05-23-2006, 05:20 AM
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May 23rd
1430 ~ Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.
1701 ~ Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder.
1848 ~ Birthday of Otto Lilienthal, aviation pioneer.
1873 ~ Canada's North West Mounted Police force was established.
1906 ~ Death of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer.
1908 ~ Birthday of John Bardeen, the only person to have been awarded the Nobel prize in Physics twice; 1956 & 1972.
1934 ~ Death of Bonnie and Clyde, Outlaws.
1951 ~ Birthday of Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion.
1967 ~ Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran and blockaded the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, laying the foundations for the Six Day War.
1969 ~ The UK release of Tommy, by rock band The Who; the first rock opera.
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