Page 5: Historical Events In January - 23

1903  On this day in history 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 January - 23.   

1904  On January - 23 theodor Schaefer, composer   

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

1906  Bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep) on this day in history.   

1907  On January - 23 charles Curtis of Kansas becomes first Native American US senator   

1907  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.) on January - 23.   

1907  On this day in history charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator   

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

1908  On this day in history 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  Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist on January - 23.   

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

1909  The first radio rescue at sea on January - 23.   

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

1909  Norman Fulton, composer on this day in history.   

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

1911  On this day in history 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 January - 23.   

1912  The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague on this day in history.   

1912  Ank van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy) on January - 23.   

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

1914  On January - 23 napoleon L Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne   

1915  Herma Bauma, Austria, javelin thrower (Oly-gold-1948) on January - 23.   

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

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  On January - 23 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)   

1574  Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter was born on January - 23.   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis) was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741)   

1719  John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790) was born on January - 23.   

1730  On January - 23 birth of joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)   

1745  On January - 23 birth of william Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814)   

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

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  Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies on January - 23.   

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 January - 23 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 this day in history.