What are the important events that happened on May 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 23: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 23 is the 143rd day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 222 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 10, 2022 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,653,264,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatetracontatrigon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 244 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,440 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 23 Historical Events
- 1498 –Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI.
- 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.
- 1701 –After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
- 1900 –American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
- 1934 –American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.
- 1945 –World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
- 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.
- 1995 –Oklahoma City bombing: In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building are imploded.
- 1995 –The first version of the Java programming language is released.
- 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.
Who were born on May 23?
- 1795 –Charles Barry, English architect (d. 1860)
- 1820 –James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor (d. 1887)
- 1889 –Ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. 1967)
- 1910 –Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952)
- 1910 –Scatman Crothers, American actor and musician (d. 1986)
- 1912 –John Payne, American actor (d. 1989)
- 1939 –Michel Colombier, French composer and songwriter (d. 2004)
- 1948 –Reggie Cleveland, Canadian baseball player
- 1966 –Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 –Malene Mortensen, Danish singer
Who died on May 23?
- 1125 –Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1081)
- 1965 –Earl Webb, American baseball player (b. 1897)
- 1966 –Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. 1902)
- 1981 –David Lewis, Canadian labour lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
- 1981 –George Jessel, American actor (b. 1898)
- 1986 –Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
- 1998 –Eminem, American Musician (b. 1972)
- 2004 –Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (b. 1919)
- 2006 –Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer (b. 1921)
- 2010 –Simon Monjack, English actor, producer, & writer (b. 1970)
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