Fw: On This Day in History (May 23): Bizarre Trigger of a Thirty Year War, Bonnie and Clyde Ambushed and a Really Unfortunate President
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On This Day in History
May 23
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? Second Defenestration of Prague: Two Catholic Lords Regent and their secretary are thrown out of a window and amazingly are not seriously injured by the 70 foot (21m) fall. Triggers the Thirty Years' War.
? South American independence leader enters M¨¦rida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador (The Liberator)
| FBI photo of the car carrying Bonnie and Clyde after the shootout |
? American outlaws and are near Sailes, Louisiana
? Federal Republic of (West) Germany is created from the American, British, and French occupation zones
? starts the "Great Leap Forward" movement in China, kills between 23 and 55 million Chinese citizens due to famine and forced labor
? The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes
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Paul Deschanel had the makings of a fine President of France ¨C until a series of bizarre incidents culminated in him falling out the window of a moving train.
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