Page 4: Historical Events In December - 23

1894  On December - 23 debussy's ballet "L'aprés-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris   

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  On this day in history fieldmarshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa   

1901  Gene Sarazen, golfer (PGA 1922, 23, 33) on December - 23.   

1903  Fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington, actress (Black & Tan) on December - 23.   

1905  Arn Bjornsson, composer on this day in history.   

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

1907  On December - 23 first all-steel passenger railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa   

1907  1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa on December - 23.   

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

1908  On December - 23 yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer (Life Magazine)   

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

1909  On this day in history albert becomes king of Belgium   

1909  On December - 23 albert becomes king of Belgians   

1909  Barney Ross, NYC, Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934) on December - 23.   

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

1911  On December - 23 frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire," premieres in Munich   

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  1st "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy" on December - 23.   

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

1913  On December - 23 hans Henkemans, composer   

1913  On December - 23 james Middleton, cricketer (24 wkt of lefty pace S Af 1895-1903), dies   

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

1914  Dezider Kardos, composer on this day in history.   

1915  On December - 23 j Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in NYC   

1915  Roland Leighton, dies at 20 on December - 23.   

1916  On December - 23 world War I: Battle of Magdhaba   

1916  Dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter on December - 23.   

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

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  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)   

1174  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on December - 23.   

1548  On this day in history birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.   

0558  On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.   

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