Page 5: Historical Events In January - 23

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

1904  On January - 23 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.   

1904  On January - 23 theodor Schaefer, composer   

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

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

1907  On this day in history charles Curtis of Kansas becomes first Native American US senator   

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 January - 23.   

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 January - 23.   

1908  Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist on this day in history.   

1908  Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1909  The first radio rescue at sea on January - 23.   

1909  1st radio rescue at sea on January - 23.   

1909  Norman Fulton, composer on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist   

1911  Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer on this day in history.   

1912  On January - 23 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  On this day in history the International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.   

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

1915  On January - 23 herma Bauma, Austria, javelin thrower (Oly-gold-1948)   

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

1916  On this day in history temp falls from 44°F (7°C) to -56°F (49°C) night of 23-24, Browning MT   

1918  On this day in history stellarton, Nova Scotia a coal gas explosion kills eighty-eight men in the Allan Shaft at Stellarton   

1918  Gertrude Belle Elion, NYC, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool   

1920  On this day in history dutch government refuses to turn over ex-Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to the allies   

1920  On January - 23 dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies   

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

1921  On January - 23 wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83   

1922  On this day in history at Toronto General Hospital, 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson became the first person to receive an insulin injection as treatment for diabetes.   

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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 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 this day in history.   

1745  William Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814) was born on January - 23.   

1752  On this day in history birth of muzio Clementi, Italian composer   

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

1199  On this day in history death of yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)   

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

1516  On January - 23 ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63   

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

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

1567  On this day in history death of jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507)   

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