May 23: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

May 23rd marks the 143rd day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 144th in case of leap years). There are 222 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Gemini. Famous birthdays on this day include Joan Collins (1933), Jewel (singer) (1974) and Geneva (Switzerland) (1919). Holidays and observances around the world include: International Day to End Obstetric Fistula.
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Holidays

World Turtle Day
Saint Desiderius
Saint Guibert of Gemblours
Saint Montana
Discordianism: Day of Disunity
Bahá'f Faith: Declaration of the Báb
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Events

2019 Syrian Civil War, Northwestern Syria Offensive (April 2019-present). Sky News journalist Alex Crawford is shot by tanks of the Syrian Army in Hbit, Idlib Governorate. They are covering the fighting. Their guide Bilal Abdul Kareem is badly injured from shrapnel to the chest.
2018 Transport in Iran: Truck owners and drivers from Iran start striking in seven provinces in protest at poor working conditions.
2017 After the Manchester Arena bombing, campaigning for the United Kingdom general elections is suspended. 22 people have been killed and 59 others were injured. ISIL claims responsibility. Ariana Grande, singer and actress, suspends Dangerous Woman Tour. (AP), (BBC),
2016 Syrian Civil War: Reuters reports nearly 150 people are killed and at least 200 wounded in a series of car bomb and suicide attacks in the Syrian cities of Jableh and Tartus in government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group claim responsibility.
2015 Two people are killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's War in Afghanistan (2001 to present): The Charcheno District in Afghanistan is the victim of a roadside bomb.
2014 Sinai insurgency: Egyptian security forces claim that they have killed Shadi al-Menei (leader of Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis) and three other senior members during overnight fighting.
2013 Syrian Civil War: Friends of Syria ask Iran and Hezbollah, its Lebanese ally, to withdraw from Syrian territory.
2012 Five people are killed in a drone attack by the United States in North Waziristan.
2011 As the attack by Pakistani Taliban on a Pakistan Navy station at Karachi continues, more explosions are reported.
2010 A landslide occurred in Yujiang Province, East China, and resulted in the deaths of at least 19 passengers.
2009 Roh Moo-hyun (ex-President of South Korea), who is being investigated for alleged bribery during the presidential term, commits suicide.
2008 The International Court of Justice (ICJ), awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia, and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh), to Singapore. This ends a 29-year-old territorial dispute between the countries.
2007 Three US soldiers captured in Iraq are found dead after a lengthy manhunt that occupied almost 3% of US troops.
2006 Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
2005 Channel 10, an Israeli television station broadcasts footage showing what it claims to be Israeli Defence Forces using a Palestinian teenager as a human shield in their battle against rock-throwers on the West Bank. The IDF refutes the claim.
2004 56 civilians were killed by the janjaweed militia in Abga Rajil in western Sudan. According to the UN, conflict in Darfur has caused around one million displacements.
2003 Dewey is the first deer to be cloned at Texas A&M University.
2002 After the ratification of the Kyoto protocol by Iceland, the ''55 party'' clause has been reached.
1999 Kansas City, Missouri, wrestler Owen Hart (Blue Blazer) falls 78 feet (24 m) to his death while being lowered into a World Wrestling Federation ring during WWF Over the Edge.
1997 King David, closes at New Amsterdam Theater, New York City
1996 Fred Norris of the Howard Stern show changes his name legally to Eric
1995 47th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, K Foster (Cubs) / M Freeman (Rocks)
1994 Star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication
1993 Val Skinner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open.
1992 New York Yankees play in their fourth straight extra inning game.
1991 San Diego Sockers win fourth consecutive Major Soccer League championship.
1990 Dow Jones Average hits a record 2,856.26
1989 Cleveland loses and drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place
1988 Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990
1986 US and West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa.
1984 Detroit Tigers win 16th straight road game, tying American League record.
1983 Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air.
1982 Cathy Morse wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic.
1981 Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage.
1980 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton.
1979 Kids Are All Right premieres
1978 AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M
1977 US Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong-doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman, and John Mitchell.
1974 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1972 The Tamil United Front (now known as Tamil United Liberation Front), a pro-Tamil organization, is founded.
1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale.
1969 Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes.
1968 Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
1967 Government bans submarines near South Africa.
1966 Beatles release Paperback Writer
1965 Franz Jonas elected president of Austria.
1964 Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45).
1963 NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for US$926,000.
1962 Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7
1960 Got A Girl by The Four Preps hits #24
1959 Party with Comden & Green closes at John Golden NYC after 44 performances
1958 Mao Tse Tung starts "Great leap forward" movement in China.
1956 World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, San Francisco, California.
1955 Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers
1953 WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
1951 Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China.
1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day)
1948 Joe DiMaggio hits three consecutive homeruns.
1947 PC Hooft prize forms for literature.
1945 Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister
1944 Operation-Buffalo: Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead.
1943 Thomas Mann begins writing his novel Dr Faustus
1941 Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on disqualification in 7 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1940 1st great dogfight between Spitfires
1939 Dmitri Shostakovitch appointed Professor at Conservatory of Leningrad
1938 Temporarily frustrated by the Czechoslovak mobilization and international diplomatic unity in the face of German demands over the Sudetenland, Hitler orders the Foreign Office to assure the Czechoslovaks that he has no demands on their territory. The world at large mistakenly believes the crisis is averted.
1935 1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain
1934 Wallace Carothers manufactures first nylon (polymeer 66).
1933 Legendary American racehorse Seabiscuit is born.
1932 Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hour record of 860 mi, 367 yards
1931 Whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England
1928 Bomb attack on Italian embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 22 die.
1927 Nearly 600 members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers viewed a live demonstration of television at the Bell Telephone Building in New York City. This is just over a year after John Logie Baird of Scotland first demonstrated a ''mechanical television system'' to the members of the Royal Society in London.
1926 Lebanese constitution is established under French mandate.
1923 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain
1922 Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat.
1921 Shuffle Along 1st black musical comedy, opens in New York City
1920 Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei.
1919 The University of California opens its second campus in Los Angeles. Initially called Southern Branch of the University of California (SBUC), it is eventually renamed the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
1918 King Oil / Shell refinery on Curacao officially opens
1917 A month of civil violence in Milan, Italy ends after the Italian army forcefully takes over the city from anarchists and anti-war revolutionaries. Fifty people are killed and 800 people are arrested.Seton-Watson, Christopher. 1967. Italy from Liberalism to Fascism: 1870 to 1925. London: Methuen amp Co. Ltd. Pp. 468–9
1916 Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun.
1915 World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.
1912 The Hamburg America Line's is launched in Hamburg and is the world's largest ship.
1911 New York Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by President Taft.
1908 Dirigible explodes over San Francisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die.
1907 The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
1901 Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent.
1900 Associated Press News Service forms in New York.
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