TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Monday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2022. There are 222 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History

On May 23, 1984, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was “very solid” evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung disease in non-smokers.

On this date

In 1430, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.

In 1533, the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer.

In 1934, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La.

In 1937, industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Co. and the Rockefeller Foundation, died in Ormond Beach, Florida, at age 97.

In 2016, during his visit to Asia, President Barack Obama, eager to banish lingering shadows of the Vietnam War, lifted the U.S. embargo on selling arms to America’s former enemy.

Ten years ago: Egypt held the Arab world’s first competitive presidential vote. (Islamist Mohammed Morsi was ultimately named the winner following a runoff.)

Today’s birthdays

Actor Joan Collins is 89. International Tennis Hall of Famer John Newcombe is 78. Former baseball manager Buck Showalter is 66. Actorcomedian-game show host Drew Carey is 64. Actor Melissa McBride is 57. Singer Jewel is 48. Golfer Morgan Pressel is 34. Folk/pop singer/ songwriter Sarah Jarosz is 31.