Page 5: Historical Events In January - 23

1903  The birth of Randolph Scott, American film actor on this day in history.   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

1907  Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator on this day in history.   

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

1908  US &Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo on January - 23.   

1908  US & Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo on this day in history.   

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

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

1909  On January - 23 the first radio rescue at sea   

1909  1st radio rescue at sea on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history norman Fulton, composer   

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

1911  On this day in history dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer   

1912  On this day in history 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.   

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

1912  On January - 23 ank van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy)   

1913  On this day in history nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated   

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  On January - 23 temp falls from 44ºF (7ºC) to -56ºF (49ºC) night of 23-24, Browning MT   

1916  On January - 23 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 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  Dutch government refuses to turn over ex-Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to the allies on this day in history.   

1920  Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies on this day in history.   

1920  On January - 23 erbet Pawel, biographer (Kafka)   

1921  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis) was born on January - 23.   

1688  Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.   

1719  John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

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  On January - 23 birth of muzio Clementi, Italian composer   

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

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

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

1516  Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1549  Death of Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498) on January - 23.   

1567  Death of Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507) on this day in history.   

1622  On this day in history william Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38