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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 23
- 250th: 1774 - Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River).
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Ambrose Everett Burnside; Major General (US volunteers).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Desmond Carrington; British radio host (Jim - Calamity the Cow).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Michael McCrum; master (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, England).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of V N Swamy; cricket player (one Test India versus New Zealand 1955, DNB, 0-45).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Malcolm Gill; deputy head (Bank for International Settlements).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Robert Moog; inventor (the Moog Synthesizer).
- 90th: 1934 - Texas and Louisiana state police shoot to death notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow near Sailes, Louisiana. The Barrow Gang was believed responsible for the deaths of 13 people, including nine police officers.
- 90th: 1934 - Wallace Carothers manufactures first nylon (polymeer 66).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Giles Smith; TV journalist.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Olga Maitland; British Member of Parliament.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood; American drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep).
- 80th: 1944 - British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo, Italy.
- 80th: 1944 - Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front.
- 80th: 1944 - Operation-Buffalo: Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead.
- 80th: 1944 - Polo Grounds host first New York City night game since 1941.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler in New Jersey, USA; middleweight boxing champion (1982-83).
- 70th: 1954 - H R Bromley-Davenport, cricket player (batted in four Tests for England), dies.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Kenny Gattison; NBA forward (Orlando Magic).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Staci Greason in Denver, Colorado, USA; actress (Isabella Toscando - Days of Our Lives).
- 60th: 1964 - Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Duane Clemons; linebacker (Minnesota Vikings).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Jewel [Kilcher] in Saint George, Utah, USA; folk/rock vocalist ("Pieces of You"), actor.
- 50th: 1974 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 50th: 1974 - Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed.
- 40th: 1984 - Detroit Tigers win 16th straight road game, tying American League record.
- 40th: 1984 - Richard von Weizäcker is elected president of Federal Republic of Germany.
- 40th: 1984 - Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London, England.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Adam Wylie; actor (Picket Fences).
- 40th: 1984 - Paramount releases the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom to theaters.
- 30th: 1994 - 270 pilgrims die in bustle round Mina Saudi-Arabia.
- 30th: 1994 - Joe Pass, US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at age 65.
- 30th: 1994 - Roman Herzog is elected President of Germany.
- 30th: 1994 - The final episode of US TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation airs.
- 25th: 1999 - Canadian professional wrestler Owen Hart dies after falling 90 feet as he was being lowered into the ring for the "Over the Edge" sports entertainment event in Kansas City, Missouri.
- 25th: 1999 - In Germany, Johannes Rau is elected Bundespräsident.
- 20th: 2004 - A section of the ceiling in Terminal 2E at Paris's Charles de Gaulle International Airport collapses, claiming at least six lives.
- 20th: 2004 - Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi visits North Korea, to secure the release of the families of the nine abducted Japanese citizens returned earlier.
- 15th: 2009 - German President Horst Koehler is re-elected for a second five-year term.
- 15th: 2009 - Communist Party of Nepal leader Madhav Kumar Nepal is elected as Nepal's new prime minister.
- 15th: 2009 - Australians begin receiving bonus payments worth US$700, the largest cash handouts in the country's history. The payments will cost the government a total of US$33 billion.
- 15th: 2009 - South Korea's former President (2002-2008) Roh Moo-hyunal dies from a fall while hiking on Ponghwa Mountain near Bongha village at age 62, possibly a suicide.
- 5th: 2019 - Narendra Modi secures a landslide win in elections in India, with his party BJP alone gaining 303 of the 543 seats in parliament, and his political alliance winning 353 seats of the 543.
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