Summary of the Day ✨ 23 May (23/05)
Anthony Albanese was sworn in as Australia’s 31st Prime Minister, ending nine years of conservative rule, while a deadly cable car accident in Italy killed 14 people and Belarus forced a Ryanair flight to land to detain a dissident journalist. In other global developments, Philippine President Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao following attacks, and ISIS suicide bombings in Yemen killed at least 45 potential army recruits.
Historical Events 📜
- 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.
- 2021: A cable car falls from a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing 14 people.
- 2021: Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.
- 2017: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares martial law in Mindanao, following the Maute’s attack in Marawi.
- 2016: Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, kill at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
- 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.
- 2015: At least 30 people are killed as a result of floods and tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico.
- 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.
- 2013: A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
- 2008: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
- 2006: Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
- 2002: The “55 parties” clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
- 1998: The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
- 1995: The first version of the Java programming language is released.
- 1992: Italy’s most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
Famous Births 👶
- 2007: Rayane Messi, French footballer
- 2005: Alexandra Eala, Filipino tennis player
- 2001: Brennan Johnson, Welsh footballer
- 2000: Felipe Drugovich, Brazilian-Italian racing driver
- 2000: Israel Reyes, Mexican footballer
- 1999: James Charles, American internet personality
- 1999: Trinidad Cardona, American singer and songwriter
- 1999: Sandro Mamukelashvili, Georgian-American basketball player
- 1998: Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian racing driver
- 1998: Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
- 1998: Luca de la Torre, American soccer player
- 1997: Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer
- 1997: Coy Craft, American footballer
- 1997: Joe Gomez, English footballer
- 1997: Maximilian Kilman, English footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Caleb Carr, American military historian and author (born 1955)
- 2024: Morgan Spurlock, American filmmaker (born 1970)
- 2021: Ron Hill, English long-distance runner (born 1938)
- 2021: Eric Carle, American children’s book designer, illustrator, and writer best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar (born 1929)
- 2020: Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1997)
- 2017: Roger Moore, English actor (born 1927)
- 2015: Anne Meara, American actress, comedian and playwright (born 1929)
- 2015: Aleksey Mozgovoy, Pro-Russian Ukrainian separatist leader (born 1975)
- 2015: Alicia Nash, Salvadoran-American physicist and engineer (born 1933)
- 2015: John Forbes Nash Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)
- 2014: Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (born 1949)
- 2014: Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (born 1921)
- 2013: Epy Guerrero, Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (born 1942)
- 2013: Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, Turkish police officer and politician, 15th Governor of Istanbul Province (born 1938)
- 2013: Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Aromanian National Day
- Christian feast day:
Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church) - Christian feast day:
Desiderius of Vienne - Christian feast day:
Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi - Christian feast day:
Julia of Corsica - Christian feast day:
Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler (Episcopal Church (USA)) - Christian feast day:
Quintian, Lucius and Julian - Christian feast day:
William of Perth - Christian feast day:
May 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Constitution Day (Germany)
- Labour Day (Jamaica)
- Students’ Day (Mexico)
- World Turtle Day