Page 5: Historical Events In January - 23

1903  On January - 23 the birth of Randolph Scott, American film actor   

1904  On January - 23 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  Bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep) on this day in history.   

1907  Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes first Native American US senator on this day in history.   

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  On January - 23 charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator   

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  US & Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo on January - 23.   

1908  On January - 23 hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist   

1908  On January - 23 edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47   

1909  On January - 23 the first radio rescue at sea   

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  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  On this day in history 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 January - 23.   

1915  On January - 23 herma Bauma, Austria, javelin thrower (Oly-gold-1948)   

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

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

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 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  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  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 this day in history.   

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

1745  William Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814) was born on January - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1199  Death of Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160) on January - 23.   

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

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

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

1549  Death of Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498) on this day in history.   

1567  Death of Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507) on January - 23.   

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