History for May 23

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Friedrich Anton Mesmer 1734 - Physician, astrologist, Scatman Crothers (Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers) 1910 - Actor, musician, singer, dancer, Barbara Barrie 1931 - Actress


Joan Collins 1933 - Actress ("Dynasty"), Robert Moog 1934 - Musician, Drew Carey 1958 - Actor, game show host


1618 - The Thirty Years War began when three opponents of the Reformation were thrown through a window.


1701 - In London, Captain William Kidd was hanged after being convicted of murder and piracy.


1873 - Canada's North West Mounted Police force was established. The organization's name was changed to Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920.


1900 - Civil War hero Sgt. William H. Carney became the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor, 37 years after the Battle of Fort Wagner.


1934 - In Bienville Parish, LA, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed by Texas Rangers. The bank robbers were riding in a stolen Ford Deluxe.


1945 - In Luneburg Germany, Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, committed suicide while imprisoned by the Allied forces.


1949 - The Republic of West Germany was established.


1960 - Israel announced the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.