#5 Happy Birthday: May 23rd.
Douglas Fairbanks - died 1939 (56)
Scatman Crothers - died 1986 (76)
Artie Shaw - died 2004 (94)
John Payne - died 1989 (77) "For Barbara"
Helen O'Connell - died 1993 (73) ""Singer, Dancer"
Barbara Barrie - 78 "Suddenly Susan" (Now)
Joan Collins - 76 "Dallas" (Now)
Karen Duffy - 48 "Dumb & Dumber" (Now)
Guinevere Turner - 42 "The Notorious Bettie Page" (Now)
On this day in history: May 23rd.
1788 South Carolina ratifies the Constitution as the 8th American state.
1846 President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
1863 Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner.
1929 The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released.
1934 American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.
1939 The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 26 sailors. The remaining 32 crewmen and one passenger are rescued the following day.
1945 Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, committs suicide while in Allied custody.
1949 The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed.
1960 Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann had been captured.
1967 Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, laying the foundations for the Six Day War.
1995 The first version of the Java programming language was released.
2002 The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
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