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The following events took place on May 23. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 46 events. Showing 31 - 46.

• 1967

  Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
• 1970

  Robert Stephenson’s pioneering Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Strait is catastrophically damaged by fire after standing for 120 years.
• 1992

  Italy’s most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
• 1995

  The first version of the Java programming language is released.
• 1998

  The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.
• 2002

  The “55 parties” clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
• 2004

  Part of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport’s Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others.
• 2006

  Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
• 2008

  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
• 2009

  Former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun commits suicide, jumping from a 45-meter cliff in Bongha, Gimhae, South Korea.
• 2010

  Jamaican police begin a manhunt for drug lord Christopher Coke, after the United States requested his extradition, leading to three days of violence during which at least 73 bystanders are killed.
• 2012

  Adam Lambert became the first openly gay artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Charts, with his album Trespassing.
• 2013

  The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
• 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.
• 2015

  At least 46 people are killed as a result of floods caused by a tornado in Texas and Oklahoma.
• 2015

  The Republic of Ireland votes to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote.

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