May 23

May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). There are 222 days remaining.

Events:

• 1995 : Official announcement of the Java programming language

Births:

• 1707: Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist.
• 1810: [Margaret Fuller]? (journalist?, feminist).
• 1883: [Douglas Fairbanks]? (actor, cofounder of [United Artists]? with D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, and Charlie Chaplin).
• 1910: [Scatman Crothers]? (actor).
• 1910: [Artie Shaw]? (clarinetist, bandleader?).
• 1921: James Blish (U.S. science fiction author).
• 1928: [Nigel Davenport]? (actor).
• 1933: [Joan Collins]? (actress).
• 1934: Dr. [Robert Moog]? (inventor of Moog synthesizer).
• 1958: [Drew Carey]? (comedian, actor).
• 1972: [The Notorious B.I.G.]? (Christopher Wallace)]] (rapper?).

Deaths:

• 1855: Charles Robert Malden: British naval officer who discovered Malden Island

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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