Well, maybe they weren't exactly world-shaking, but they were worth remembering.On 23 May 1701 Captain William Kidd was hanged.
The question is whether it was right ...
On 23 May 1785 -- in a letter, Benjamin Franklin revealed his invention of spectacles of two thicknesses -- one for distance viewing, the other for reading up close. The first bi-focals!
On 23 May 1906, Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright, died.
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