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100 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 1925 | Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) | |||
23 May 1925 | Mac Wiseman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys) | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 1950 | Linda Thompson: Memphis, Tennessee -- Actress (Hee Haw) | |||
23 May 1950 | Bruce Hay, Scottish rugby player and engineer (d. 2007) | |||
23 May 1950 | Martin McGuinness, Irish soldier and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland | |||
23 May 1950 | Linda Thompson Memphis TN, actress (Hee Haw) | |||
23 May 1950 |
Refrigeration patent In 1950, black American inventor F.M. Jones was issued a patent for a "System for Controlling Operation of Refrigeration Units" (No. 2,509,099). |
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50 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 1975 | Jackie "Moms" Mabley: Comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 | |||
23 May 1975 | Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor and television host | |||
23 May 1975 | Michiel van den Bos, Dutch DJ and composer | |||
23 May 1975 | Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894) | |||
23 May 1975 | Vincent Goossens soccer player (Dordrecht '90) | |||
23 May 1975 | Jackie "Moms" Mabley comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 2000 | Noel Gallagher walked out on his band Oasis during a European tour. The move was put down to a series of burst-ups with his brother Liam. The band drafted in replacement guitarist Matt Deighton for the rest of the European dates. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 2010 | Princess Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani (b. 1914) | |||
23 May 2010 | José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1972) | |||
23 May 2010 | Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1970) | |||
23 May 2010 | Jamaican police begin a manhunt for drug lord Christopher Coke, after the United States requested his extradition, leading to three days of violence during which at least 73 bystanders are killed. | |||
23 May 2010 | The Rolling Stones scored their first UK No.1 album for 16 years with the re-release of their classic 1972 double LP 'Exile On Main Street'. The album, which was first released in 1972, had been reissued with previously unheard tracks. Their last No.1 album was 1994's Voodoo Lounge. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
23 May 2015 | Leo Berman, American businessman and politician (b. 1935) | |||
23 May 2015 | Anne Meara, American actress, comedian and playwright (b. 1929) | |||
23 May 2015 | Aleksey Mozgovoy, Ukrainian sergeant (b. 1975) | |||
23 May 2015 | Alicia Nash, Salvadoran-American physicist and engineer (b. 1933) | |||
23 May 2015 | John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928) | |||
23 May 2015 | The Republic of Ireland votes to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote. |