The Official End of Henry VIII’s Marriage to Catherine of Aragon

On May 23, 1533

Henry VIII declared his marriage to Catherine of Aragon officially null and void, despite Pope Clement VII’s refusal to allow it.

This Day in History - May 23

2016

Blizzard released its first shooter game, Overwatch, for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

1430

Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundian Faction at the siege of Compiègne.

1922

Walt Disney incorporated his first film company called Laugh-O-Gram Studio.

1984

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the second in the film series, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released in the US.

1962

Twelve doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed the first successful reattachment of a human limb – it was the severed arm of a boy.

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