Historical Events In January - 23

1903  The birth of Randolph Scott, American film actor on January - 23.  

1904  On this day in history 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.  

1904  On January - 23 theodor Schaefer, composer  

1905  David Newell, Mo, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves) on this day in history.  

1906  On January - 23 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 this day in history.  

1907  Dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees) on this day in history.  

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  On January - 23 hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist  

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

1909  The first radio rescue at sea on this day in history.  

1909  On January - 23 1st radio rescue at sea  

1909  Norman Fulton, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On January - 23 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 this day in history.  

1915  Herma Bauma, Austria, javelin thrower (Oly-gold-1948) on this day in history.  

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

1916  On January - 23 temp falls from 44°F (7°C) to -56°F (49°C) night of 23-24, Browning MT  

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

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

1919  Bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool on January - 23.  

1920  On January - 23 dutch government refuses to turn over ex-Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to the allies  

1920  Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies on this day in history.  

1920  Erbet Pawel, biographer (Kafka) on this day in history.  

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 January - 23.  

1574  On this day in history 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 January - 23.  

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

1745  On this day in history birth of william Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814)  

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

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 January - 23.  

1356  Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies on this day in history.  

1516  On January - 23 ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63  

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

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 January - 23.  

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