May 23: Day of the Week
May 23, 2023 is the 143rd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 222 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Gemini is the zodiac 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.
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May 23 Historical Event(s)
- 1498Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI.
- 1568The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain.
- 1701After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
- 1788South Carolina ratifies the Constitution as the 8th American state.
- 1813South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador (“The Liberator”).
- 1846Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
- 1934The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the “Battle of Toledo”, a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
- 1939The 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.
- 1967Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
- 1995Oklahoma City bombing: In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building are imploded.
Who were born on May 23?
- 1865Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian politician (d. 1942)
- 1898Josef Terboven, German Nazi official (d. 1945)
- 1923Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (d. 2009)
- 1928Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (d. 1998)
- 1936Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
- 1946Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
- 1953Dick Stellingwerf, Dutch politician
- 1958François Feldman, French singer
- 1973Jacopo Gianninoto, Italian musician
- 1985Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
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