Historical timeline for May 23

Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party is sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia after winning the 2022 Australian federal election, ending 9 years of conservative rule.

Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.

A cable car falls from a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing 14 people.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares martial law in Mindanao, following the Maute's attack in Marawi.

Eight bombings are carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people are killed and at least 200 people injured.

Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, kill at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.

At least 30 people are killed as a result of floods and tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico.

Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in the Isla Vista attacks near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.

A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.

Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.

The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.

The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.

The first version of the Java programming language is released.

Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.

Aeroflot Flight 8556 crashes at Pulkovo Airport, killing 13.

The Shining, the psychological horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, is premiered on 10 screens in New York City and Los Angeles on the Memorial Day weekend.

A Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near the Russian town of Yegoryevsk, killing two.

Seventy-eight people are killed when Aviogenex Flight 130 crashes on approach to Rijeka Airport in present-day Rijeka, Croatia (then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).

The Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest opens, becoming the second-tallest building in the city.