Historical Events In January - 23

1903  On January - 23 the birth of Randolph Scott, American film actor   

1904  Ã…lesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ã…lesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style on January - 23.   

1904  Theodor Schaefer, composer on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history david Newell, Mo, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves)   

1906  On January - 23 bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep)   

1907  Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes first Native American US senator on January - 23.   

1907  On this day in history charles Curtis, the first Native American to become a U.S. senator, begins serving his term. (Twenty-two years later, Curtis resigned to become Vice President of the U.S. with President Herbert Hoover's administration.)   

1907  Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator on this day in history.   

1907  Dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees) on January - 23.   

1908  On this day in history uS &Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo   

1908  On January - 23 uS & Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo   

1908  Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist on this day in history.   

1908  On January - 23 edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47   

1909  The first radio rescue at sea on January - 23.   

1909  1st radio rescue at sea on January - 23.   

1909  On January - 23 norman Fulton, composer   

1910  On January - 23 django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist   

1911  On this day in history dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer   

1912  On January - 23 the Aermore Manufacturing Company, a Chicago concern, received a patent for the Aermore Exhaust Horn, a multiple-pipe horn powered by engine exhaust that played a chord like a church organ.   

1912  On this day in history the International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.   

1912  Ank van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy) on January - 23.   

1913  On this day in history nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated   

1914  Napoleon L Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne on January - 23.   

1915  On January - 23 herma Bauma, Austria, javelin thrower (Oly-gold-1948)   

1916  On this day in history temp falls from 44ºF (7ºC) to -56ºF (49ºC) night of 23-24, Browning MT   

1916  Temp falls from 44°F (7°C) to -56°F (49°C) night of 23-24, Browning MT on this day in history.   

1918  Stellarton, Nova Scotia a coal gas explosion kills eighty-eight men in the Allan Shaft at Stellarton on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history gertrude Belle Elion, NYC, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988)   

1919  On this day in history bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool   

1920  Dutch government refuses to turn over ex-Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to the allies on this day in history.   

1920  Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies on January - 23.   

1920  Erbet Pawel, biographer (Kafka) on January - 23.   

1921  On January - 23 wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83   

1922  On this day in history at Toronto General Hospital, 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson became the first person to receive an insulin injection as treatment for diabetes.   

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1350  Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419) was born on this day in history.   

1574  On January - 23 birth of lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter   

1582  On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)   

1688  On January - 23 birth of queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741)   

1719  John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1730  On January - 23 birth of joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)   

1745  On January - 23 birth of william Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814)   

1752  Muzio Clementi, Italian composer was born on January - 23.   

1002  On this day in history otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21   

1199  Death of Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160) on this day in history.   

1356  Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies on January - 23.   

1516  Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 on January - 23.   

1548  Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57 on January - 23.   

1549  On January - 23 death of johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)   

1567  On this day in history death of jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507)   

1622  On this day in history william Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38