Landis Joins Race’s Crowd, but Riders Ignore Him
By Juliet Macur
Floyd Landis showed up at the Tour of California, where many riders he accused of doping were competing.
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On this day
May 23, 2010
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Feeling Urgency to Win, the Mets Go Out and Do It
By Ben Shpigel
A night after the Mets called a team meeting to stress the need to win immediately, they beat the Yankees with timely hitting and strong pitching.
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The Joys of Jumpology
By Roberta Smith
The photographer Philippe Halsman, whose portraits are at Laurence Miller Gallery, got his subjects to drop their masks by jumping.
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Breathing Life Into Henry Roth
By Charles McGrath
“An American Type,” a posthumous novel by Henry Roth, who died in 1995, came to publication largely because of the editing of Willing Davidson, a fiction editor at The New Yorker.
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Limbaugh, Somewhat Airbrushed
By Janet Maslin
An admiring look at Rush Limbaugh, talk-show host and political force.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 19, 2010, covering May 23, 2010.
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The Oracle
Godsmack
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Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
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The Generous Mr. Lovewell
MercyMe
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Live At The Troubadour
Carole King & James Taylor
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My World 2.0
Justin Bieber
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Notable Deaths
2010José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1972)[†]
José Desiderio Rodriguez Lima was a Dominican right-handed pitcher who spent 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros (1997–2001), Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers (2004) and New York Mets (2006). His best year in the majors was 1999, when he won 21 games for the Astros and pitched in his only All-Star Game.
2010Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)[†]
Simon Mark Monjack was an English screenwriter, film director, producer and make-up artist. He was the husband of Brittany Murphy.
Historical Context for May 23, 2010
In 2010, the world population was approximately 7,021,732,148 people[†]