May 23rd, 2002

Born on May 23rd, 2002

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 8,000 days old!

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What happened on May 23rd, 2002?

May 23rd, 2002

The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol

What else 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.

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

Born on May 23rd, 2002

21

Sasha Fear

British ice dancer

*May 23rd, 2002, London

21

Jan Doležálek

Czech hammer thrower

*May 23rd, 2002, Pardubice

21

José Caicedo

Colombian footballer

*May 23rd, 2002, Palmira

21

Mochammad Supriadi

Indonesian footballer

*May 23rd, 2002, Surabaya

21

Abel William Stensrud

Norwegian footballer

*May 23rd, 2002, Oslo

21

Bryan Nokoue

Cameroonian footballer

*May 23rd, 2002, Yaoundé

21

Maksym Komarets

Ukrainian footballer

*May 23rd, 2002, Rava-Ruska

21

Sam Bell (footballer, born 2002)

English association football player

*May 23rd, 2002, Bristol

21

Luka Ščuka

Slovenian basketball player

*May 23rd, 2002, Šempeter pri Gorici

21

Ole Julian Holm

Norwegian ice hockey player

*May 23rd, 2002, Oslo

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

26

Cassandre Beaugrand

French triathlete

*May 23rd, 1997, Livry-Gargan

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

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

26

Pedro Chirivella

Spanish professional footballer

*May 23rd, 1997, Valencia

65

Thomas Bestvater

Swiss actor

*May 23rd, 1958, Herrliberg

72

Anatoly Karpov

Russian chess player

*May 23rd, 1951, Zlatoust

35

Angelo Ogbonna

Italian footballer

*May 23rd, 1988, Cassino

26

Joe Gomez

English footballer (born 1997)

*May 23rd, 1997, Catford

22

Haley Jones

American basketball player

*May 23rd, 2001, Santa Cruz

23

Joshua Obiesie

German basketball player

*May 23rd, 2000, Munich

39

Hugo Almeida

Portuguese footballer

*May 23rd, 1984, Figueira da Foz

51

Rubens Barrichello

Brazilian racing driver

*May 23rd, 1972, São Paulo

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Born in 2002

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

21

NLE Choppa

American rapper from Tennessee (born. 2002)

*November 1st, 2002, Memphis

21

Alika Milova

Estonian singer-songwriter

*September 5th, 2002, Narva

22

Lil Mosey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*January 25th, 2002, Mountlake Terrace

21

Lil Tecca

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*August 26th, 2002, Queens

21

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

21

Jasmine Liu

American Samoan beach handball player

*September 2nd, 2002, Vaitogi

22

Trueno

Argentinian rapper and singer

*March 25th, 2002, Buenos Aires

19

Einár

Swedish rapper (2002–2021)

*September 5th, 2002, Stockholm †October 21st, 2021, Hammarby Sjöstad

22

Matteo Romano

Italian singer (2002-)

*March 20th, 2002, Cuneo

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

21

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

21

Rui Hirokami

Badminton player

*July 26th, 2002, Takaoka

22

Christo Popov

Badminton player

*March 8th, 2002, Sofia

21

Cheng Xing

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 2002, Jiujiang, Guangdong

21

Srivedya Gurazada

US American badminton player

*August 15th, 2002, Boston

21

Katharina Fink

Italian badminton player

*November 14th, 2002, Bolzano

21

Jesita Putri Miantoro

Badminton player

*May 1st, 2002, Depok City

22

Ishaan Bhatnagar

Indian badminton player

*February 2nd, 2002, Raipur

21

Myisha Mohd Khairul

Malaysian badminton player

*July 27th, 2002, Johor Bahru

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Born on May 23rd, 2002
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2002 is a normal year and no leap year.

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