Historical Events In December - 23

1894  Debussy's ballet "L'aprés-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1894  On December - 23 arthur Gilligan, cricketer (England captain in 1920's)   

1896  On December - 23 alberto Hemsi, composer   

1897  Julien Carette, Paris France, actor (Sylvia & the Phantom) on December - 23.   

1899  Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa on December - 23.   

1901  Gene Sarazen, golfer (PGA 1922, 23, 33) on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 23 fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington, actress (Black & Tan)   

1905  Arn Bjornsson, composer on December - 23.   

1906  On December - 23 ross Lee Finney, Wells Minnesota, composer (Landscapes Remembered)   

1907  First all-steel passenger railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa on December - 23.   

1907  1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa on this day in history.   

1907  Don McNeill, Galena Ill, host (Don McNeill TV Club) on December - 23.   

1908  Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer (Life Magazine) on December - 23.   

1908  On December - 23 eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72   

1909  Albert becomes king of Belgium on this day in history.   

1909  On December - 23 albert becomes king of Belgians   

1909  On this day in history barney Ross, NYC, Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934)   

1911  On December - 23 the opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin)   

1911  Frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire," premieres in Munich on December - 23.   

1911  James Gregory, Bronx NYC, actor (My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller) on December - 23.   

1911  Karl L Hoschna, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history 1st "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy"   

1913  On December - 23 president Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law   

1913  Hans Henkemans, composer on December - 23.   

1913  James Middleton, cricketer (24 wkt of lefty pace S Af 1895-1903), dies on December - 23.   

1914  World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history dezider Kardos, composer   

1915  J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in NYC on December - 23.   

1915  Roland Leighton, dies at 20 on this day in history.   

1916  World War I: Battle of Magdhaba on December - 23.   

1916  Dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter on this day in history.   

1917  3 British warships come close to Holland on this day in history.   

1918  Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany (SPD, 1974- ) on December - 23.   

1919  First hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched on December - 23.   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.   

1174  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1513  On December - 23 birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.   

1544  On December - 23 birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

1548  On December - 23 birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1597  On this day in history birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"   

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.   

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.   

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.   

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  On this day in history conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies   

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.   

1230  On December - 23 death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.