Historical Events for 23rd May 2023

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1844 - Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)
1960 - WKBM TV (now WLII) channel 11 in Caguas/San Juan, PR 1st broadcast
1984 - Crime epic film "Once Upon a Time in America" directed by Sergio Leone starring Robert De Niro and James Woods premieres at Cannes
1997 - Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV
2002 - The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland
2003 - NHL Eastern Conference Final: New Jersey Devils beat Ottawa Senators, 4 games to 3
2010 - 63rd Cannes Film Festival: "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins the Palme d'Or
2018 - Hamburg, Germany, becomes the first city to ban diesel cars on some roads
2019 - Brazilian cosmetics group Natura buys UK's Avon for $2 billion, creating the world's fourth-largest cosmetics company
2021 - Belarus accused of “state-sponsored hijacking" after diverting commercial Ryanair flight to Minsk to arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich

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