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 December - 23.  

1896  On December - 23 alberto Hemsi, composer  

1897  Julien Carette, Paris France, actor (Sylvia & the Phantom) on this day in history.  

1899  Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa on December - 23.  

1901  Gene Sarazen, golfer (PGA 1922, 23, 33) on this day in history.  

1903  Fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington, actress (Black & Tan) on December - 23.  

1905  Arn Bjornsson, composer on December - 23.  

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  

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

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

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

1908  On December - 23 eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72  

1909  Albert becomes king of Belgium on December - 23.  

1909  Albert becomes king of Belgians on December - 23.  

1909  Barney Ross, NYC, Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934) on December - 23.  

1911  The opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin) on December - 23.  

1911  Frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire," premieres in Munich on this day in history.  

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

1911  On this day in history karl L Hoschna, composer, dies at 34  

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

1913  On December - 23 president Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law  

1913  On December - 23 hans Henkemans, composer  

1913  On December - 23 james Middleton, cricketer (24 wkt of lefty pace S Af 1895-1903), dies  

1914  On December - 23 world War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.  

1914  On December - 23 dezider Kardos, composer  

1915  On December - 23 j Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in NYC  

1915  On this day in history roland Leighton, dies at 20  

1916  World War I: Battle of Magdhaba on this day in history.  

1916  On December - 23 dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter  

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

1918  Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany (SPD, 1974- ) on December - 23.  

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

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1173  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)  

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

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.  

1537  On December - 23 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on this day in history.  

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on this day in history.  

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

1597  On December - 23 birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"  

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies  

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.  

1230  On this day in history 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.