May 23rd
165 Notable deaths
Adela Pankhurst
British-australian suffragette and political activist.
Born June 19th, 1885 in Manchester.
Died May 23rd, 1961 at 75 years old in Sydney.
Aya KitÅ
Japanese diarist.
Born July 19th, 1962 in Toyohashi.
Died May 23rd, 1988 at 25 years old in Toyohashi (spinocerebellar ataxia).
Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay
Indian archaeologist (1885-1930).
Born April 12th, 1885 in Berhampore.
Died May 23rd, 1930 at 45 years old in Kolkata.
Telford Taylor
American lawyer.
Born February 24th, 1908 in Schenectady.
Died May 23rd, 1998 at 90 years old in Manhattan.
William Aberhart
Canadian politician (1878-1943).
Born December 30th, 1878 in Perth County.
Died May 23rd, 1943 at 64 years old in Vancouver.
Alberto Alesina
Economist.
Born April 29th, 1957 in Broni.
Died May 23rd, 2020 at 63 years old in New York City. [ref]
Aleksey Mozgovoy
Pro-russian rebel and warlord in eastern ukraine.
Born April 3rd, 1975 in Nyzhnia Duvanka.
Died May 23rd, 2015 at 40 years old in Mykhailivka.
Jimmy McHugh
American composer, songwriter.
Born July 10th, 1894 in Boston. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1969 at 74 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Georges Claude
Prolific inventor and industrialist. politician and german collaborator in the second world war (1870-1960).
Born September 24th, 1870 in 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1960 at 89 years old in Saint-Cloud.
Ernst Niekisch
German politician (1889-1967).
Born May 23rd, 1889 in Trzebnica. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1967 at 78 years old in West Berlin. [ref]
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci