Birthdates Which Occur on January 23:
1574 Lucas I Franchoys Belgian painter
1582 John Barclay Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)
1730 Joseph Hewes US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)
1752 Muzio Clementi composer
1762 Christian A Vulpius Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini)
1783 Stendahl [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir)
1785 Carl A Agardh Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad
1813 Franz Commer composer
1816 Carl Herrmann near Hanover Germany, stage magician
1820 Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov composer
1828 Calvin Edward Pratt Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1830 Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet French general/min of War (1899-1900)
1832 douard Manet France, Impressionist painter (D‚jeuner sur L'Herbe)
1833 John Randolph Chambliss Jr Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1840 Ernst Abbe Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)
1843 Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg composer
1857 Andrija Mohorovicic Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)
1862 David Hilbert K”nigsberg East Prussia, mathematician
1865 Benjamin Delmonte theater director/actor (Black Bird)
1867 Herbert Bedford composer
1868 Juventino Rosas composer
1869 Carlo Felice Boghen composer
and Herbert David Croly US author (Promise of American Life)
1878 Oton Zupancic Slovenian poet (Zimzelen pod Snegom)
and Rutland Boughton composer
1885 Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski composer
1887 Mikl¢s K llay premier Hungary (1942-44)
1889 Franklin Pangborn Newark, actor (My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living)
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 Amanda Berry Smith famous African
1898 Randolph Scott actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union)
and Sergei Eisenstein Russia, director (Battleship Potemkin) [NS]
1899 Joseph Nathan Kane historian (Famous Firsts)
19-- Angela Carrasco Santo Domingo Dom Rep, spanish singer (Boca Rosa)
and Bonkers (All My Children)
and Lelani Kai [Patricia Karisma], wrestler (WWF)
and Ray Girardin Wakefield Mass, actor (Charlie & Company)
and Richard Gilliland Ft Worth Tx, actor (Jonesy-Waltons, Tom-Heartland)
1900 Mary Philips CT, actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde)
and Ralph Graves Cleve Ohio, actor (Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street)
1901 Benno Stokvis Dutch attorney/politician
1902 Benny Waters saxophonist
1904 Theodor Schaefer composer
1905 David Newell Mo, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves)
and 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)
and Hediki Yukawa Japan, physicist (Nobel 1949)
1908 Pak Saleman Siswowitono Javan/Surinamese writer
1909 Norman Fulton composer
1910 Django Reinhardt Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist
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)
and Potter Stewart Mich, 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81)
1918 Gertrude Belle Elion NYC, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988)
1919 Bob Paisley English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool
and Ernie Kovacs Trenton NJ, comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show)
and Nina Dumbadze USSR, Discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952)
1923 Florence Halop Queens, actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere)
and Horace Ashenfelter US, 3000m steeplechase (Olympic-gold-1952)
and Walter M[ichael] Miller Jr US, sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars)
1924 Frank R Lautenberg (Sen-D-NJ, 1983- )
1925 Marty Paich Oakland Calif, orch leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell)
1928 Eugene Monti Italy, bobsledder (Olympic-2 golds-1968)
and Jeanne Moreau Paris France, actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim)
and Kees [Cornelis] Broekman Dutch speed skater (Olympic-silver-1952)
1929 John Polanyi Berlin, Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986)
1930 Derek Walcott St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992)
and William R Pogue Okemah Okla, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Skylab 4)
1932 Bud Shuster (Rep-R-PA, 1973- )
1933 Arlene Golonka Chicago Ill, actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD)
and Chita Rivera Wash DC, actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity)
and Joel Spiegelman composer
1934 Lou Antonio Okla City, actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin' It)
1936 Jerry Kramer Green Bay Packer, author (Instant Replay)
1938 Anatoly Marchenko Siberia, Soviet dissident
1942 I I Bachurin cosmonaut
and Willy Bogner Jr Munich, director (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
1943 Gil Gerard Little Rock Ark, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century)
and William E "Bill" Gibb Scottish fashion designer
1944 Jerry Lawson US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk)
and Marty Russo (Rep-D-IL, 1975- )
and Rutger Hauer Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend)
and Sergey Belov USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1947 Thomas R Carper (Rep-D-DE, 1983- )
1948 Anita Pointer Oakland, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy)
1949 Robert D Cabana Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut (STS 41, 53, 68)
1950 Bill Cunningham rock keyboardist/bassist (Box Tops)
and Danny Federici rocker (E Street Band)
and Patrick Simmons guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute)
and Richard Dean Anderson Minneapolis, actor (MacGyver, Emerald Pt NAS)
and William Cunningham rock bassist/pianist (Box Tops-Letter)
1951 Margaret Johnson Bailes Bronx NY, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1953 Pat Haden Westbury, NY, NFL quarterback (LA Rams)
1954 Edward Ka-spel English singer/songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots)
and Franco De Vita Caracas Venezuala, spanish singer (Extranjero)
and Rick Finch rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It)
1955 Reginald Calloway trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking)
and Robin Zander rocker vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick-Dream Police)
1957 Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi Monte Carlo Monaco, princess
1958 Lorraine Michaels playmate (Apr, 1981)
1959 Earl Falconer British reggae bassist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
and Tyrone Power Jr Los Angeles Calif, actor (Shag)
1960 Misha Mck East Orange NJ, actress (Gerri-Me & Mrs C)
1963 Gail O'Grady Detroit MI, actress (Hitman, Nobody's Perfect)
and Hakeem Olajuwon NBA center (Houston Rockets)
1964 Mariska Hargitay LA Calif, actress (Jesse Smith-Downtown)
1966 Scott Fortune CA, US US Olympic volleyball player (Olympic-gold-88)
1967 Naim Suleymanoglu Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter (Oly-gold-1988)
1968 Petr Korda Prague Czech, tennis star (1993 Doubles-Cincinnati)
1971 Mark Grimmette Ann Arbor Mich, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)
1974 Tiffani-Amber Theissen Long Beach Calif, actress (Saved by Bell)
Deaths Which Occured January 23:
1002 Otto III German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21
1356 Margaretha of Bavaria Emperess of Germany, dies
1516 Ferdinand II king of Aragon/Sicily, dies
1548 Bernardo Pisano composer, dies at 57
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 41
1708 Thomas Bullis composer, dies at 80
1800 Edward Rutledge US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50
1805 Vaclav Pichl composer, dies at 63
1806 William Pitt de Jongere premier Great Britain, dies
1813 George Clymer US merchant (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 73
1814 Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf composer, dies at 52
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
1875 Charles Kingsley English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55
1879 Adolf Jensen composer, dies at 42
1883 Gustave Dor‚ French illustrator, dies at 51
1891 Boudouin LPMCAJL prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies
1893 Jos‚ Zorrilla y Moral Spanish poet (Granada), dies
1898 W A Remy composer, dies at 67
1908 Edward Alexander MacDowell composer, dies at 47
1913 Nazim Pasha Turkey's PM, assassinated
1921 Wlasyslaw Zelenski composer, dies at 83
1926 D‚sir‚ J Mercier Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies
Joseph Carl Breil composer, dies at 56
1931 Anna Pavlova Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Stervende Swan), dies
1936 Dame Clara Butt alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62
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
1944 Edvard Munch Norwegian painter, dies
1945 Helmuth J von Moltke German politician ("July 20th Plot"), dies
1946 Feliks Nowowiejski composer, dies at 68
1947 Pierre Bonnard French painter/illustrator, dies at 79
1956 Alexander Korda English movie production (Henry VIII), dies at 62
1957 Willie Edwards US black, murdered by KKK at 25
1964 Louis Horst composer, dies at 80
1966 Jo van Ammers-Kller playwright (Opstandigen), dies at 81
1969 Jaroslav Kricka composer, dies at 86
1975 Karel Paul van der Mandele director of Rotterdam Bank dies at 94
1976 Paul Robeson athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77
1977 Bernard "Toots" Shor barkeeper, dies at 73
1978 Jack Oakie actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74
Terry Kath rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32
1981 Bobby Sherwood orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66
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
1986 Joseph Beuys West German avant-garde politician, dies at 64
1989 Salvador Dal¡ Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84
Salvador Dal¡ Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84
1990 Allen Collins guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) dies of pneumonia at 37
1992 Freddie Bartholomew child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67
Ian Wolfe actor (Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at 95
Simon Brand South African banker/adviser to Pres De Klerk, dies
1993 Dudley Stevens entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57
Thomas A Dorsey jazz pianist (Take my hand, precious Lord), dies
1994 Nikolai Ogarkov Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76
Oliver Smith US set designer (Guys & Dolls/7 Tony Awards), dies at 75
Sherry Mathis actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44
Suzanne M Blum French advocate (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95
Holidays Which Occur January 23:
Liechtenstein Independence Day (1719)
Luxembourg Grand Duchess' Birthday
Pakistan Proclamation of Republic (1956)
Religious Observances on January 23:
RC Feast of St Alfonso/Ildefondus, archbishop of Toledo
304 RC Commemoration of St Emerentiana, virgin/Roman martyr
1275 old RC Feast of St Raymond of Pe¤afort, confessor (now 1/7)
1893 Ang Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, bishop of Massachusetts
Things to Remember for January 23:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
27 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
National Handwriting Day
[Ancient Rome] a d x Kal Feb
Highlights in History Which Occur January 23:
27 -BC- Octavianus finds Roman Empire
638 Start of Islamic calendar
1265 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities)
1490 1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul
1492 "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed
1552 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England
1556 Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China
1570 Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out
1571 Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
1579 Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic
1631 France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of B„rwald
1637 Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil
1643 Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians
1647 Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament
1663 King Louis XIV affirms covenant with R˜nstaten
1668 England, Netherlands & Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French
1719 Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire
1723 Georg Friedrich H„ndel's opera "Ottone," premieres in London
1779 Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)
1789 Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded
1793 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia & Russia
and Humane Society of Philadelphia (first 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
and Patent granted for an envelope-making machine
1856 Steamer Pacific lost
1862 Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 10,000
1865 -Jan 25th) Battle of City Point, VA (James River, Trent's Reach)
1870 173 Blackfoot (140 women & children) killed in Montana by US Army
1879 National Archery Association formed, Crawfordsville, Ind
1889 Dr Daniel Hale Williams forms Provident Hospital in Chicago
1894 G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min
1896 Edward Macdowell's 2nd Suite in E, premieres
1897 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange" (BG)
1902 Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for Stanley Cup
1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #582 Olympia
1907 Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator
1908 A Kopff discovers asteroids #657 Gunlod & #658 Asteria
and US & Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo
1909 1st radio rescue at sea
1916 Temp falls from 44øF (7øC) to -56øF (49øC) 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 govt in Britain
1926 Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in NYC
1927 O Oikawa discovers asteroid #1266 Tone
1928 "Abenteuer of brave Soldier Schwejk" premieres in Berlin
1930 Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto
and George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Va established
and WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions
1932 El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers
1933 20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20
1936 Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Cura‡ao forms
1937 Karl Radek & 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge
1940 Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish govt in exile
1941 Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center
and WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to NYC
1942 Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain
and Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army
1943 66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
and British 8th army marches into Tripoli
and Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
and Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured
1944 Arnold Sch”nberg's "Ode to Napoleon," premieres
and Det Red Wings score 15 goals against NY Rangers & NHL record 37
points, also most consecutive goals & most lopsided game 15-0
1945 British Premier Gerbrandy offers his resignation
1950 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published
and Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1612 Hirose & #1636 Porter
and NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense & defense)
and Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung
1953 NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts)
and NFL's National & American conference become Eastern & Western conf
1954 Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP
and Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)
1955 KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
1958 Dictator Marcos P‚rez Jim‚nez flees Venezuela, Larraz bal takes power
1960 Bathosphere "Trieste" reach bottom of Pacific (10,900 m)
1961 Venezuela adopts constitution
1962 British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR
and Libya, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb
1964 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections
and Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in NYC
1965 "King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV
and Boston Celtic center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to
Philadelphia Warriors led by Wilt Chamberlain
1968 Spy ship USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea
1969 Cream releases their last album "Goodbye"
1970 Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
and Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam
and US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 -80øF (-62øC) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (US record)
and UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row
1972 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13
and Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champ
and Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi
and Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest
1973 Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs
and Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims
and Pres Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War
1974 1st edition of women's magazine "Story"
1975 "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV
and Ralph Kiner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
1976 Wash Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat NY Rangers 7-5
1977 $1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris
and Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC
1978 8th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 14-13
and Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris
1979 W Liller discovers asteroid #3040 Kozai
1980 L G Karachkina discovers asteroids #3215 Lapko & #3286 Anatoliya
1981 1st Richard Nixon museum opens (San Clemente Calif)
and Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin
and Mike Bossy becomes 1st in NHL to score 50 goals in 50 games
1982 Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date)
and World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2
1983 "A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC
and Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis
and In NBA, Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96
and Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean
and Sch”ne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:40.97)
1984 Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game
and Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km
and Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ
1985 Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised
1986 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
1987 Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)
and Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion)
1988 Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match
1989 Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court
and NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak
1993 Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die
and NY Newsday reports Ore Sen Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women
1994 Bernie Kosar is 2nd QB to throw TD passes in AFC & NFC Champ games
and Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Hercegovina
3268 Beginning of 2nd Julian Period (1/1 OS)
1556 Earthquake kills 830,000 when loess cliffs collapse on inhabited
caves. (Shensi Province, China)
1973 Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims.
and Helgafell, island of Heimaey, Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000
years, causing village of Vestmannaeyjar to be evacuated.
Your Special Reminders for January 23:
1874 63øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1936 -3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 23rd day of year with 342 remaining (Numerology = 6)
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