Page 5: 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 this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history theodor Schaefer, composer   

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

1906  On this day in history bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep)   

1907  On this day in history charles Curtis of Kansas becomes first Native American US senator   

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 January - 23.   

1907  On January - 23 dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees)   

1908  US &Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo on this day in history.   

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

1908  Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist on January - 23.   

1908  Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47 on January - 23.   

1909  On this day in history the first radio rescue at sea   

1909  1st radio rescue at sea on this day in history.   

1909  Norman Fulton, composer on January - 23.   

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

1911  Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer on January - 23.   

1912  On this day in history 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  The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague on January - 23.   

1912  On January - 23 ank van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy)   

1913  Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated on this day in history.   

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 January - 23.   

1918  Stellarton, Nova Scotia a coal gas explosion kills eighty-eight men in the Allan Shaft at Stellarton on January - 23.   

1918  Gertrude Belle Elion, NYC, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988) on January - 23.   

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 January - 23.   

1920  On this day in history dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies   

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

1921  Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83 on January - 23.   

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 this day in history birth of lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter   

1582  On January - 23 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)   

1688  Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.   

1719  On January - 23 birth of john Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790)   

1730  Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer) was born on this day in history.   

1745  William Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814) was born on this day in history.   

1752  Muzio Clementi, Italian composer was born on this day in history.   

1002  Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21 on January - 23.   

1199  On this day in history death of yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)   

1356  On this day in history margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies   

1516  On this day in history ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63   

1548  On January - 23 bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57   

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

1567  On January - 23 death of jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507)   

1622  On January - 23 william Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38