Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1430 ― Joan of Arc captured by Burgundians at Compiegne, who sell her to the British
1774 ― Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)
1785 ― Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
1883 ― Baseball game between one-armed and one-legged players
1900 ― Associated Press News Service forms in New York
1945 ― Winston Churchill resigns as British P.M.
1949 ― Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day)
1958 ― Mao Tse-tung starts “Great leap forward” movement in China
1969 ― The Who release the rock opera “Tommy”
1990 ― Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion