Historic Events on May 23 in Rhyme

 

May 23, Historical Events In Rhyme

1.           In 2021 if you are a journalist in Belarus you live under strongman Lukashenko’s iron fist/ As activist journalist discovered when his Ryan Air Flight 4968 was forced to land in Minsk when a bomb on the plane was said to exist/ Roman Protasevich was arrested, tried and sentenced to 8 years on May 3 despite world hue and cry/which worked as a pardon was quickly issued as Lukashenko decided the world community he did not wish to defy.
            2.           In 2013 1 span of the 58 year old Skagit Bridge in the Evergreen State Collapsed and fell into the river below, a warning that 36% of bridges there are past their prime so more dangers drivers await.
             3.           In 1995 to the joy of programmers Java computer language was released.
             4.       In 1960 on May 22^nd, a 9.4 earthquake hit near Santiago, sending a tsunami that hit Hilo, Hawaii, almost 7,000 miles away on May 23rd, leaving major damage and 61 persons deceased.
            5.       In 1934 at the Auto Lite plant in Toledo, Ohio the union went on strike and the company to break it with 1500 “scab” employees/A riot broke out between the cops and strikers in the “Battle of Toledo with rocks and bottles against tear gas in a wild melee.

© May 22, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet 
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