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

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

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

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

1908  On this day in history edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47  

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

1909  On this day in history 1st radio rescue at sea  

1909  On this day in history norman Fulton, composer  

1910  Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist on January - 23.  

1911  Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer on this day in history.  

1912  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 on January - 23.  

1912  The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague on January - 23.  

1912  On this day in history ank van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy)  

1913  Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated on January - 23.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1919  Bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history erbet Pawel, biographer (Kafka)  

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

1922  At Toronto General Hospital, 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson became the first person to receive an insulin injection as treatment for diabetes on January - 23.  

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1350  On January - 23 birth of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)  

1574  On this day in history birth of lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter  

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis) was born on January - 23.  

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

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

1730  Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer) was born on January - 23.  

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

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

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  Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1549  On this day in history death of johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)  

1567  Death of Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507) on this day in history.  

1622  William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 on January - 23.