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So tomorrow, May 23, is my birthday. It's not a big deal, and will, in all likelihood, slip by with little hoopla. May 23 is a date marked by intrigue, illlicitness, death, murder, and cartoons. Here are just some of the literally dozens interesting things that happened throughout the years on my birthday:


On May 23, 1430 Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians during the Siege of Compiègne. In 1498, Dominican priest and book burner Girolamo Savonarola was burned at the stake on the orders of Pope Alexander VI on May 23. And on May 23, the marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void in 1533, paving the way for Henry string of wives and the plotlines for "The Tudors." On May 23, 1929, "The Karnival Kid," the first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, primered. May 23, 1934 saw the end of American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde, who were ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana. On that day in 1945 Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, committed suicide while in Allied custody. May 23 1995, was the day of the Oklahoma City bombing.

May 23rd is the shared birth date of clarinetist Artie Shaw; crooner and aunt of George, Rosemary Clooney; boxer Marvellous Marvin Hagler; singer/poet/cutie Jewel; and professional irritent, Drew Carey.