May 23

May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). There are 222 days remaining.

Events:

• 1995 : Official announcement of the Java programming language

Births:

• 1707: Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist.
• 1810: Margaret Fuller (journalist, feminist).
• 1883: Douglas Fairbanks (actor, cofounder of United Artists with D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, and Charlie Chaplin).
• 1910: Scatman Crothers (actor).
• 1910: Artie Shaw (clarinetist, bandleader).
• 1921: James Blish (U.S. science fiction author).
• 1928: Nigel Davenport (actor).
• 1933: Joan Collins (actress).
• 1934: Dr. Robert Moog (inventor of Moog synthesizer).
• 1958: Drew Carey (comedian, actor).
• 1972: The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace)]] (rapper).

Deaths:

• 1855: Charles Robert Malden: British naval officer who discovered Malden Island

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