May 23rd, 2007

Born on May 23rd, 2007

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What happened on May 23rd?

May 23rd, 2008

The International Court of Justice awarded the Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, resolving a 29-year-old territorial dispute in the Singapore Strait.

May 23rd, 1999

Professional wrestler Owen Hart died immediately before a match after dropping 70 feet (21 m) onto the ring during a botched entrance.

May 23rd, 1974

The Airbus A300, the first twin-engined wide-body airliner, went into service with Air France.

May 23rd, 1939

The U.S. Navy submarine Squalus sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during tests, causing 26 men to drown.

May 23rd, 1895

Backed by Samuel J. Tilden, the Astor Library and the Lenox Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library.

May 23rd, 1873

The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and order to and assert Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories.

May 23rd, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeated a Union force at the Battle of Front Royal in Virginia, taking around 700 prisoners.

May 23rd, 1706

War of the Spanish Succession: The Grand Alliance armies routed the Franco-Spanish-Bavarian army in Ramillies, present-day Belgium.

May 23rd, 1555

Gian Pietro Carafa became Pope Paul IV, beginning a tumultuous four-year papacy during which the Papal States suffered a serious military defeat.

May 23rd, 1533

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, annulled Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife Catherine of Aragon (pictured), beginning events that would culminate in the English Reformation.

May 23rd, 1430

Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc (pictured) was captured by Burgundian forces at the Siege of Compiègne.

May 23rd, 1949

Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.

May 23rd, 1948

Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.

May 23rd, 1945

World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.

May 23rd, 1939

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 23rd

Born on May 23rd, 2007

16

LaLa Nestor

American actress

*May 23rd, 2007, United States of America

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 23rd?

31

Jordan Rakei

New Zealander-Australian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer

*May 23rd, 1992, Hamilton

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

32

Lena Meyer-Landrut

German singer

*May 23rd, 1991, Hanover

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

90

Gayatri Devi

Maharani of Jaipur and Indian politician (1919–2009)

*May 23rd, 1919, London †July 29th, 2009, Jaipur

36

Bray Wyatt

American professional wrestler (1987–2023)

*May 23rd, 1987, Brooksville †August 24th, 2023, Clermont

70

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

*May 23rd, 1707, Råshult †January 10th, 1778, Linnaeus Hammarby

26

Cassandre Beaugrand

French triathlete

*May 23rd, 1997, Livry-Gargan

56

Wotan Wilke Möhring

German actor

*May 23rd, 1967, Detmold

90

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

*May 23rd, 1933, London

65

Lea DeLaria

American actor, comedian and singer

*May 23rd, 1958, Belleville

65

Thomas Bestvater

Swiss actor

*May 23rd, 1958, Herrliberg

72

Anatoly Karpov

Russian chess player

*May 23rd, 1951, Zlatoust

26

Pedro Chirivella

Spanish professional footballer

*May 23rd, 1997, Valencia

35

Angelo Ogbonna

Italian footballer

*May 23rd, 1988, Cassino

51

Rubens Barrichello

Brazilian racing driver

*May 23rd, 1972, São Paulo

39

Hugo Almeida

Portuguese footballer

*May 23rd, 1984, Figueira da Foz

26

Joe Gomez

English footballer (born 1997)

*May 23rd, 1997, Catford

18

Alex Eala

Filipino tennis player

*May 23rd, 2005, Quezon City

77

John Payne

American actor 1912-1989

*May 23rd, 1912, Roanoke †December 6th, 1989, Malibu

Same year
Born in 2007

16

Unnati Hooda

Badminton player

*September 20th, 2007, Rohtak

16

Ever Anderson

American child actress

*November 3rd, 2007, Los Angeles

16

Infanta Sofía of Spain

Younger child of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia

*April 29th, 2007, Madrid

17

Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden

Son of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, and Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster; grandson of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

*March 12th, 2007, London

16

James, Earl of Wessex

Son of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

*December 17th, 2007, Frimley Park Hospital

16

Viki Gabor

Polish singer

*July 10th, 2007, Hamburg

16

Melani García

Spanish singer

*June 10th, 2007, L'Eliana

16

Park Min-ha

South Korean actress

*July 2nd, 2007, Grupo

17

Cailey Fleming

American actress

*March 25th, 2007, Picayune

17

Ana Paula Martínez

Mexican actress

*February 22nd, 2007, Mexico City

16

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

American child actress

*June 6th, 2007, Santa Monica

17

Quan Hongchan

Chinese diver (2007-)

*March 28th, 2007, Zhanjiang

17

Stacey Fru

Child Author and Philanthropist

*February 16th, 2007, Johannesburg

17

Lalla Khadija of Morocco

Moroccan royal

*February 28th, 2007, Rabat

16

DJ Switch

Young Ghanaian female disk jockey

*December 12th, 2007, Dadieso

16

Momiji Nishiya

Japanese street skateboarder (2007-)

*August 30th, 2007, Matsubara

16

Ruhanika Dhawan

Indian actress

*September 25th, 2007, Delhi

16

Adeliia Petrosian

Russian figure skater

*June 5th, 2007, Moscow

16

Alexander James Rodriguez

British actor

*June 12th, 2007, Marbella

17

Claire Weinstein

American swimmer

*March 1st, 2007, White Plains

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Born on May 23rd, 2007
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2007 is a normal year and no leap year.

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