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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/1533" title="1533">1533</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cranmer" title="Thomas Cranmer">Thomas Cranmer</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a>, annulled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a>'s marriage to his first wife <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon" title="Catherine of Aragon">Catherine of Aragon</a>, beginning events that would culminate in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">English Reformation</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1862" title="1862">1862</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> troops under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson" title="Stonewall Jackson">Stonewall Jackson</a> defeated a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> force at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Front_Royal" title="Battle of Front Royal">Battle of Front Royal</a></b> in Virginia, taking around 700 prisoners.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1895" title="1895">1895</a> – Backed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Tilden" title="Samuel J. Tilden">Samuel J. Tilden</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Library" title="Astor Library">Astor Library</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenox_Library_(New_York_City)" title="Lenox Library (New York City)">Lenox Library</a> agreed to merge and form the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Public_Library" title="New York Public Library">New York Public Library</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939" title="1939">1939</a> – The U.S. Navy submarine <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sailfish_(SS-192)" title="USS Sailfish (SS-192)">Squalus</a></b></i> sank off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth, New Hampshire</a>, during tests, causing 26 men to drown.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974" title="1974">1974</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A300" title="Airbus A300">Airbus A300</a></b>, the first twin-engined <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide-body_aircraft" title="Wide-body aircraft">wide-body</a> airliner, went into service with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France" title="Air France">Air France</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._R._M._F._Cruttwell" title="C. R. M. F. Cruttwell">C. R. M. F. Cruttwell</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1887); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Ruth Fernández">Ruth Fernández</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1919); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Violet_McKenzie" title="Florence Violet McKenzie">Florence Violet McKenzie</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1982)</p>
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