May 23
Today is the 144th day of 2016, there are 222 days left in the year.
1430 - Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.
1533 - The marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void.
1701 - Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder.
1788 - South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1830 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began the first passenger service in the United States.
1873 - Canada's North West Mounted Police force was established. (It would later become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.)
1911 - The New York Public Library, at the time was the largest marble structure ever built in the United States, was dedicated by President Taft after 16 years of construction.
1915 - Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary during World War I.
1934 - Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
1937 - Industrialist John D. Rockefeller died at age 97.
1945 - Nazi official and SS chief Heinrich Himmler committed suicide while imprisoned in Luneburg, Germany.
1949 - The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was established.
1960 - Israel announced it had captured former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
1969 - The Who's rock-opera album "Tommy" was released.
1997 - Iranians elected a moderate president, Mohammad Khatami, over hard-liners in the ruling Muslim clergy.
2003 - Congress sent President George W. Bush a $330 billion package of tax cuts -- the third of his presidency.
2012 - Egypt held the Arab world's first competitive presidential vote. (Islamist Mohammed Morsi was ultimately named the winner following a runoff.)
Birthdays
29 - Bray Wyatt (professional wrestler)
33 - Heidi Range (singer)
40 - Kelly Monaco (actress)
42 - Jewell (singer)
43 - Maxwell (R&B singer)
44 - Victor Espinoza (jockey)
45 - Laurel Holloman (actress)
51 - Melissa McBride (actress)
56 - Linden Ashby (actor)
58 - Drew Carey (game show host)
62 - Marvin Hagler (boxer)
66 - Linda Thompson (actress)
83 - Joan Collins (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 23
1876 - Joe Borden of the Boston Red Stockings threw the first no-hitter in the history of the National League.
1922 - Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat.
1948 - Joe DiMaggio hits three consecutive home runs.
1962 - Joe Pepitone joins Joe DiMaggio as the only New York Yankee to hit two home runs in one inning.
1962 - The NBA agreed to the move of the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco to become the San Francisco Warriors, and later the Golden State Warriors.
1963 - NBC purchases the broadcast rights to the 1963 AFL championship game for $926,000.
1970 - The San Diego Padres defeat the San Francisco Giants 17-16 in 15 innings.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers win their 16th consecutive road game, tying an American League record.
1999 - Professional wrestler Owen Hart died after falling 90 feet as he was being lowered into the ring from the ceiling of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri during a live World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event.
Today is the 144th day of 2016, there are 222 days left in the year.
1430 - Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.
1533 - The marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void.
1701 - Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder.
1788 - South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1830 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began the first passenger service in the United States.
1873 - Canada's North West Mounted Police force was established. (It would later become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.)
1911 - The New York Public Library, at the time was the largest marble structure ever built in the United States, was dedicated by President Taft after 16 years of construction.
1915 - Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary during World War I.
1934 - Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush as they were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe along a road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
1937 - Industrialist John D. Rockefeller died at age 97.
1945 - Nazi official and SS chief Heinrich Himmler committed suicide while imprisoned in Luneburg, Germany.
1949 - The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was established.
1960 - Israel announced it had captured former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
1969 - The Who's rock-opera album "Tommy" was released.
1997 - Iranians elected a moderate president, Mohammad Khatami, over hard-liners in the ruling Muslim clergy.
2003 - Congress sent President George W. Bush a $330 billion package of tax cuts -- the third of his presidency.
2012 - Egypt held the Arab world's first competitive presidential vote. (Islamist Mohammed Morsi was ultimately named the winner following a runoff.)
Birthdays
29 - Bray Wyatt (professional wrestler)
33 - Heidi Range (singer)
40 - Kelly Monaco (actress)
42 - Jewell (singer)
43 - Maxwell (R&B singer)
44 - Victor Espinoza (jockey)
45 - Laurel Holloman (actress)
51 - Melissa McBride (actress)
56 - Linden Ashby (actor)
58 - Drew Carey (game show host)
62 - Marvin Hagler (boxer)
66 - Linda Thompson (actress)
83 - Joan Collins (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 23
1876 - Joe Borden of the Boston Red Stockings threw the first no-hitter in the history of the National League.
1922 - Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat.
1948 - Joe DiMaggio hits three consecutive home runs.
1962 - Joe Pepitone joins Joe DiMaggio as the only New York Yankee to hit two home runs in one inning.
1962 - The NBA agreed to the move of the Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco to become the San Francisco Warriors, and later the Golden State Warriors.
1963 - NBC purchases the broadcast rights to the 1963 AFL championship game for $926,000.
1970 - The San Diego Padres defeat the San Francisco Giants 17-16 in 15 innings.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers win their 16th consecutive road game, tying an American League record.
1999 - Professional wrestler Owen Hart died after falling 90 feet as he was being lowered into the ring from the ceiling of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri during a live World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event.
