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100 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 1924 | Desmond Carrington: British radio host (Jim-Calamity the Cow) | |||
23 May 1924 | Michael McCrum: Master (Corpus Christi College Cambridge) | |||
23 May 1924 | Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (d. 2014) | |||
23 May 1924 | Clyde King, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2010) | |||
23 May 1924 | Desmond Carrington British radio host (Jim-Calamity the Cow) | |||
23 May 1924 | Michael McCrum master (Corpus Christi College Cambridge) | |||
23 May 1924 | V N Swamy cricketer (one Test India vs New Zealand 1955, DNB, 0-45) | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 1949 | Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day) | |||
23 May 1949 | Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal | |||
23 May 1949 | Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 93rd President of Peru | |||
23 May 1949 | Janet Thornton, English biologist and academic | |||
23 May 1949 | Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872) | |||
23 May 1949 | The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed. | |||
23 May 1949 | WW2 | Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, the constitution of West Germany, came into effect. | ||
23 May 1949 | Alan Garc | |||
23 May 1949 | Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day) | |||
23 May 1949 |
death William Webster Hansen Died 23 May 1949 at age 39 (born 27 May 1909). American physicist who contributed to the development of radar and is regarded as the founder of microwave technology. He developed the klystron, a vacuum tube essential to radar technology (1937). Based on amplitude modulation of an electron beam, rather than on resonant circuits of coils and condensers, it permits the generation of powerful and stable high-frequency oscillations. It revolutionized high-energy physics and microwave research and led to airborne radar. The klystron also has been used in satellite communications, airplane and missile guidance systems, and telephone and television transmission. After WW II, working with three graduate students, Hansen demonstrated the first 4.5 MeV linear accelerator in 1947. |
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50 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 1974 | Duane Clemons: Linebacker (Minnesota Vikings) | |||
23 May 1974 | Kimber West: Atlanta, Georgia -- Playmate (February 1997) | |||
23 May 1974 | Kathleen Cannell: Writer | |||
23 May 1974 | Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed | |||
23 May 1974 | Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet | |||
23 May 1974 | Ken Jennings, American computer scientist, author, and game show contestant | |||
23 May 1974 | Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer | |||
23 May 1974 | Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs | |||
23 May 1974 | Charlie Young, Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress and singer | |||
23 May 1974 | George Harrison announced the launch of his own record label, 'Dark Horse.' | |||
23 May 1974 | birth Jewel Kilcher, US singer, songwriter, (1995 US No.5 album 'Pieces Of You', has sold over 12m copies. 1997 US No.3 single 'You Were Meant For Me'). | |||
23 May 1974 | birth Richard Jones, bass, Stereophonics, (2001 UK No.1 album 'Not Enough Education', 2001 UK No.4 single 'Handbags And Gladrags'). | |||
23 May 1974 | Duane Clemons linebacker (Minnesota Vikings) | |||
23 May 1974 | Jewel [Kilcher] St George UT, folk/rock vocalist (Pieces of You) | |||
23 May 1974 | Kimber West Atlanta GA, playmate (Feb 1997) | |||
23 May 1974 | Kathleen Cannell writer, dies | |||
23 May 1974 | Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site | |||
23 May 1974 | Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 1999 | Owen Hart, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1965) | |||
23 May 1999 | Shanks & Bigfoot with vocals by Sharon Woolf started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Sweet Like Chocolate.' | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 2004 | Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and academic (b. 1919) | |||
23 May 2004 | Part of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 2009 | Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (b. 1946) | |||
23 May 2009 | Former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun commits suicide, jumping from a 45-meter cliff in Bongha, Gimhae, South Korea. | |||
23 May 2009 | Amy Winehouse cancelled her appearance at a concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Island Records. The event, scheduled to take place on 31st May at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire, had now been cancelled completely, her management said. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 2014 | Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (b. 1949) | |||
23 May 2014 | Michael Gottlieb, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1945) | |||
23 May 2014 | Richard Kolitsch, German footballer (b. 1989) | |||
23 May 2014 | Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (b. 1921) | |||
23 May 2014 | Anand Modak, Indian composer and director (b. 1951) | |||
23 May 2014 | Panagiotis Pikilidis, Greek wrestler (b. 1965) | |||
23 May 2014 | Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 13 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara. | |||
23 May 2014 | The parents of a camera assistant who was killed after being hit by a train while shooting footage for a biopic about Gregg Allman were suing the musician and the film's producers. The case claimed film-makers "selected an unreasonably dangerous site for the filming location" and failed to take actions to adequately protect the crew. |