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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_23" title="May 23">May 23</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromanian_National_Day" title="Aromanian National Day">Aromanian National Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1568" title="1568">1568</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Years%27_War" title="Eighty Years' War">Dutch Revolt</a></b> broke out when rebels led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_of_Nassau" title="Louis of Nassau">Louis of Nassau</a> invaded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesland" title="Friesland">Friesland</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Heiligerlee_(1568)" title="Battle of Heiligerlee (1568)">Battle of Heiligerlee</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1873" title="1873">1873</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Mounted_Police" title="North-West Mounted Police">North-West Mounted Police</a></b>, the forerunner of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police" title="Royal Canadian Mounted Police">Royal Canadian Mounted Police</a>, was established to bring law and order to and assert Canadian sovereignty over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territories" title="Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934" title="1934">1934</a> – During <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Lite_strike_(1934)" title="Auto-Lite strike (1934)">a strike against the Electric Auto-Lite company</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo</a>, a fight began between nearly 10,000 American strikers and sheriff's deputies, later involving the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_National_Guard" title="Ohio National Guard">Ohio National Guard</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> – Professional wrestler <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hart" title="Owen Hart">Owen Hart</a> died immediately before <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Edge_(1999)" title="Over the Edge (1999)">a World Wrestling Federation match</a></b> after dropping 70 feet (21 m) onto the ring during a botched entrance.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Moscheles" title="Ignaz Moscheles">Ignaz Moscheles</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1794); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_von_Baader" title="Franz Xaver von Baader">Franz Xaver von Baader</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1841); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lewis_(Canadian_politician)" title="David Lewis (Canadian politician)">David Lewis</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1981); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Posada_Carriles" title="Luis Posada Carriles">Luis Posada Carriles</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2018)</p>
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