Article: TODAY IN HISTORY.(Kentucky Life: History)

Today is Monday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2005. There are 222 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La.

On this date:

* In 1430, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.

* In 1533, the marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void.

* In 1701, Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and murder.

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