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What happened in history on this day: May 23?
On May 23 in ...
- 1984 - Paramount releases the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom to theaters.
- 1994 - The final episode of US TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation airs.
- 1995 - The 100th episode of the Home Improvement TV show airs.
- 1995 - The final episode of US TV show Full House airs.
- 1997 - Universal releases the film The Lost World: Jurassic Park to theaters.
- 2001 - The final episode of US TV show Star Trek: Voyager airs.
- 2003 - Universal releases the film Bruce Almighty to theaters.
- 2010 - The ABC network airs the 2.5 hour final episode of the six-season TV mystery adverture series Lost, with about 13.5 million Americans watching.
Births on May 23
- 1882 - Birth of James Gleason in New York City, New York, USA; writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool).
- 1883 - Birth of Douglas Fairbanks in Denver, Colorado, USA; actor (Zorro, Three Musketeers, Robin Hood).
- 1890 - Birth of Herbert Marshall in London, England; actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes).
- 1898 - Birth of Frank McHugh; actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young).
- 1910 - Birth of Scatman Crothers [Benjamin] in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA; actor/singer (Zapped, Shining) (dies 1986).
- 1912 - Birth of John Payne in Roanoke, Virginia, USA; actor (Restless Gun).
- 1912 - Birth of Marius Goring in Isle of Wight; actor (Herr Palitz - Holocaust).
- 1914 - Birth of Leo Lerman; actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine).
- 1919 - Birth of Betty Garrett in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; actress (Irene - All in the Family).
- 1920 - Birth of Sid Melton in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Alf - Green Acres, Charlie - Danny Thomas).
- 1921 - Birth of Humphrey Lyttelton; jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young).
- 1921 - Birth of Loren Tindall in Oklahoma, USA; actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost).
- 1928 - Birth of Nigel Davenport in Cambridge, England; actor (Without a Clue, Masada).
- 1929 - Birth of Ulla Jacobson; Swedish actress (One Summer of Happiness).
- 1931 - Birth of Barbara Barrie in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Breaking Away, Barney Miller).
- 1932 - Birth of Mary Fickett in Bronxville, New York, USA; actress (Ruth Martin - All My Children).
- 1933 - Birth of Joan [Henrietta] Collins in London, England; actress (Alexis Carrington Colby - Dynasty).
- 1936 - Birth of Charles Kimbrough; actor (Murphy Brown).
- 1945 - Birth of Lauren Chapin; actress (Kathy - Father Knows Best).
- 1947 - Birth of Ann Hui; director (Boat People).
- 1950 - Birth of Linda Thompson in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actress (Hee Haw).
- 1952 - Birth of Deborah Adair; actress (Tracey - Dynasty, Kate - Days of Our Lives).
- 1958 - Birth of Drew Carey in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor/comedian (Drew - The Drew Carey Show, host - Whose Line is it Anyway?).
- 1959 - Birth of Linden Ashby; actor (Mortal Kombat).
- 1962 - Birth of Karen [Duff] Duffy in New York City, New York, USA; MTV VJ/actress (Meet Wally Sparks).
- 1964 - Birth of Staci Greason in Denver, Colorado, USA; actress (Isabella Toscando - Days of Our Lives).
- 1966 - Birth of Helena Bonham Carter in London, England; actress (Fort Worth, Howards End).
- 1974 - Birth of Jewel [Kilcher] in Saint George, Utah, USA; folk/rock vocalist ("Pieces of You"), actor.
- 1984 - Birth of Adam Wylie; actor (Picket Fences).
Deaths on May 23
- 1961 - Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at age 53.
- 1966 - Ruth Gates of Denton, Texas, actress (Aunt Jenny - Mama), dies at age 79.
- 1967 - Philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at age 58.
- 1968 - James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at age 81.
- 1969 - Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at age 79.
- 1970 - Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at age 68.
- 1973 - Athena Lorde, actress (Judith - One Man's Family, Fuzz, Skin Game), dies at age 57.
- 1983 - Death of George Bruns in Portland, Oregon, USA at age 68; Disney songwriter/composer (Sleeping Beauty, Babes in Toyland, The Sword in the Stone, "The Ballad of Davy Crockett", theme of Zorro, "Yo Ho"), named Disney Legend 2001.
- 1986 - Sterling Hayden, American actor (Blue and Gray), dies at age 70 (born 1916).
- 1990 - Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock and Roll), dies of heart failure at age 71.
- 1993 - James Millhollin, actor (Anston Foster - Grindl), dies at age 77.
- 1996 - Dorothy Hyson, actress (Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at age 81.
- 1996 - Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at age 77.
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