May 23rd, 1976

Born on May 23rd, 1976

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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, 1976

47

Ricardinho

Brazilian association football player and manager

*May 23rd, 1976, São Paulo

47

Giovanni Scifoni

Italian actor

*May 23rd, 1976, Rome

47

Sahrul Gunawan

Indonesian actor

*May 23rd, 1976, Bogor City

47

Alexandra Robbins

American journalist

*May 23rd, 1976, United States of America

47

David Sundin

Swedish comedian and writer

*May 23rd, 1976, Väderstad

47

Aris Sas

Austrian actor

*May 23rd, 1976, New York City

47

Sinha

Mexican footballer

*May 23rd, 1976, Itajá

47

Kelly Monaco

American actress

*May 23rd, 1976, Philadelphia

47

Agnieszka Chylińska

Polish singer-songwriter

*May 23rd, 1976, Gdańsk

47

Andy Selva

Sammarinese footballer

*May 23rd, 1976, Rome

47

Jake Robbins

American baseball player

*May 23rd, 1976, Charlotte

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Who's birthday is on May 23rd?

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

31

Jordan Rakei

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

*May 23rd, 1992, Hamilton

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

56

Wotan Wilke Möhring

German actor

*May 23rd, 1967, Detmold

49

Ken Jennings

American game show contestant, host, and writer

*May 23rd, 1974, Edmonds

90

Gayatri Devi

Maharani of Jaipur and Indian politician (1919–2009)

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

51

Rubens Barrichello

Brazilian racing driver

*May 23rd, 1972, São Paulo

36

Bray Wyatt

American professional wrestler (1987–2023)

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

65

Lea DeLaria

American actor, comedian and singer

*May 23rd, 1958, Belleville

65

Thomas Bestvater

Swiss actor

*May 23rd, 1958, Herrliberg

90

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

*May 23rd, 1933, London

70

Carl Linnaeus

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

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

49

Fabio Sacchi

Road bicycle racer

*May 23rd, 1974, Milan

72

Anatoly Karpov

Russian chess player

*May 23rd, 1951, Zlatoust

46

Richard Ayoade

British comedian and actor (born 1977)

*May 23rd, 1977, Hammersmith

46

Sergio Fernández González

Spanish footballer

*May 23rd, 1977, Avilés

54

Maurice Barthélemy

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*May 23rd, 1969, La Paz

39

Hugo Almeida

Portuguese footballer

*May 23rd, 1984, Figueira da Foz

53

Yigal Amir

Israeli extremist and murder convict

*May 23rd, 1970, Herzliya

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Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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