May 23
\n1430
\nJoan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians and subsequently sold to the English.<\/p>\n
1788
\nSouth Carolina became the 8th state in United States.<\/p>\n
1830
\nThe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began the first passenger service in the United States.<\/p>\n
1873
\nThe North West Mounted Police force was formed in Canada. It would later be known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.<\/p>\n
1911
\nThe New York Public Library, at the time the largest marble structure ever built in the United States, was dedicated by President Taft in New York City after 16 years of construction.<\/p>\n
1934
\nBonnie (Parker) and Clyde (Barrow) were killed in a police shootout.<\/p>\n
1945
\nHeinrich Himmler, head of Adolf Hitler\u2019s Gestapo, committed suicide while in prison.<\/p>\n
1949
\nThe German Federal Republic came into existence.<\/p>\n
1997
\nModerate Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran.<\/p>\n
Birthdays<\/p>\n
Carolus Linnaeus
\nbotanist (1707)<\/p>\n
Charles Barry
\narchitect (1795)<\/p>\n
Margaret Fuller
\nAmerican writer and lecturer (1810)<\/p>\n
Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr.
\nbusinessman and philanthropist (1875)<\/p>\n
Douglas Fairbanks
\nactor (1883)<\/p>\n
John Bardeen
\nphysicist (1908)<\/p>\n
Anatoly Karpov
\nchess master (1951)<\/p>\n
Jewel
\nsinger, songwriter (1974)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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