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History For Today
Here are some historical events that happened on May 23 ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸:
- 1040: Tughril's Seljuk army defeated the Ghaznavid force.
- 1059: King Henri I crowned his son King Philip I of France.
- 1430: Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians.
- 1707: Swedish botanist and explorer Carolus Linnaeus was born.
- 1844: Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází founded Bábism.
- 1861: Virginia citizens voted in favor of secession from the Union.
- 1873: Canada's North West Mounted Police Force formed.
- 1908: Dirigible exploded over San Francisco Bay.
- 1911: NY Public Library building was dedicated by President William Howard Taft.
- 1928: Rosemary Clooney, singer, was born.
- 1945: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, committed suicide.
- 1949: The Federal Republic of West Germany was proclaimed.
- 1951: Tibet was annexed by China.
- 1958: Mao Zedong started the "Great Leap Forward" movement in China.
- 1960: WGTV TV channel 8 in Athens-Atlanta, GA (PBS) began broadcasting.
- 1998: The Good Friday Agreement was accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland.
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