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1574 Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter 1582 John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis) 1730 Joseph Hewes, patriot (Declaration of Independence signer) 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 1816 Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician 1828 Calvin Edward Pratt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 1832 douard Manet, France, Impressionist painter 1833 John Randolph Chambliss Jr, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1840 Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company) 1857 Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) 1862 David Hilbert, Knigsberg East Prussia, mathematician 1878 Oton Zupancic, Slavic poet (Zimzelen pod Snegom) 1887 Miklos K llay, premier Hungary (1942-44) 1891 Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist 1893 Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks) 1894 Franklin Pangborn, US, actor (My friend from India) 1894 Remy Angenot, Flemish actor 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) 1898 Sergei Eisenstein, Russia, director (Battleship Potemkin) 1899 Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny, African Queen) 1899 Joseph Nathan Kane, historian (Famous Firsts) 19-- Angela Carrasco, Santo Domingo Dominican Rep, spanish singer 19-- Bonkers, (All My Children) 19-- Ray Girardin, Wakefield Mass, actor (Charlie & Company) 19-- Richard Gilliland, Ft Worth Tx, actor (Jonesy-Waltons, Tom-Heartland) 1902 Benny Waters, saxophonist 1906 Bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep) 1907 Dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees) 1907 Hediki Joekawa, Japan, physicist (Nobel 1949) 1908 Pak Saleman Siswowitono, Javan/Surinamese writer 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 Potter Stewart, Mich, 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81) 1918 Gertrude Belle Elion, NYC, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988) 1919 Ernie Kovacs, Trenton NJ, comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show) 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, 1983- ) 1925 Marty Paich, Oakland Calif, orch leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell) 1928 Eugene Monti, Italy, bobsledder (Olympic-2 golds-1968) 1928 Jeanne Moreau, Paris France, actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim) 1928 Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, skater (Olympic-silver-1952) 1929 John Polanyi, Berlin, Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986) 1930 Derel Walcott, St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992) 1930 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) 1933 Chita Rivera, Wash DC, actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity) 1934 Lou Antonio, Okla City, actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin' It) 1936 Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packer, author (Instant Replay) 1937 17 including Karl Radek go on trial in Stalin's great purge 1938 Anatoly Marchenko, Siberia, Soviet dissident 1942 Willy Bogner Jr, Munich, director (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) 1943 Gil Gerard, Little Rock Ark, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century) 1944 Marty Russo, (Rep-D-IL, 1975- ) 1944 Rutger Hauer, actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend) 1944 Sergey Belov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972) 1947 Thomas R Carper, (Rep-D-DE, 1983- ) 1948 Anita Pointer, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy) 1949 Robert D Cabana, Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut (STS 41, 53) 1950 Patrick Simmons, guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute) 1950 Richard Dean Anderson, Minneapolis, actor (MacGyver, Emerald Pt NAS) 1950 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-Game, English singer/songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots) 1954 Franco De Vita, Caracas Venezuala, spanish singer 1954 Rick Finch, rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It) 1955 Reginald Calloway, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking) 1955 Robin Zander, rocker vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick-Dream Police) 1957 Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi, Monte Carlo Monaco, princess 1959 Earl Falconer, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine) 1959 Tyrone Power Jr, Los Angeles Calif, actor (Shag) 1960 Misha Mck, East Orange NJ, actress (Gerri-Me & Mrs C) 1963 Akeem 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) 1972 Tiffani-Amber Theissen, actress (Saved by the Bell) (1972 approx) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 231516 Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies 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 1806 William Pitt de Jongere, premier Great Britain, dies 1891 Boudewn LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies 1893 Jos Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet (Granada), dies 1913 Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated 1926 Dsir J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies 1931 Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Stervende Swan), dies 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 1947 Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79 1976 Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia 1977 Bernard "Toots" Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73 1978 Terry Kath, rocker (Chicago), accidentally shoots himself at 32 1981 Bobby Sherwood, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66 1981 Samuel Barber, US composer (School for scandal, dies at 74 1989 Salvador Dal”, Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84 1992 Freddie Bartlomew, child actor, dies of emphysema at 67 1992 Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to Pres De Klerk, dies 1993 Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take my hand, precious Lord), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 23[Liechtenstein] Independence Day (1719) [Luxembourg] Grand Duchess' Birthday Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 23[Christian] Commemoration of St Ildephonsus [RC] Feast of St Ildephonsus 304 [RC] Commemoration of St Emerentiana, virgin/martyr 1275 [old RC] Feast of St Raymond of Pe¤afort, confessor (now 1/7) 1893 [Ang] Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, bishop of Massachusetts 1997 [Jewish] Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) (Shevat 15, 5757 AM) Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 23 National Handwriting Day [Rome] a d x Kal Feb 638 Start of Islamic calendar 1265 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) 1492 "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed 1556 Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China 1570 Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out 1579 Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic 1643 Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for the Parliamentarians 1719 Principality of Liechtenstein created within 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 (first aid society) organized 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 1856 Steamer Pacific lost 1862 Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 10,000 1865 -Jan 25th) Battle of City Piont, 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 forns Provident Hospital in Chicago 1894 G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min 1897 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" (BG) 1902 Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for the 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 1909 1st radio rescue at sea 1916 Temperature falls from 7ų to -49ų C night of 23-24, Browning, Mont 1920 Dutch govt refuses to turn over ex-kaiser of Germany to the allies 1923 Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) 1924 Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour govt in Britain 1927 O Oikawa discovers asteroid #1266 Tone 1928 "Abenteuer of brave Soldiers Schwejk" premiers in Berlin 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 changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20 1936 Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curaao forms 1940 Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish govt 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 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 1950 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published 1950 Israeli Knesset resolves the Jerusalem is the capital of Israel 1950 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1612 Hirose & #1636 Porter 1950 NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense & defense) 1950 Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung 1953 NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts) 1953 NFL's 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 KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast 1958 Dictator Marcos Prez Jimnez flees Venezuala, Larraz bal takes power 1960 Bathyscope "Trieste" reach bottom of Pacific 1960 Piccard & Walsh in bathyscaph reach 10,900 m in Mariana Trench 1961 Venezuela adopts constitution 1962 British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR 1962 Libya, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb 1964 "After the Fall" opens 1964 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections 1965 "The King Family Show" (musical variety) premiers on ABC TV 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) 1970 US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1 1971 -80ų F (-62ų C), Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (US record) 1971 UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row 1972 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13 1972 Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi 1973 Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs 1973 Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims 1973 Pres Nixon announces an accord has been reach to end the Vietnam War 1975 "Barney Miller" premiers on ABC TV 1975 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 1977 Miniseries "Roots" premiers on ABC 1978 8th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 14-13 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) 1981 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) 1982 World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2 1983 "A-Team" with Mr T premiers on NBC 1983 Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis 1983 In NBA, Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96 1984 Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game 1984 Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km 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) 1987 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 1989 NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak 1993 Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die 3268 Beginning of 2nd Julian Period (1/1 OS) Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 2323rd day of the year with 342 remaining (Numerology = 6) 1874 63ųF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1936 -3ųF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 2301/23/42 --- I Said No --- Dorsey, Jimmy 01/23/42 --- Remember Pearl Harbor --- Kaye, Sammy 01/23/48 --- Now Is The Hour --- Crosby, Bing 01/23/48 --- Now Is The Hour --- Fields, Gracie 01/23/48 --- Manana --- Lee, Peggy 01/23/48 --- I'm My Own Grampaw --- Lombardo, Guy 01/23/54 --- Till Then --- Hilltoppers 01/23/61 --- There's A Moon Out Tonight --- Capris 01/23/61 --- Wheels --- String-A-Longs 01/23/63 --- You've Really Got A Hold On Me --- Miracles 01/23/65 --- This Diamond Ring --- Lewis, Gary & The Playboys 01/23/65 --- I Go To Pieces --- Peter & Gordon 01/23/71 --- If You Could Read My Mind --- Lightfoot, Gordon 01/23/71 --- One Bad Apple --- Osmonds 01/23/82 --- Open Arms --- Journey 01/23/88 --- Never Gonna Give You Up --- Astley, Rick 01/23/88 --- I Get Weak --- Carlisle, Belinda 01/23/88 --- Father Figure --- Michael, George 01/23/93 --- Ordinary World --- Duran Duran 01/23/93 --- I'm Every Woman --- Houston, Whitney |
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