On This Day: May 23

7 verified moments happened on May 23. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1980🪓 Kubrick's The Shining opens, trapping a writer's family in an empty hotel as madness creeps down its halls.Movies · Source: Wikipedia, 'The Shining' US release (May 23 1980)
2. 1989📼 Twenty-six-year-old Steven Soderbergh wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes for his debut sex, lies, and videotape, igniting the American independent film boom.Movies · Source: festival-cannes.com / Wikipedia: closing night, 42nd Cannes Film Festival
3. 1995☕ Sun Microsystems introduces the Java programming language, promising write-once, run-anywhere software across platforms.Technology · Source: Computer History Museum, 'This Day in History' (May 23 1995)
4. 2010The first class enters the NASCAR Hall of Fame: the Frances, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and Junior JohnsonStock Car Racing · Source: NASCAR Hall of Fame / Frontstretch — inaugural induction ceremony May 23, 2010, Charlotte
5. 2010🏝️ Lost ends with "The End," reuniting its castaways and igniting fierce debate over what it all meant.TV · Source: Wikipedia: The End (Lost) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_(Lost))
6. 2021Phil Mickelson becomes the oldest player to win a major championship, capturing the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island's Ocean Course.Sports · Source: PGA Tour and CNN - final round May 23, 2021, Kiawah Island.
7. 2021NASCAR's premier series runs its first race on the Circuit of the Americas road course; Chase Elliott winsStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, “2021 EchoPark Texas Grand Prix” — first Cup race at COTA, May 23, 2021