Wilfred Benítez: Boxing’s Youngest Champion

On May 23, 1981

Wilfred Benítez became the youngest 3-division world champion in history at age 22 after knocking out Maurice Hope in 12 rounds.

This Day in History - May 23

1984

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

1430

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

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.

1970

A fire broke out in the Britannia Bridge in North Wales.

1788

South Carolina became the 8th state to join the United States of America.

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