Today in History
23 May
218 births · 92 deaths · 54 events recorded
Notable Births
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Alexandra Eala
b. 2005
Filipino tennis player (born 2005)
Brennan Johnson
b. 2001
Wales international footballer (born 2001)
Felipe Drugovich
b. 2000
Brazilian racing driver (born 2000)
Israel Reyes
b. 2000
Mexican footballer (born 2000)
James Charles
b. 1999
American internet personality (born 1999)
Sandro Mamukelashvili
b. 1999
Georgian basketball player (born 1999)
H. Jon Benjamin
b. 1966
American actor and comedian (born 1966)
Joan Collins
b. 1933
English actress and writer (born 1933)
Notable Deaths
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Morgan Spurlock
d. 2024
American filmmaker (1970–2024)
Ron Hill
d. 2021
British long-distance runner (1938–2021)
Eric Carle
d. 2021
American author and illustrator (1929–2021)
Hana Kimura
d. 2020
Japanese joshi puroresu wrestler (1997–2020)
John Forbes Nash Jr.
d. 2015
American mathematician and Nobel Laureate (1928–2015)
Bonnie and Clyde
d. 1934
American bank robbers in the 1930s
Bonnie and Clyde
d. 1934
American bank robbers in the 1930s
Henrik Ibsen
d. 1906
Norwegian playwright (1828–1906)
On This Day in History
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2022
Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party is sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia after winning the 2022 Australian federal election, ending 9 years of conservative rule.
Anthony Albanese
2021
A cable car falls from a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing 14 people.
Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash
2021
Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.
Ryanair Flight 4978
2017
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares martial law in Mindanao, following the Maute's attack in Marawi.
Rodrigo Duterte
2016
Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, kill at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
Islamic State
2016
Eight bombings are carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people are killed and at least 200 people injured.
Islamic State
2015
At least 30 people are killed as a result of floods and tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico.
Tornado outbreak and floods of May 23–26, 2015
2014
Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
2014 Isla Vista attacks