Portal:United States/On this day/May 23
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December
May 23:
| << | May | >> | ||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Events
- 1846 - Mexican-American War: Mexico declares war on the United States.
- 1863 - Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
- 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.
- 1911 - Dedication ceremony for the New York Public Library.
- 1929 - The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, The Karnival Kid, was released.
- 1933 - Seabiscuit, legendary American racehorse, is born.
- 1934 - American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.
- 1934 - The Auto-Lite Strike culminated in the "Battle of Toledo," a five-day melee between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
- 1939 - The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 26 sailors. The remaining 32 crewmen and one passenger are rescued the following day.
- 1958 - Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
- 1985 - U.S. engineer Thomas Patrick Cavanagh is sentenced to life in prison for attempting to sell stealth bomber secrets to the Soviet Union.
- 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, what remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building is imploded.
