Event:
Russian president Vladimir Putin says that he will respect the outcome of the upcoming Ukrainian elections, despite the fact that Viktor Yanukovych, the former Ukrainian president, has not had his position terminated by legal means
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
