On this day in history
May 23
American
1934Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are ambushed and killed by lawmen on a Louisiana road.
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are ambushed and killed by lawmen on a Louisiana road.
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2014A gunman kills six people near the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the Isla Vista rampage.
A gunman kills six people near the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the Isla Vista rampage.
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1788South Carolina becomes the eighth state to ratify the Constitution.
South Carolina becomes the eighth state to ratify the Constitution.
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World
1430Joan of Arc is captured by Burgundian troops at Compiegne and sold to the English.
Joan of Arc is captured by Burgundian troops at Compiegne and sold to the English.
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1949West Germany is founded with the proclamation of the Basic Law in Bonn.
West Germany is founded with the proclamation of the Basic Law in Bonn.
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1992The mafia assassinates anti mafia judge Giovanni Falcone with a highway bomb in Sicily.
The mafia assassinates anti mafia judge Giovanni Falcone with a highway bomb in Sicily.
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