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A bit of May 23rd history…
1576 - Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory (pictured)
1701 - Captain William Kidd is hanged in London being convicted of piracy and murder
1785 Benjamin Franklin invents bifocals
1934 - Bonnie & Clyde are killed by police in an ambush in Louisiana
1949 - Federal Republic of West Germany created out of the American, British, and French occupational zones
May 23, 2021 at 05:01AM