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Today in History: May 23

1430 Burgundians capture Joan of Arc and sell her to the English.

1533 Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.

1862 Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson takes Front Royal, Virginia.

1934 American outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow - Bonnie and Clyde, are killed by police in an ambush near Sailes, Louisiana

1945 Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, commits suicide after being captured by Allied forces.

1949 The Federal Republic of West Germany is proclaimed.

1960 Israel announces the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.

1977 US Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell

1980 Horror film "The Shining" released directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on book by Stephen King

2019 The last slave ship to smuggle slaves to America from Africa, the Clotilda (sunk 1860), is found in Mobile river, Alabama

2022 US President Joe Biden says for the first time he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion

2023 451 Illinois Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 2,000 children over 70 years, according to state's attorney general’s office

Born on May 23

1934 Robert A. Moog, electrical engineer, creator of the Moog synthesizer.

JOTD

Two identical twin brothers, George and Ted, turned 100. George's hearing was just as good as ever, but Ted was slightly deaf.

An attractive female photographer came to the retirement home to take the brothers' picture. "I'm going to take your picture," she said.
"What did she say?" asked Ted. "She says she's going to take our picture," replied George. So George and Ted followed the photographer to a room.
Inside the room were two chairs. "Now sit down in these chairs," she said.
"What did she say?" asked Ted. "She says we should sit down in these chairs," replied George. So George and Ted sat down in the chairs.
The photographer pulled out her camera and pointed it at the birthday brothers. "Now let me focus," she said.
"What did she say?" asked Ted. "She says she's going to focus," replied George.
"Wow!" exclaimed Ted. "Both of us at the same time?"