By The Associated Press
                  - Today is Sunday, May 23, the 143rd day of 1999. There are 222 days
                    left in the year.

                  - On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were
                    shot to death in a police ambush as they drove a stolen Ford Deluxe
                    along a road in Louisiana.
                  - 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.
                  - In 1701, Capt. William Kidd was hanged in London after he was
                    convicted of piracy and murder.
                  - In 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the
                    Constitution.
                  - In 1873, Canada's North West Mounted Police force was established.
                  - In 1915, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I.
                  - In 1937 industrialist John D. Rockefeller died in Ormond Beach, Fla.
                  - In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio
                    began a major breakout offensive.
                  - In 1945, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler committed suicide while
                    imprisoned in Luneburg, Germany.
                  - In 1960, Israel announced it had captured former Nazi official Adolf
                    Eichmann in Argentina.
                  - Ten years ago: An estimated 1 million people in Beijing and tens of
                    thousands in other Chinese cities marched to demand that Premier Li
                    Peng resign.
                  - Five years ago: Funeral services were held at Arlington National
                    Cemetery for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "Pulp Fiction" by American
                    director Quentin Tarantino won the Golden Palm for best film at the
                    47th Cannes Film Festival.
                  - One year ago: Official returns showed two convincing "yes" votes for
                    the Northern Ireland peace accord: a surprisingly strong 71.1% in
                    British-linked Northern Ireland, and 94.4% in the Republic of
                    Ireland.

                  *Happy Birthday*
                  - Bandleader Artie Shaw is 89.
                  - Actress Betty Garrett is 80.
                  - Pianist Alicia de Larrocha is 76.
                  - Bluegrass singer Mac Wiseman is 74.
                  - Singer Rosemary Clooney is 71.
                  - Actor Nigel Davenport is 71.
                  - Actress Barbara Barrie is 68.
                  - Actress Joan Collins is 66.
                  - Actor Charles Kimbrough is 63.
                  - Rhythm-and-blues singer General Johnson is 56.
                  - Actress Lauren Chapin is 54.
                  - Country singer Judy Rodman is 48.
                  - Boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler is 47.
                  - Actor-comedian Drew Carey is 41.
                  - Country singer Shelley West is 41.
                  - Actor Linden Ashby ("Melrose Place") is 39.
                  - Rock musician Phil Selway (Radiohead) is 32.
                  - Singer Lorenzo is 27.
                  - Singer Maxwell is 26.
                  - Singer Jewel is 25.