Page 4: Historical Events In December - 23

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

1894  Arthur Gilligan, cricketer (England captain in 1920's) on December - 23.   

1896  On December - 23 alberto Hemsi, composer   

1897  Julien Carette, Paris France, actor (Sylvia & the Phantom) on this day in history.   

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

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

1903  Fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington, actress (Black & Tan) on this day in history.   

1905  On December - 23 arn Bjornsson, composer   

1906  Ross Lee Finney, Wells Minnesota, composer (Landscapes Remembered) on December - 23.   

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

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

1907  Don McNeill, Galena Ill, host (Don McNeill TV Club) on this day in history.   

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 December - 23.   

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

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

1911  On this day in history 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 December - 23.   

1912  1st "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy" on December - 23.   

1913  President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law on December - 23.   

1913  On December - 23 hans Henkemans, composer   

1913  James Middleton, cricketer (24 wkt of lefty pace S Af 1895-1903), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history first hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched   

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

1174  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.   

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

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

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on December - 23.   

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

1597  On December - 23 birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"   

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on December - 23.   

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  On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies