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1430: Joan of Arc was captured by Burgundians near Compiègne, France.
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1844: Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází founds Bábism. The Báb, as he called himself, created the religion which was a forerunner of the Bahá’í Faith. His teachings were seen as a threat by the Islamic clergy, and his followers were brutally persecuted by the Persian government.
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1934: On May 23, 1934, notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police near Sailes, Louisiana. After studying the gang’s movements, police set up a trap for Bonnie and Clyde, which ended up being successful. The police emptied their guns on a car with the duo inside, shooting about 130 rounds.
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1949: The Federal Republic of Germany is established. The Federal Republic of Germany (popularly known as West Germany) is formally established as a separate and independent nation. This action marked the effective end to any discussion of reuniting East and West Germany. The foundation of West Germany came four years after the demise of the Nazi regime and the end of World War II.
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1951: Delegates of the Dalai Lama sign the Seventeen Point Agreement. The contract affirmed Chinese sovereignty over Tibet. According to Tibetan officials, the document was signed under duress and is, therefore, invalid.
1956: The first large-scale nuclear power station was opened at Calder Hall, Cumbria. It was decommissioned after producing electricity for almost 50 years.
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1989: Egypt is readmitted into the Arab League, 12 years after its suspension for entering into a peace agreement with Israel.
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1994: Long shunned by the Organisation of African Unity, which has taken steps to isolate the apartheid regime, the now democratic state of South Africa joins the OAU as its 53rd member.
1994: National Constitutional Conference elections begin but are massively boycotted by Nigerians heeding NADECO’s boycott call, especially in the South-West.
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1995: Femi Falana, a pro-democracy activist and one of Ken Saro-Wiwa‘s defence lawyers, is arrested at his office by State Security Service (SSS) agents, who thus prevent him from attending Saro-Wiwa’s trial.
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BIRTHS ON THIS DAY: May 23
Drew Carey, 66 years
Drew Allison Carey is an American comedian, actor, and game show host was born on 23 May 1958. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey gained stardom in his sitcom.
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Joe Modise (23 May 1929 – 26 November 2001)
South African anti-apartheid activist who became South Africa’s first black Minister of Defence, in Doomfontein, South Africa. When the country became democratic in 1994, he led the formation of a new independent armed forces. He died at the age of 72.
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Joe Slovo (23 May 1926 – 6 January 1995)
A Marxist-Leninist, he was a long-time leader and theorist in the South African Communist Party, a leading member of the African National Congress, and a commander of the ANC’s military wing uMkhonto we Sizwe. He became Minister of Housing in South Africa’s first democratic government under President Nelson Mandela, in Obeliai, Lithuania. As an anti-apartheid activist in the 1950s and 1960s, he was repeatedly arrested after his political party was banned. He went into exile, heading the liberation party the African National Congress’ military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. His wife Ruth was assassinated in 1982 when they were living in Mozambique. He died at the age of 68.
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