About May 23

May 23, 2024 is the 144th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 222 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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Gemini is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 251 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On May 23

  • 1498 –
    Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI.
  • 1533 –
    The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
  • 1568 –
    The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain.
  • 1609 –
    Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.
  • 1788 –
    South Carolina ratifies the Constitution as the 8th American state.
  • 1805 –
    Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.
  • 1873 –
    The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • 1900 –
    American Civil War: 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 in 1863.
  • 1907 –
    The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • 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 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
  • 1948 –
    Thomas C. Wasson, US Consul-General assassinated in Jerusalem.
  • 1949 –
    The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed.
  • 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.
  • 1990 –
    Jordan Mack was born.
  • 1995 –
    The first version of the Java programming language is released.
  • 2002 –
    The “55 parties” clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
  • 2006 –
    Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
  • 2008 –
    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.

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