What to remember about May 23rd…
- 1701 Scottish privateer Captain William Kidd is hanged for piracy and murder
- 1777 170 patriot raiders begin Meigs Expedition that will capture British fort at Sag Harbor, Long Island, burn 24 ships, destroy tons of supplies, and capture 90 Redcoats before returning to Connecticut
- 1788 South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify the Constitution
- 1873 Canadian parliament creates North-West Mounted Police; they will later become Royal Canadian Mounted Police or “Mounties”
- 1900 Sergeant William Harvey Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry is awarded Medal of Honor for his bravery on July 18, 1863 at James Island, South Carolina; 1st African-American to receive this award
- 1934 Notorious criminal couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police near Sailes, Louisiana
- 1967 Congressman sparks controversy over frequency of malfunctions in M-16 rifle recently made the standard U.S. infantry rifle
- 1995 Damaged in the attack on April 19, remains of the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City are imploded
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