Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/May/May 23


 * 1848 – Birth of aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal
 * 1873 – Birth of rabbi Leo Baeck
 * 1900 – Birth of war criminal Hans Frank, Governor-General of occupied Poland
 * 1949 – Proclamation of the Basic Law and founding of the Federal Republic of Germany
 * 1965 – Birth of film director Tom Tykwer