On this day: May 23
Events
Battle of DandanaqanMay 23, 1040 · Wars & Conflicts
Battle of HeiligerleeMay 23, 1568 · Wars & Conflicts
Japanese invasions of KoreaMay 23, 1592 – December 16, 1598 · Wars & Conflicts
Battle of RamilliesMay 23, 1706 · Wars & Conflicts
West GermanyMay 23, 1949 – October 3, 1990 · World History- Release of TommyMay 23, 1969 · Music
- Release of DynastyMay 23, 1979 · Music
Release of Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomMay 23, 1984 · Film- Release of JavaMay 23, 1995 · Technology
Founding of Telekom SrbijaMay 23, 1997 · Companies- Release of The Marshall Mathers LPMay 23, 2000 · Music
- Release of the construKction of lightMay 23, 2000 · Music
- Release of DevdasMay 23, 2002 · Film
- Release of Synecdoche, New YorkMay 23, 2008 · Film
Release of Born This WayMay 23, 2011 · Music
Release of Tropico 5May 23, 2014 · Gaming- Release of Total War: Three KingdomsMay 23, 2019 · Gaming
Born on this day
Nicodemus Tessin the YoungerMay 23, 1654 – April 10, 1728 · Culture
Franz Anton MesmerMay 23, 1734 – March 5, 1815 · Science
Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of LigneMay 23, 1735 – December 13, 1814 · Culture- Andrea LuchesiMay 23, 1741 – March 21, 1801 · Music
Andrea AppianiMay 23, 1754 – November 8, 1817 · Art
Jules Dumont d'UrvilleMay 23, 1790 – May 8, 1842 · Exploration
Ignaz MoschelesMay 23, 1794 – March 10, 1870 · Music
Charles BarryMay 23, 1795 – May 12, 1860 · Culture
Margaret FullerMay 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850 · Culture
Amalia LindegrenMay 23, 1814 – December 27, 1891 · Art
Ambrose BurnsideMay 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881 · Technology
Pavel ChistyakovMay 23, 1832 – November 11, 1919 · Art
Carl BlochMay 23, 1834 – February 22, 1890 · Art
ʻAbdu'l-BaháMay 23, 1844 – 1921 · Culture
Otto LilienthalMay 23, 1848 – August 10, 1896 · Technology
Luis Ricardo FaleroMay 23, 1851 – December 7, 1896 · Art
József Rippl-RónaiMay 23, 1861 – November 25, 1927 · Art
Władysław HorodeckiMay 23, 1863 – January 3, 1930 · Culture
Douglas FairbanksMay 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939 · Film
Thoralf SkolemMay 23, 1887 – March 23, 1963 · Science
Pär LagerkvistMay 23, 1891 – July 11, 1974 · Culture- Franz Leopold NeumannMay 23, 1900 – September 2, 1954 · Culture
- Charles W. MorrisMay 23, 1901 – January 15, 1979 · Culture
Edmund RubbraMay 23, 1901 – February 14, 1986 · Music
Ramiro Ledesma RamosMay 23, 1905 – October 29, 1936 · Culture
John BardeenMay 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991 · Science
Artie ShawMay 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004 · Music
Scatman CrothersMay 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986 · Music
Jean FrançaixMay 23, 1912 – September 25, 1997 · Music
Edward Norton LorenzMay 23, 1917 – April 16, 2008 · Science
Grigori ChukhraiMay 23, 1921 – October 2001 · Film
Esther M. ConwellMay 23, 1922 – November 16, 2014 · Science
Joshua LederbergMay 23, 1925 – February 2, 2008 · Science- Richard AnuszkiewiczMay 23, 1930 – May 19, 2020 · Art
Ceija StojkaMay 23, 1933 – January 28, 2013 · Art
Robert MoogMay 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005 · Technology
Robert A. M. SternMay 23, 1939 – November 27, 2025 · Culture
Zalman KingMay 23, 1942 – February 3, 2012 · Film
Ann HuiMay 23, 1947 – present · Film
Carlos MendesMay 23, 1947 – present · Culture
Philippe Van ParijsMay 23, 1951 – present · Culture
Thomas ReiterMay 23, 1958 – present · Space
Linden AshbyMay 23, 1960 – present · Film
Samuel MaozMay 23, 1962 – present · Film
Tom TykwerMay 23, 1965 – present · Film
Philip SelwayMay 23, 1967 – present · Music
Guinevere TurnerMay 23, 1968 – present · Film- Laurel HollomanMay 23, 1971 – present · Art
JewelMay 23, 1974 – present · Music
Richard AyoadeMay 23, 1977 – present · Film
Josh CooleyMay 23, 1979 – present · Film
Heidi RangeMay 23, 1983 – present · Music
Ryan CooglerMay 23, 1986 – present · Film
Lena Meyer-LandrutMay 23, 1991 – present · Music