Famous Event on the Day of January 23rd:- 3102 BC - Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga. 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor. 638 - Start of Islamic calendar 909 - John of Rila aka Saint Ivan and the fable of two pies. 971 - In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. The Southern Han state is forced to submit to the Song Dynasty, ending not only Southern Han rule, but also the first regular war elephant corps employed in a Chinese army that had gained the Southern Han victories throughout the 10th century. 1265 - 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) 1368 - In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. 1490 - 1st printing of Rambans Shaar ha-Gemul 1492 - Pentateuch (Jewish holy book) 1st printed 1546 - Having published nothing for eleven years, Francois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel. 1552 - 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England 1556 - Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China 1556 - Heavy earthquake strikes Shaaxi China, kills 830,000 1570 - Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out 1571 - Queen Elizabeth I of England opens Royal Exchange in London 1579 - Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic 1631 - France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Barwald 1637 - Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil 1643 - Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians in English Civil War King Charles IKing Charles I 1647 - Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament 1656 - Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales. 1663 - King Louis XIV affirms covenant with Rÿnstaten 1668 - England, Netherlands & Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French 1719 - Liechtenstein became a sovereign member state of the Holy Roman Empire. 1779 - Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra) 1789 - Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded 1793 - 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia & Russia 1793 - Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized 1796 - Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500 1812 - 7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri 1833 - Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation 1845 - Uniform US election day for president & VP authorized 1849 - Mrs Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in US 1849 - Patent granted for an envelope-making machine Physician Elizabeth BlackwellPhysician Elizabeth Blackwell 1855 - The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge. 1856 - Steamer Pacific lost 1859 - Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii begins an eruption that lasts 300 days 1862 - Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, California imports 10,000 grape vine cuttings 1865 - -Jan 25th) Battle of City Point, VA (James River, Trents Reach) 1870 - 173 Blackfoot (140 women & children) killed in Montana by US Army 1879 - US National Archery Association forms (Crawfordsville, Ind) 1889 - Daniel Williams forms Provident Hospital in Chicago 1894 - G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min 1896 - Edward Macdowells 2nd Suite in E, premieres 1897 - Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Abbey Grange (BG) 1897 - Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction. 1899 - Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic. 1902 - Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for Stanley Cup 1904 - Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund 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. Heart surgeon Daniel WilliamsHeart surgeon Daniel Williams 1907 - Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator 1908 - US & Great Britain demand end of abuses in Congo 1909 - 1st radio rescue at sea 1912 - The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague. 1916 - Temp falls from 44°F (7°C) to -56°F (49°C) night of 23-24, Browning MT 1920 - Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies 1923 - Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) 1924 - Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour government in Britain 1926 - Eugene ONeills Great God Brown, premieres in NYC 1928 - Abenteuer of brave Soldier Schwejk premieres in Berlin 1930 - Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto 1930 - George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Va established 1930 - WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions 1932 - El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers 1933 - 20th amendment ratified changed date of US presidential inaugurations to 1/20 1936 - Catholic Peoples Party (KVP) of Curacao forms Soviet Union Premier Joseph StalinSoviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin 1937 - Karl Radek & 16 others go on trial in Stalins great purge 1940 - Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile 1941 - Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center 1941 - WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to NYC 1942 - Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain 1942 - Tank battle at Adzjedabia, Africa Korp vs British 8th army 1943 - 66.34 cm (26.12), Hoegees Camp, California (state record) 1943 - British 8th army marches into Tripoli 1943 - Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period 1943 - Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured 1943 - Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. 1944 - Arnold Schoenbergs Ode to Napoleon, premieres in NYC 1944 - Det Red Wings score 15 goals against NY Rangers & NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals & most lopsided game 15-0 1945 - Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation 1945 - World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal. Navy Commander Karl DonitzNavy Commander Karl Donitz 1946 - Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA 1948 - Bradman scores 201 in 272 mins v India, 21 fours 1 six 1948 - Hustons Treasure of Sierra Madre starring Humphrey Bogart opens 1948 - Test debut of Neil Harvey, v India at Adelaide 1950 - 3rd edition of Joseph Kanes Famous 1st Facts published 1950 - AP picks Miracle Braves of 1914 as greatest sports upset 1950 - Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel 1950 - NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense & defense) 1950 - Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung 1951 - 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young & Gertrude Berg win 1953 - Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for NSW 16 yrs 357 days 1953 - NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts) 1953 - NFLs National & American conference become Eastern & Western conf 1954 - Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP 1954 - Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games) 1955 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open 1955 - KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast 1958 - Body Beautiful opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances 1958 - Dictator Marcos Perez Jiménez flees Venezuela, Larrazabal takes power 1958 - Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes v West Indies Famous Birthdays:- 1350 - Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419) 1574 - Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter 1582 - John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis) 1688 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741) 1719 - John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790) 1730 - Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer) 1737 - John Hancock, merchant/statesman, (1st to sign Declaration of Independence), (d. 1793), [o.s. 1936-01-12] 1745 - William Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814) 1752 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer 1761 - Friedrich von Matthison, German poet (Adelaide) 1762 - Christian A Vulpius, Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini) 1783 - Stendhal, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir) 1785 - Carl A Agardh, Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad 1786 - Auguste de Montferrand, French architect (d. 1858) 1809 - Veer Surendra Sai, Indian Freedom Fighter 1813 - Franz Commer, composer 1816 - Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician 1820 - Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer 1827 - Takamori Saigo, Samurai, leader of Satsuma rebellion (d. 1877) Statesman John HancockStatesman John Hancock (1737) 1828 - Calvin Edward Pratt, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 1830 - Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet, French general/min of War (1899-1900) 1832 - Edouard Manet, Paris, French impressionist painter (Olympia, The Luncheon on the Grass), (d. 1883) 1833 - John Randolph Chambliss Jr, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1837 - Amanda Berry Smith, American former slave, singer and evangelist 1840 - Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) 1843 - Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer 1855 - John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) 1857 - Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) 1862 - David Hilbert, Königsberg East Prussia, mathematician 1865 - Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor (Black Haired Whore) 1867 - Herbert Bedford, composer 1868 - Juventino Rosas, composer 1869 - Carlo Felice Boghen, composer 1869 - Herbert David Croly, US author (Promise of American Life) Impressionist painter Edouard ManetImpressionist painter Edouard Manet (1832) 1872 - Paul Langevin, French physicist (d. 1946) 1872 - Joze Plečnik, Slovenian architect (d. 1957) 1878 - Oton Zupancic, Slovenian poet (Zimzelen pod Snegom) 1878 - Rutland Boughton, composer 1884 - Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver (d. 1956) 1885 - Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer 1888 - Gilbert Ledward, British sculptor 1889 - Franklin Pangborn, Newark, actor (My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living) 1889 - Prosper Arents, Flemish bibliographer (Rubens-bibliography) 1891 - Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist 1893 - Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks) 1894 - Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Patriot/Idiot) 1896 - Charlotte A E M W, grand duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64) 1897 - Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian politician 1897 - Sir William Samuel Stephenson, Canadian soldier, W.W.II codename, Intrepid. Inspiration for James Bond. (d. 1989) 1897 - Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (d. 2000) 1898 - Randolph Scott, actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union) 1898 - Sergei Eisenstein, Russia, director (Battleship Potemkin) [NS] 1898 - Freda Utley, British scholar and author (d. 1978) 1899 - Joseph Nathan Kane, historian (Famous Firsts) 1899 - Glen Kidston, British aviator and racing driver (d. 1931) 1900 - Mary Philips, CT, actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde) 1900 - Ralph Graves, Cleve Ohio, actor (Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street) 1900 - William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (d. 1988) 1901 - Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician 1902 - Benny Waters, saxophonist 1903 - Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (d. 1948) 1904 - Theodor Schaefer, composer 1905 - David Newell, Mo, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves) 1905 - Konstanty I Galczynski, Polish poet (Zielona Ges) 1906 - Bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep) 1907 - Dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees) 1907 - Hediki Yukawa, Japan, physicist (Nobel 1949) 1908 - Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist 1908 - Pak Saleman Siswowitono, Javan/Surinamese writer 1909 - Norman Fulton, composer 1910 - Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist 1911 - Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer 1912 - Ank van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy) 1914 - Napoleon L Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne 1915 - Herma Bauma, Austria, javelin thrower (Oly-gold-1948) 1915 - Potter Stewart, Mich, 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81) 1916 - Airey Neave, British Major, politician and indictment server at the Nuremberg Trials (d. 1979) 1916 - David Douglas Duncan, American photo-journalist 1918 - Gertrude Belle Elion, NYC, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988) 1919 - Bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool 1919 - Ernie Kovacs, Trenton NJ, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show) 1919 - Nina Dumbadze, USSR, Discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952) 1919 - Hans Hass, Austrian zoologist and underwater scientist, (d. 2013) 1920 - Erbet Pawel, biographer (Kafka) 1923 - Florence Halop, Queens, actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere) 1923 - Horace Ashenfelter, US, 3000m steeplechase (Olympic-gold-1952) 1923 - Walter M[ichael] Miller Jr, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars) 1924 - Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ, 1982-2001, 2003-2013), (d. 2013) 1925 - Marty Paich, Oakland California, orchestra leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell) 1927 - Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer (d. 1994) 1928 - Eugene Monti, Italy, bobsledder (Olympic-2 golds-1968) 1928 - Jeanne Moreau, Paris France, actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim) 1928 - Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater (Olympic-silver-1952) 1928 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005) 1929 - Ian Thomson, cricketer (England seam bowler v South Africa 1964-65) 1929 - John Polanyi, Berlin, Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986) 1929 - Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate 1930 - Derek Walcott, St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992) 1930 - Ken Errair, rocker (Four Freshmen) 1930 - William Reid Pogue, Okemah Oklahoma, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Skylab 4) Famous Weddings:- 1906 - Composer Igor Stravinsky (23) weds Yekaterina Nosenko 1999 - Princess of Monaco Caroline (42) weds dynastic head of the House of Hanover and Britains King George I descendant Prince Ernst August (45) in Monaco Famous Deaths:- 1002 - Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21 1199 - Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160) 1356 - Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies 1516 - Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 1548 - Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57 1549 - Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498) 1567 - Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507) 1622 - William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 1639 - Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake 1648 - Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40 1708 - Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80 1744 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668) 1785 - Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717) 1789 - Frances Brooke, English writer (b. 1724) 1789 - John Cleland, English novelist (b. 1709) 1800 - Edward Rutledge, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50 1803 - Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725) 1805 - Vaclav Pichl, composer, dies at 63 1805 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (b. 1763) 1806 - William Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46 1812 - Robert Craufurd, British general (b. 1764) 1813 - George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 73 1814 - Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52 1820 - Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn 1833 - Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (b. 1757) 1837 - John Field, composer, dies at 54 1838 - Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 1845 - Francesco Ruggi, composer, dies at 77 1864 - Michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50 1866 - Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785) 1875 - Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 1879 - Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 1883 - Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832) 1891 - Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21 1893 - Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet (Granada), dies at 75 1893 - Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1825) 1898 - W A Remy, composer, dies at 66 1908 - Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47 1913 - Nazim Pasha, Turkeys PM, assassinated 1921 - Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83 1922 - Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (b. 1855) 1923 - Max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849) 1926 - Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74 1926 - Joseph Carl Breil, composer, dies at 55 1931 - Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies 1936 - Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62 1937 - Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (b. 1876) 1939 - Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide 1941 - Dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65 1943 - Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56 Painter/Print Maker Edvard MunchPainter/Print Maker Edvard Munch (1944) 1944 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80 1944 - Viktor Gusev, Russian poet (b. 1909) 1945 - Helmuth J Moltke, German politician (July 20th Plot), executed at 37 1946 - Feliks Nowowiejski, composer, dies at 68 1946 - Matteo Giulio Bartoli, linguist, dies at 72 1947 - Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79 1947 - Roy Park, cricketer (prolific Victorian bat & official), dies 1956 - Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62 1957 - Willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25 1958 - Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880) 1964 - Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80 1969 - Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86 1971 - Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (b. 1871) 1973 - Alexander Onassis, Greek heir of the Onassis family (b. 1948) 1973 - Kid Ory, American jazz trombonist (b. 1886) 1975 - Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94 1976 - Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44 1976 - Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77 1976 - Paul Dupuis, French Canadian film and television actor (b. 1913) 1977 - Bernard Toots Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73 1978 - Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74 1978 - Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32 1978 - Vic Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers) (b. 1925) 1981 - Bobby Sherwood, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66 1981 - Samuel Barber, US composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70 1982 - Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83 1984 - Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92 1984 - Muin Bseiso, Palestinian poet (b. 1926) 1986 - Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64 Painter Salvador DaliPainter Salvador Dali (1989) 1989 - Salvador Dalí, Catalan artist (b. 1904) 1990 - Albert Collins, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of pneumonia at 57 1990 - Mariano Rumor, Italys PM (1968-70, 73-1974), dies 1991 - Northrop Frye, Canadian writer and critic (b. 1912) 1992 - Freddie Bartholomew, child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67 1992 - Ian Wolfe, actor (Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at 95 1992 - Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to Pres De Klerk, dies 1993 - Dudley Stevens, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57 1993 - Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies 1994 - Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76 1994 - Oliver Smith, US set designer (Guys & Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 75 1994 - Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44 1994 - Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95 1994 - Brian Redhead, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929) 1995 - Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist, dies at 100 1995 - Ken Hill, playwright/director, dies at 57 1995 - Michael Whalley Wickham, artist, dies at 91 1995 - Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright, dies at 75 1996 - John Mackin, programmer, dies at 36 1996 - Norman MacCaig, poet, dies at 85 1996 - Shirley Carter Burden, patrician, dies at 54
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