May 23rd, President Abdel-Nasser declares the Gulf of Aqaba closed to the Israeli shipping

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1918- Costa Rica declares war on Germany during the World War I.

1949- The Federal Republic of West Germany is proclaimed.

1967- Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser declares the Gulf of Aqaba closed to the Israeli shipping.

1997- Mohammad Khatami wins the presidential elections in Iran.

2009-Former South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun commits suicide.

Born Today:

1707- Swedish Botanist Carl Linnaeus.

1908- American physicist and electrical engineer, John Bardeen.

Passed Away:

1857-French mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy.
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