Question: what happened on may 23 in history?
Answer: On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. On this date: In 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the United States Constitution. ... In 1975, comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley, 81, died in White Plains, New York.