Page 5: Historical Events In January - 23

1903  On January - 23 the birth of Randolph Scott, American film actor   

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  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  On this day in history 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.)   

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 January - 23.   

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

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 this day in history edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47   

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

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

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 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  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  Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated on January - 23.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 January - 23 erbet Pawel, biographer (Kafka)   

1921  On this day in history wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83   

1922  On January - 23 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  On this day in history birth of lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter   

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

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

1719  On this day in history birth of john Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790)   

1730  Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer) was born on this day in history.   

1745  On January - 23 birth of william Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814)   

1752  Muzio Clementi, Italian composer was born on January - 23.   

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

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

1356  Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies on January - 23.   

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

1548  On this day in history bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57   

1549  Death of Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498) on this day in history.   

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

1622  William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 on January - 23.