Event:
Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
More Notable Events on May 23:
1970 Grateful Dead's in England, 1st performance outside of U.S.
1960 Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
1945 Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister
1922 Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
1900 Associated Press News Service forms in New York
