (d. 1862)
  • 1790Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1842)
  • 1790 – James Pradier, French neoclassical sculptor (d. 1852)
  • 1794Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1870)
  • 1795Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (d. 1860)
  • 1800Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (d. 1877)[5]
  • 1810Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (d. 1850)
  • 1817Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (d. 1862)[6]
  • 1820James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (d. 1887)
  • 1820 – Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (d. 1891)
  • 1824Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1881)
  • 1834Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis, Latvian architect (d. 1891)
  • 1834 – Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (d. 1890)
  • 1837Anatole Mallet, Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor (d. 1919)
  • 1837 – Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1912)
  • 1838Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter (d. 1932)
  • 1840George Throssell, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (d. 1910)
  • 1844`Abdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious leader (d. 1921)
  • 1848Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (d. 1896)
  • 1855Isabella Ford, English author and activist (d. 1924)
  • 1861József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter (d. 1927)
  • 1863Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect (d. 1930)
  • 1864William O'Connor, American fencer (d. 1939)
  • 1865Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil (d. 1942)
  • 1875Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1966)
  • 1882William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1960)
  • 1883Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1939)
  • 1884Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer (d. 1965)
  • 1887Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1963)
  • 1887 – Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (d. 1951)
  • 1888Adriaan Roland Holst, Dutch writer (d. 1976)
  • 1888 – Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (d. 1972)
  • 1889Ernst Niekisch, German educator and politician (d. 1967)
  • 1890Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and singer (d. 1966)
  • 1891Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
  • 1892Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British peer and grandfather of Diana Spencer (d. 1975)
  • 1896Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (d. 1966)
  • 1897Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (d. 1937)
  • 1898Scott O'Dell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1989)
  • 1898 – Josef Terboven, German soldier and politician (d. 1945)
  • 1899Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian (d. 2015)
  • 1900Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (d. 1946)
  • 1900 – Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (d. 1954)
  • 1908John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
  • 1908 – Hélène Boucher, French pilot (d. 1934)
  • 1910Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator (d. 1952)
  • 1910 – Hugh Casson, English architect and academic (d. 1999)
  • 1910 – Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (d. 1986)
  • 1910 – Franz Kline, American painter and academic (d. 1962)
  • 1910 – Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2004)
  • 1911Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (d. 1984)
  • 1911 – Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal (d. 2010)
  • 1911 – Betty Nuthall, English tennis player (d. 1983)
  • 1912Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997)
  • 1912 – John Payne, American actor (d. 1989)
  • 1914Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist (d. 2009)
  • 1914 – Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (d. 1999)
  • 1914 – Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (d. 1981)
  • 1915S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (d. 2014)
  • 1917Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
  • 1918Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1997)
  • 1919Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (d. 1988)
  • 1919 – Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate (d. 2012)
  • 1919 – Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2011)
  • 1920Helen O'Connell, American singer (d. 1993)
  • 1923Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (d. 2009)
  • 1923 – Irving Millman, American virologist and microbiologist (d. 2012)
  • 1924Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (d. 2014)
  • 1925Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
  • 1926Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (d. 1996)
  • 1926 – Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African activist and politician (d. 1995)
  • 1928Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
  • 1928 – Nigel Davenport, English actor (d. 2013)
  • 1928 – Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (d. 2015)
  • 1929Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress (d. 1982)
  • 1930Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic (d. 2019)
  • 1931Barbara Barrie, American actress
  • 1932Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author (d. 1998)
  • 1933Joan Collins, English actress
  • 1933 – Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer
  • 1934Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer (d. 2005)
  • 1935Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author (d. 2009)
  • 1936Ingeborg Hallstein, German soprano and actress
  • 1936 – Charles Kimbrough, American actor
  • 1939Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (d. 2004)
  • 1939 – Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter
  • 1940Bjorn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist (d. 2002)
  • 1940 – Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver
  • 1940 – Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (d. 2010)
  • 1941Zalman King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
  • 1941 – Rod Thorn, American basketball player, coach, and executive[7]
  • 1942Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher, author, and academic
  • 1942 – Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
  • 1943Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (d. 2016)
  • 1944John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1945Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 1991)
  • 1946David Graham, Australian golfer
  • 1947Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator (d. 1995)
  • 1948Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and producer
  • 1949Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal
  • 1949 – Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru (d. 2019)
  • 1950Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2017)
  • 1951Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
  • 1951 – Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece
  • 1952Martin Parr, English photographer and journalist
  • 1954Gerry Armstrong, Northern Irish international footballer, striker[8]
  • 1954 – Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor
  • 1955Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1956Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter (d. 1988)
  • 1956 – Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
  • 1956 – Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager
  • 1958Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
  • 1958 – Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur
  • 1958 – Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer
  • 1959Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1960Linden Ashby, American actor
  • 1961Daniele Massaro, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1961 – Norrie May-Welby, Scottish Australian gender activist[9]
  • 1962Karen Duffy, American actress
  • 1963Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician
  • 1964Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician
  • 1965Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
  • 1965 – Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
  • 1965 – Melissa McBride, American actress
  • 1965 – Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player
  • 1966Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach
  • 1966 – Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1967Luís Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
  • 1967 – Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
  • 1968Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter
  • 1970Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport
  • 1971George Osborne, English journalist and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • 1972Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
  • 1972 – Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire
  • 1973Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1974Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
  • 1974 – Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
  • 1976Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
  • 1977Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
  • 1978Scott Raynor, American drummer
  • 1979Rasual Butler, American basketball player (d. 2018)
  • 1979 – Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1980Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
  • 1980 – Ben Ross, Australian rugby league player
  • 1983Silvio Proto, Belgian-Italian footballer
  • 1984Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer
  • 1985Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1985 – Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player
  • 1985 – Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist
  • 1985 – Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
  • 1986Ryan Coogler, American film director and screenwriter
  • 1986 – Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
  • 1986 – Alice Tait, Australian swimmer
  • 1986 – Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
  • 1987Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1987 – Bray Wyatt, American wrestler
  • 1988Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete
  • 1988 – Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer
  • 1988 – Morgan Pressel, American golfer
  • 1989Ezequiel Schelotto, Italian footballer
  • 1990Dan Evans, British tennis player
  • 1990 – Kristina Kucova, Slovakian tennis player
  • 1990 – Oliver Venno, Estonian volleyball player
  • 1991Aaron Donald, American football player
  • 1991 – Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter[10]
  • 1991 – César Pinares, Chilean footballer
  • 1996Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper
  • 1996 – Emmanuel Boateng, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1996 – Razvan Marin, Romanian footballer
  • 1997Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer
  • 1997 – Coy Craft, American footballer
  • 1997 – Joe Gomez, English footballer
  • 1997 – Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer
  • 1997 – Sam Timmins, New Zealand basketball player
  • 1998Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian race car driver
  • 1998 – Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer
  • 1998 – Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
  • 1998 – Luca De La Torre, American footballer
  • 1998 – Steve Lacy, American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer
  • 2000Felipe Drugovich, Brazilian race car driver
  • 2000 – Jaxson Hayes, American basketball player

Deaths[]

  • 230Urban I, pope of the Catholic Church
  • 922Li Sizhao, Chinese general and governor
  • 962Guibert of Gembloux, Frankish abbot (b. 892)
  • 1125Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1081)
  • 1304Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
  • 1338Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel, English noble (b. 1287)
  • 1370Toghon Temür, Mongol emperor (b. 1320)
  • 1423Antipope Benedict XIII (b. 1328)
  • 1498Girolamo Savonarola, Italian friar and preacher (b. 1452)
  • 1523Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shōgun (b. 1466)
  • 1524Ismail I, First Emperor of Safavid Empire (b. 1487)
  • 1591John Blitheman, English organist and composer (b. 1525)
  • 1662John Gauden, English bishop (b. 1605)
  • 1670Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
  • 1691Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1622)
  • 1701William Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
  • 1749Abraham ben Abraham, Polish martyr (b. 1700)
  • 1752William Bradford, English-American printer (b. 1663)
  • 1754John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (b. 1704)
  • 1783James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
  • 1813Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (b. 1772)
  • 1815Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)
  • 1841Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
  • 1855Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797)
  • 1857Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1789)
  • 1868Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809)
  • 1886Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
  • 1893Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
  • 1895Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
  • 1906Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
  • 1908François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
  • 1920Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
  • 1921August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
  • 1934Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
  • 1934 – Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)
  • 1934 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
  • 1937John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
  • 1938Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
  • 1942Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
  • 1945Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
  • 1947Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
  • 1949Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)
  • 1956Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
  • 1960Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)
  • 1962Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
  • 1963August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
  • 1965David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)
  • 1975Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
  • 1979S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
  • 1981Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
  • 1981 – Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)
  • 1981 – George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
  • 1981 – David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
  • 1986Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
  • 1989Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)
  • 1989 – Karl Koch, German computer hacker (b. 1965)
  • 1991Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
  • 1991 – Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1907)
  • 1991 – Fletcher Markle, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
  • 1992Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (b. 1948)
  • 1992 – Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)
  • 1994Olav Hauge, Norwegian poet (b. 1908)
  • 1996Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1934)
  • 1998Telford Taylor, American general and lawyer (b. 1908)
  • 1999Owen Hart, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1965)
  • 2002Sam Snead, American golfer and journalist (b. 1912)
  • 2006Lloyd Bentsen, American colonel and politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1921)
  • 2006 – Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
  • 2008Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (b. 1967)
  • 2008 – Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1935)
  • 2009Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (b. 1946)
  • 2010José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1972)
  • 2010 – Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1970)
  • 2011Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (b. 1978)
  • 2012Paul Fussell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
  • 2013Epy Guerrero, Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (b. 1942)
  • 2013 – Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, Turkish police officer and politician, 15th Governor of Istanbul Province (b. 1938)
  • 2013 – Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
  • 2013 – Flynn Robinson, American basketball player (b. 1941)
  • 2014Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (b. 1949)
  • 2014 – Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (b. 1921)
  • 2015Anne Meara, American actress, comedian and playwright (b. 1929)
  • 2015 – Aleksey Mozgovoy, Ukrainian sergeant (b. 1975)
  • 2015 – Alicia Nash, Salvadoran-American physicist and engineer (b. 1933)
  • 2015 – John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928)
  • 2017Roger Moore, English actor (b. 1927)
  • 2020Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1997)[11]

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)
    • Desiderius of Vienne
    • Giovanni Battista de' Rossi
    • Julia of Corsica
    • Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler (Episcopal Church (USA))
    • Quintian, Lucius and Julian
    • William of Perth
    • May 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Constitution Day (Germany)
  • Earliest day on which Declaration of the Báb can fall, while May 24 is the latest; observed on ‘Aẓamat 8 (Bahá'í Faith)
  • Earliest day on which National Heroes' Day can fall, while May 31 is the latest; celebrated on last Monday of May. (Turks and Caicos Islands)
  • Labour Day (Jamaica)
  • Students' Day (Mexico)
  • World Turtle Day

References[]

  1. Falkner, James. Ramillies 1706: Year of Miracles. Pen & Sword Books Ltd, (2006). ISBN: 1-84415-379-7
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