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May 23 | |
| 1875 | Birth date of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., industrialist. (died 2/17/66) |
| 1934 | Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker shot down by Texas Rangers. |
| 1934 | Scientists at DuPont create the synthetic fiber later patented under the name nylon. |
| 1935 | Roosevelt appoints Morris L. Cooke as first administrator of REA. |
| 1937 | Industrialist John Rockefeller dies in Ormond Beach, Fla. |