Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 23

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This is a list of selected May 23 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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1498Girolamo Savonarola, the de facto ruler of Florence was executed for heresy, uttering prophecies, sedition, and other crimes. refimprove section
1568 – The Dutch Revolt broke out when rebels led by Louis of Nassau invaded Friesland at the Battle of Heiligerlee. refimprove section
1618 – In the Second Defenestration of Prague, Protestant members of the Bohemian aristocracy threw Catholic regents of Emperor Ferdinand II out the third-storey window of Prague Castle, precipitating the Thirty Years' War. refimprove
1701 – Scottish privateer William Kidd was executed for piracy. lots of CN tags (9)
1945End of World War II in Europe: German president Karl Dönitz was captured and his Flensburg Government was dissolved. refimprove
1949 – The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany came into effect as the de facto constitution of West Germany. refimprove
1992 - Italian anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards were killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. unreferenced section
1995 – The Java programming language by James Gosling and colleagues was officially announced. outdated
2010 – Jamaica's military and police force began a manhunt for drug lord Christopher Coke, beginning three days of armed conflict with the Shower Posse cartel. refimprove section
* 1951 – Delegates of the 14th Dalai Lama and the government of the newly established People's Republic of China signed the Seventeen Point Agreement, affirming Chinese sovereignty over Tibet. Tagged for primary sources
* 1934 – American criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed by police on a desolate road near their hideout in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Undercited
* 2013 – An oversize load struck several support beams on the bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River in the U.S. state of Washington, leading to its immediate collapse. Poorly cited

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May 23: Aromanian National Day

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