Today in History, May 23rd:

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Highlights of this day in history: Top Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide; Israel captures fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann; Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde killed; Industrialist John D. Rockefeller dies; Golf legend Sam Snead dies.

Other notable May 23rd events include:

1788 – South Carolina ratifies the Constitution as the 8th American state.

1863 – Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.

1911 – The New York Public Library is dedicated.

1929 – The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, “The Karnival Kid”, is released.

1958 – Explorer 1 ceases transmission.

1995 – The first version of the Java programming language was released.

2002 – The “55 parties” clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.

2004 – Part of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport’s Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others.