05-23-2007, 05:30 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 man 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.
1977 ~ More than 100 children and six teachers were taken hostage in a primary school in northern Holland.
1969 ~ The UK release of Tommy, by rock band The Who; the first rock opera.
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