May 23rd, 1989

Born on May 23rd, 1989

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1989

34

Oli Brown

British blues guitarist

*May 23rd, 1989, Norfolk

34

Sugandha Mishra

Indian playback singer, actress and comedian

*May 23rd, 1989, Punjab

34

Andrew Jordan

English auto racing driver

*May 23rd, 1989, Sutton Coldfield

34

Mario Vrančić

Bosnian association football player

*May 23rd, 1989, Slavonski Brod

34

Jessica Clémençon

French basketball player

*May 23rd, 1989, Saint-Vallier

34

Santiago Mangoni

Argentine racing driver

*May 23rd, 1989, Balcarce

34

Ezequiel Schelotto

Association football player

*May 23rd, 1989, Buenos Aires

34

Natsuna Watanabe

Japanese actress

*May 23rd, 1989, Saitama

34

Alberto Frezza

Italian actor

*May 23rd, 1989, Milan

34

Grace Mahary

Canadian model

*May 23rd, 1989, Edmonton

34

Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken

Norwegian director and screen writer

*May 23rd, 1989, Hamar

Same Day
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

36

Bray Wyatt

American professional wrestler (1987–2023)

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

35

Angelo Ogbonna

Italian footballer

*May 23rd, 1988, Cassino

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

35

Rosanna Crawford

Canadian biathlete

*May 23rd, 1988, Canmore

56

Wotan Wilke Möhring

German actor

*May 23rd, 1967, Detmold

35

Lorenzo De Silvestri

Italian footballer

*May 23rd, 1988, Rome

26

Cassandre Beaugrand

French triathlete

*May 23rd, 1997, Livry-Gargan

32

Sarah Jarosz

American musician

*May 23rd, 1991, Austin

70

Carl Linnaeus

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

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

39

Hugo Almeida

Portuguese footballer

*May 23rd, 1984, Figueira da Foz

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

33

Daniel Evans

British tennis player

*May 23rd, 1990, Birmingham

72

Anatoly Karpov

Russian chess player

*May 23rd, 1951, Zlatoust

37

Ryan Coogler

American filmmaker

*May 23rd, 1986, Oakland

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Born in 1989

34

Daniel Radcliffe

British actor (born 1989)

*July 23rd, 1989, Hammersmith

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

35

Corbin Bleu

American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn

34

Alexandra Stan

Romanian singer

*June 10th, 1989, Constanța

34

Chris Adcock

Badminton player

*April 27th, 1989, Leicester

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

34

Thomas Müller

German association football player

*September 13th, 1989, Weilheim in Oberbayern

34

Lea Sirk

Slovene singer

*September 1st, 1989, Koper

34

Slimane

French singer-songwiter of Algerian descent

*October 13th, 1989, Chelles

34

Reika Kakiiwa

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1989, Kamiamakusa

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

34

Chukwuma Akabueze

Footballer

*May 6th, 1989, Ilorin

34

Ivan Sozonov

Russian badminton player

*July 6th, 1989, Yekaterinburg

34

Wang Xiaoli

Chinese badminton player

*June 24th, 1989, Huangshi

34

Richi Puspita Dili

Indonesian badminton player

*July 10th, 1989, Sleman

35

Derek Wong

Singaporean badminton player

*January 13th, 1989, Singapore

34

Emis Killa

Italian rapper

*November 14th, 1989, Vimercate

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

35

Holger Badstuber

German association football player

*March 13th, 1989, Memmingen

34

Lars Bender

German footballer (1989–)

*April 27th, 1989, Rosenheim

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No: With 365 days 1989 is a normal year and no leap year.

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