Historical Events In December - 23

1894  On December - 23 debussy's ballet "L'aprés-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris  

1894  Arthur Gilligan, cricketer (England captain in 1920's) on this day in history.  

1896  On December - 23 alberto Hemsi, composer  

1897  On December - 23 julien Carette, Paris France, actor (Sylvia & the Phantom)  

1899  On this day in history fieldmarshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa  

1901  On December - 23 gene Sarazen, golfer (PGA 1922, 23, 33)  

1903  On December - 23 fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington, actress (Black & Tan)  

1905  Arn Bjornsson, composer on this day in history.  

1906  Ross Lee Finney, Wells Minnesota, composer (Landscapes Remembered) on this day in history.  

1907  On this day in history first all-steel passenger railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa  

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1907  1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa on December - 23.  

1907  Don McNeill, Galena Ill, host (Don McNeill TV Club) on December - 23.  

1908  On December - 23 yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer (Life Magazine)  

1908  Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1909  On this day in history albert becomes king of Belgium  

1909  On this day in history albert becomes king of Belgians  

1909  Barney Ross, NYC, Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934) on this day in history.  

1911  On December - 23 the opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin)  

1911  Frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire," premieres in Munich on December - 23.  

1911  On December - 23 james Gregory, Bronx NYC, actor (My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller)  

1911  Karl L Hoschna, composer, dies at 34 on December - 23.  

1912  1st "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy" on December - 23.  

1913  President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law on this day in history.  

1913  On December - 23 hans Henkemans, composer  

1913  On this day in history james Middleton, cricketer (24 wkt of lefty pace S Af 1895-1903), dies  

1914  World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt on this day in history.  

1914  On December - 23 dezider Kardos, composer  

1915  On this day in history j Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in NYC  

1915  Roland Leighton, dies at 20 on this day in history.  

1916  On December - 23 world War I: Battle of Magdhaba  

1916  On this day in history dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter  

1917  3 British warships come close to Holland on this day in history.  

1918  On December - 23 helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany (SPD, 1974- )  

1919  First hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched on December - 23.  

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.  

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on December - 23.  

1513  On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)  

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

1544  On December - 23 birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)  

1548  On December - 23 birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)  

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer  

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.  

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62  

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.  

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.  

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.  

1116  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies  

1230  On December - 23 death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England  

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.