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It Happened On This Day
• 1996-05-23 death Patrick Cargill: Actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at 77
• 1984-05-23 event Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
• 1951-05-23 birth Anatoli Karpov: USSR -- World chess champion (1975-85)
• 1667-05-23 event King Afonso VI of Portugal flees
• 1873-05-23 birth Leo Baeck: Rabbi / President (World Union for Progressive Judaism)
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