05. 23. ON THIS DAY in past

in #history6 years ago

on this day in history so many things happened, both good and bad

1071
Execution of Captain William Kidd hi was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and the murder of William Moore
1785
1785 Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
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1788
South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution
1813
South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator")
1867
Jesse James gang robs bank in Richmond, Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken)
1900
William Harvey Carney becomes the first African-American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Civil War at the Battle of Fort Wagner
1901
US captures leader of Filipino rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo
1922
Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
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1934
American outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow - Bonnie and Clyde - are killed by police in an ambush near Sailes, Louisiana
1939
Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland
1943
Thomas Mann begins writing his novel Dr Faustus
1958
Mao Zedong starts the "Great Leap Forward" movement in China
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1960
Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
1980
33rd Cannes Film Festival: "All That Jazz" directed by Bob Fosse and "Kagemusha" directed by Akira Kurosawa jointly awarded the Palme d'Or
1984
Release of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", 2nd in the film series, directed by Stephen Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford, opens in the US
1989
42nd Cannes Film Festival: "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" directed by Steven Soderbergh wins the Palme d'Or
1994
47th Cannes Film Festival: "Pulp Fiction" directed by Quentin Tarantino wins the Palme d'Or
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2000
Eminem releases 3rd studio album 'The Marshall Mathers LP', is fastest ever selling studio album (Grammy - Best Rap Album 2001)
2016
Chinese archaeologists announce findings of earliest use of barley in China to make beer, Shaanxi province 3400-2900 BC
2017
UK raises terror threat level to critical following Manchester bombing

and that's just a small part of all that happened on this day in history, and I hope you liked this little thing I set.
Have a nice day, and know that one day on this day will remember and there will be only history. so do something that people will remember

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