On May 23, 1785, Benjamin Franklin revealed the creation of the bifocal eyeglass, which would forever allow libraries and the elderly to see both close-up and far away. Franklin came up with the notion since he was "growing old" and had difficulty seeing both up close and far away. He was bored of switching between two pairs of glasses, so he discovered a technique to accommodate both types of lenses into the same frame. He positioned the distant lenses on top of the frame and the close-up lenses on the bottom.

The Battle of the Granicus, fought in May 334 BCE, was Alexander the Great's (356-323 BCE) first significant victory over the Achaemenid Empire's soldiers. Alexander had crossed the Hellespont with his united Macedonian and Greek army and landed on Anatolia's coasts. His mission was straightforward: to fight Darius III and capture the huge Persian Empire. He got his first opportunity in May 334 BCE, when he met the Persians on the banks of the Granicus River. Following his triumph over his satraps, he would face Darius in combat twice more, first at the Battle of Issus and later at the Battle of Gaugamela.

Ang Dorje and a few other climbers joined the team to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 22, 1984; Bachendri was the only woman in this group. They arrived at the South Col and spent the night at Camp IV at an elevation of 26,000 feet. At 6:20 a.m. on May 23, 1984, they resumed their trek, climbing "vertical sheets of solid ice" with frigid winds gusting to 100 km/h and temperatures ranging from 30 to 40 °C. At 1:07 p.m. on May 23, 1984, the crew reached the top of Mount Everest, and Bachendri Pal made history. She accomplished this on the day before her 30th birthday.

Margaret Denise Quigley was born on May 22, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Vietnam veteran and his property investor wife. Her father, who is of Irish and Polish descent, met her Vietnamese mother while serving in the military in Vietnam. She has two older sisters and two half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage. Margaret Denise Quigley is a film and television actress from the United States. She is better known by her stage name Maggie Q. She had originally planned to become a veterinary scientist, but owing to her family's financial constraints, she was unable to do so. She made her television debut in the drama 'House of the Dragon' in 1998. She starred in her debut feature film, 'Model from Hell,' two years later.

Mehbooba Mufti made her political debut in 1996, when she won the assembly elections. She was elected to the lower house of Parliament from Anantnag seat in 2004 after serving two consecutive terms as MLA of Kashmir. She was re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Anantnag in 2014, a position she held till she resigned in 2016 to become Chief Minister of Kashmir. With the backing of the BJP, she took her oath and became the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 2016. She was in power for two years before resigning due to the loss of the BJP's support and the premature collapse of the coalition government in Kashmir.

In the early 1930s, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were two legendary criminals whose crime sprees spanned multiple states, including Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. As they continued to loot banks, steal cars, and assassinate law enforcement officers and bystanders, the FBI became engaged in the investigation. Many attempts were made to catch the two, but they managed to evade capture. On May 23, 1934, police officers from Louisiana and Texas ambushed Bonnie and Clyde in their car near Sailes, Louisiana, murdering the two. Watch the films below to discover more about Bonnie and Clyde, their crimes, and their impact.

Gayatri Devi was born on May 23, 1919, in London, United Kingdom. She was the princess of West Bengal's Cooch Behar. Her father was the Koch Rajbongshi dynasty's ruler of Cooch Behar, and her mother was a Maratha princess of the Gaekwad dynasty. From 1940 to 1949, Maharani Gayatri Devi was the third Maharani of Jaipur. She was one of the country's most vocal, courageous, and caring monarchs. She was a politician, a social worker, and a fashion star. She was one of India's modern princesses and queens who made a difference in the lives of countless people.

It was appropriately titled. Agni. On May 22, at exactly 7.17 a.m., Agni erupted into a chariot of fire, propelling India into an elite club controlled by the world's technical and military behemoths. Agni, India's first Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), has been postponed twice before launch at the Chandipur Interim Test Range on the Orissa coast.

R. D. Banerji was born on April 12, 1885, and is an Indian archaeologist and ancient historian. In 1920, Banerji was working for the Archaeological Survey of India. Mohenjo-daro was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. There are 10 more images on the Mohenjo-daro webpage, which they call Moenjodaro, likely the Pakistani spelling. Unfortunately, Banerji is not mentioned at all in the lengthy citation.

Sher Shah Suri established the Sur Empire in North India. After seizing control of the Mughal Empire in 1540, he established a new civic and military administration as well as various financial and postal changes. He restructured the empire and resurrected Patna, the old city of Pataliputra that had declined since the 7th century CE. Sher Shah Suri was born in 1486 as Farid Khan in Sasaram, Rohtas district, Bihar, India. His grandfather, Ibrahim Khan Suri, was a land lord in the Narnaul district, while his father, Mian Hassan Khan Suri, was a horse breeder and a significant member in Bahlul Khan Lodi's government.

At the age of eight, he had a foreskin infection and underwent circumcision, as well as removal of his appendix, tonsils, and adenoids. Moore was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1993 and received excellent treatment. Moore died on May 23, 2017, in Switzerland, from cancer of the lung and liver, according to his family. He died at his house in Crans-Montana, surrounded by his family.