Today in History: May 23, outlaws Bonnie and Clyde killed in police ambush
Currently is Friday May the rd day of There are days left in the year In the present day in history On May bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death during a police ambush in Bienville Parish Louisiana Also on this date In Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary aligning with the Triple Entente of Russia France and the United Kingdom Related Articles Weight-loss drugs may lower cancer danger in people with diabetes a investigation suggests Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students Stop making cents US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny A music talent agency says employees died on a plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood Stocks drift to a mixed close as worries about the US executive s soaring debt continue to weigh In Nazi official Heinrich Himmler killed himself while in British custody in L neburg Germany In Surgeon General C Everett Koop issued a assessment saying there was very solid evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung malady in non-smokers In the Boy Scouts of America broadcasted it would remove membership restrictions based on sexual orientation while maintaining a ban on openly gay Scout leaders The ban on gay Scout leaders and organization employees was lifted two years later In supporters of marriage equality in Ireland celebrated as referendum results indicated a constitutional amendment in favor of recognizing same-sex marriage passing by a nearly -to- margin In NFL owners approved a new plan allowing players to protest during the national anthem by staying in the locker room but forbidding players from sitting or taking a knee if they re on the field In a cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of northern Italy s Lake Maggiore plummeted to the ground when a cable snapped killing people In the modern day s Birthdays Actor Joan Collins is Tennis Hall of Famer John Newcombe is Chess grand master Anatoly Karpov is Comedian-TV host Drew Carey is Comedian-actor Lea DeLaria is Author Mitch Albom is Actor Melissa McBride is Singer-songwriter Maxwell is Jeopardy host Ken Jennings is Singer-songwriter Jewel is Filmmaker Ryan Coogler is Singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz juh-ROHZ is