Religious Observances on May 23

• Jewish: Shavuot II שבועות ב׳

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On This Day in History — May 23

• 2017 — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao, following the Maute's attack in Marawi.
• 2016 — Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, killed at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
• 2016 — Eight bombings were carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eight-four people were killed and at least 200 people injured.
• 2015 — At least 46 people are killed as a result of floods caused by a tornado in Texas and Oklahoma.
• 2014 — Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
• 2013 — The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.

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Notable Births on May 23

• 1998 — Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian racing driver
• 1998 — Luca de la Torre, American footballer
• 1998 — Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
• 1998 — Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer
• 1998 — Daniel Köstl, Czech footballer
• 1997 — Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer

Notable Deaths on May 23

• 2017 — Roger Moore, English actor (b. 1927)
• 2017 — Cortez Kennedy, American football player (b. 1968)
• 2015 — Leo Berman, American businessman and politician (b. 1935)
• 2015 — Anne Meara, American actress, comedian and playwright (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Aleksey Mozgovoy, Ukrainian sergeant (b. 1975)
• 2015 — Alicia Nash, Salvadoran-American physicist and engineer (b. 1933)

Sports on May 23

• NHL: Vegas Golden Knights @ Colorado Avalanche — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Texas Rangers @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Athletics @ San Diego Padres — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Connecticut Sun @ Seattle Storm — 02:00 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on May 24

• 🌍 Pentecost (Austria, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden)
• 🌍 Buddha's Birthday (South Korea)
• 🌍 Eerste Pinksterdag (Netherlands)
• 🌍 Første pinsedag (Norway)
• 🌍 Helluntaipäivä (Finland)
• 🌍 Pingstdagen; Söndag (Sweden)
• 🌍 Pinksteren (Belgium)
• 🌍 Pinsedag (Denmark)
• 🌍 Pünkösd (Hungary)
• 🌍 Zielone Świątki (Poland)
• 🌍 佛誕 (Hong Kong)
• 🌍 부처님오신날 (South Korea)

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Religious Observances on May 24

• Christian: Pentecost

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On This Day in History — May 24

• 2014 — A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
• 2014 — At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.
• 2002 — Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
• 2000 — Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
• 1999 — The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
• 1994 — Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.

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Notable Births on May 24

• 1991 — Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower
• 1991 — Cody Eakin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 — Mattias Ekholm, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1989 — Andrew Jordan, English race car driver
• 1988 — Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1988 — Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant

Notable Deaths on May 24

• 2015 — Dean Carroll, English rugby player (b. 1962)
• 2015 — Kenneth Jacobs, Australian lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
• 2015 — Tanith Lee, English author (b. 1947)
• 2014 — David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935)
• 2014 — Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Iranian businessman (b. 1969)
• 2014 — Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1927)

Sports on May 24

• WNBA: Los Angeles Sparks @ Las Vegas Aces — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Toronto FC @ Chicago Fire FC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: New York City FC @ Nashville SC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Red Bull New York @ Sporting Kansas City — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: FC Dallas @ Colorado Rapids — 01:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: San Jose Earthquakes @ Portland Timbers — 01:30 UTC Scheduled

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