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 this day in history.   

1904  Theodor Schaefer, composer on January - 23.   

1905  David Newell, Mo, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves) on January - 23.   

1906  Bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep) on January - 23.   

1907  Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes first Native American US senator on January - 23.   

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

1907  On January - 23 dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees)   

1908  On this day in history uS &Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo   

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

1908  On January - 23 hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist   

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

1909  On this day in history the first radio rescue at sea   

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

1909  On this day in history norman Fulton, composer   

1910  Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist on January - 23.   

1911  On January - 23 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 January - 23.   

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

1913  Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated on this day in history.   

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

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 January - 23.   

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  On this day in history stellarton, Nova Scotia a coal gas explosion kills eighty-eight men in the Allan Shaft at Stellarton   

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  Dutch government refuses to turn over ex-Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to the allies on January - 23.   

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  Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83 on January - 23.   

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  Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419) was born on January - 23.   

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

1582  On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)   

1688  On January - 23 birth of queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741)   

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

1730  Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer) was born on January - 23.   

1745  William Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814) was born on this day in history.   

1752  On January - 23 birth of muzio Clementi, Italian composer   

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 this day in history.   

1356  Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies on this day in history.   

1516  Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 on January - 23.   

1548  Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57 on January - 23.   

1549  On this day in history death of johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)   

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

1622  William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 on this day in history.