Today in history

May 23

1838
U.S. General Winfield Scott ordered the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from the east to the “Indian Nation” (what is now Oklahoma).
Approximately one quarter of the 10,000 died on this march called “The Trail of Tears.”

1965
300,000 participate in the third Marathon March for Peace & Justice.

1982
10,000 marched in London in protest of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Falklands War. The Falklands were islands off the coast of Argentina and Great Britain was fighting to maintain colonial control over them; they are known as the Malvinas Islands in Argentina.

an anti-war demonstration in Argentina

1982
Four hundred thousand demonstrated for peace and disarmament, Tokyo

1988
Maryland becomes the first state to ban the sale of cheap hand guns.

1997
Iranians elected a new president, Mohammad Khatami, a relative moderate, over hard-liners in the ruling Muslim clergy. Khatami won largely due to the female and youth vote, who voted for him because he promised to improve the status of women and respond to the demands of the younger generation in Iran.