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  Theodor Schaefer, composer on this day in history.   

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  On January - 23 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  On this day in history charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator   

1907  On this day in history dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees)   

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

1908  On this day in history uS & Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo   

1908  On this day in history hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist   

1908  Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1909  On January - 23 the first radio rescue at sea   

1909  On this day in history 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 January - 23 dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer   

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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 23 napoleon L Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne   

1915  On this day in history herma Bauma, Austria, javelin thrower (Oly-gold-1948)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1920  On January - 23 dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies   

1920  On this day in history erbet Pawel, biographer (Kafka)   

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  Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter was born on January - 23.   

1582  On this day in history 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 January - 23.   

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

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

1002  On January - 23 otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21   

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

1356  On January - 23 margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies   

1516  Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 on January - 23.   

1548  Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1567  On this day in history death of jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507)   

1622  William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 on this day in history.