Historical Events In January - 23

1903  The birth of Randolph Scott, American film actor on January - 23.   

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  On this day in history theodor Schaefer, composer   

1905  On this day in history david Newell, Mo, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves)   

1906  On this day in history bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep)   

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 January - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 January - 23 1st radio rescue at sea   

1909  Norman Fulton, composer on January - 23.   

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

1911  Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer on January - 23.   

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  Napoleon L Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne on January - 23.   

1915  Herma Bauma, Austria, javelin thrower (Oly-gold-1948) on this day in history.   

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

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  Gertrude Belle Elion, NYC, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988) on January - 23.   

1919  On January - 23 bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool   

1920  On January - 23 dutch government refuses to turn over ex-Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to the allies   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

1688  Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741) was born on January - 23.   

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  On January - 23 birth of william Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814)   

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

1002  Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21 on January - 23.   

1199  Death of Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1549  On January - 23 death of johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)   

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

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