May 23 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 23
In the headlines today:

2007	17-year-old singer Jordin Sparks becomes the youngest person ever to win FOX-TV's American Idol reality show. 'Beatbox' vocalist Blake Lewis is runner-up.
1994	Pulp Fiction wins the best film award at the 47th Cannes Film Festival.
1994	Funeral services are held at Arlington National Cemetary for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. (photo credit: NARA)
1989	An estimated one million people in Beijing (and tens of thousands in other Chinese cities) march to demand the resignation of Premier Li Peng.
1979	Refusing to embrace the sale of his recording contract after a record label merger, rocker Tom Petty files Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to avoid being on the hook for six future albums.
1945	Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide while imprisoned in Luneburg, Germany.
1944	During World War II, Allied forces, bogged down in Anzio, begin a major breakout offensive.
1937	John D. Rockefeller dies in Ormond Beach, FL.
1934	Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death in a police ambush in Louisiana.
1915	Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary during World War I.
1873	Canada establishes its Northwest Mounted Police force (the "Mounties").
1788	South Carolina becomes the eighth state to ratify the US Constitution.
1701	Captain William Kidd is hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder.
1533	The marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catharine of Aragin is declared null and void. Did you know? Visit Laurie Sebastian's Royal Paper Dolls website for free paper dolls of all six of Henry VIII's wives ... and King Henry, too!
1430	Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians, who then sell her to the English.