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Born :03/11/1923A Louise Brough Clapp, Okla, tennis player (4 time Wimbeldon champ)
Born :03/11/1923Ad [Adrianus C] de Besten, literary (River Basin)
Born :03/11/1923Ad [Adrianus C] the Besten, literature: River basin
Born :04/28/1923Adele Mara, Dearborn Mich, actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels)
Born :07/31/1923Ahmet Ertegun, CEO (Atlantic Records)
Born :02/02/1923Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
Born :04/30/1923Al Lewis, actor (Car 54, Grandpa-Munsters)
Born :11/18/1923Alan B Shepard Jr, East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14)
Born :09/11/1923Alan Badel, Manchester England, actor (Shogun)
Born :04/25/1923Albert King, Mississippi, blues singer/guitar (Bad Look Blues)
Born :02/17/1923Alden Winship Clausen, Hamilton Ill, banker (Pres of World Bank)
Born :11/04/1923Alfred Heineken, beer brewer (Heineken)
Born :11/09/1923Alice [Davis] Coachman, Albany Ga, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1948)
Born :05/23/1923Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica)
Born :02/18/1923Allan Melvin, KC Mo, actor (Brady Bunch, Barney-All in Family)
Born :04/21/1923Andrea Domburg, actress (Theo d'Or Prize)
Born :12/28/1923Andrew Duggan, actor (Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War)
Born :03/09/1923Andr‚ Courr‚ges, France, fashion designer (introed the miniskirt)
Born :04/25/1923Anita Bjorak, actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People)
Born :04/12/1923Ann Miller, Houston Tx, dancer/actress (On the Town)
Born :05/07/1923Anne Baxter, Mich City Ind, actr (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel)
Born :01/26/1923Anne Jeffreys, NC, actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital)
Born :08/03/1923Anne Klein, fashion designer (Anne Klein II)
Born :03/23/1923Arnie Weinmeister, AAFC, NFL def tackle (NY Yankees, Giants)
Born :09/05/1923Arthur C Nielsen, market researcher (TV's Nielsen's Ratings)
Born :04/23/1923Avram Davidson, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork!)
Born :04/18/1923Baroness Platt of Writtle, British CEO (Equal Opportunities Comm)
Born :07/03/1923Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw & Cavendish, worked for sick & disabled
Born :11/20/1923Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers)
Born :12/11/1923Betsy Blair, actress (Marty)
Born :09/11/1923Betsy Drake, fitness expert/actress (Every Girl Should be Married)
Born :04/22/1923Betty Page, Kingsport Tn, playmate (Jan, 1955)/model (Dark Angel)
Born :12/12/1923Bob Barker, Darrington Wash, game show emcee (Price is Right)
Born :10/25/1923Bobby Thomson, HR hitter (Giants win the pennent)
Born :02/02/1923Bonita Granville, NYC, actress (Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger)
Born :02/09/1923Brendan Behan, Ireland, author/poet (Hostage)
Born :08/02/1923Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal
Born :02/10/1923Cesare Siepi, Italy, basso (NY Metropolitan Opera)
Born :02/28/1923Charles Durning, Highland Falls NY, actor (Fury, Sting, Tootsie)
Born :12/04/1923Charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif)
Born :10/04/1923Charlton Heston, actor (10 Commandments, Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes)
Born :06/29/1923Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang)
Born :08/21/1923Chris Shenkel, Biuppus Ind, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights)
Born :02/13/1923Chuck Yeagar, US test pilot (1st man to break sound barrier)
Born :03/26/1923Clifton Williams, Traskwood Arkansas, band master (Sinfonians)
Born :02/04/1923Conrad Bain, Alberta Canada, actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes)
Born :03/22/1923Cor N van Dis Jr, Dutch 2nd chamber member (SGP)
Born :07/14/1923Dale Robertson, Harrah Ok, actor (Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty)
Born :06/05/1923Daniel Pinkham, Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac)
Born :06/26/1923David Haslam, British rear admiral (hydrographer)
Born :10/24/1923Denise Levertov, American poet/essayist (Joy Beneath the Skin)
Born :02/27/1923Dexter Gordon, US tenor saxophonist
Born :01/22/1923Diana Douglas, Devonshire Bermuda, actress (The Cowboys)
Born :05/14/1923Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], NYC, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar)
Born :11/08/1923Dmitri T Jazov, Russian minister of defense (1991 coup)
Born :03/31/1923Donald Argee Barksdale, Berkley Cal, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1948)
Born :10/09/1923Donald Sinden, England, actor (Doctor at Large, Mogambo, Simba)
Born :11/09/1923Dorothy Dandridge, US, actress/singer/dancer (Porgy & Bess)
Born :04/15/1923Douglas Wass, CEO (Equity & Law Life Assurance Company)
Born :03/01/1923Duncan White, Ceylon, 400m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1948)
Born :06/10/1923Earl Hamner Jr, Schuyler Va, TV narrator (Waltons)
Born :05/29/1923Earl of Morley, Lord Lt of Devon
Born :03/06/1923Ed McMahon, Detroit Mich, TV host (Johnny Carson Show, Star Search)
Born :05/20/1923Edith Fellows, Boston, actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets)
Born :07/07/1923Eduardo Fal£, Argentine guitarist (Zamba de Vargas)
Born :11/01/1923Edward A de Jongh, Antillian author (The Bow)
Born :04/08/1923Edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir)
Born :11/30/1923Efrem Zimbalist Jr, actor (77 Sunset Strip)
Born :08/30/1923Elias Victor Seixas, US, mixed double tennis player (Wimbeld 1953-56)
Born :03/26/1923Elizabeth Jane Howard, British novelist (After Julius)
Born :05/06/1923Elizabeth Sellars, Glasgow Scotland, actress (Chalk Garden)
Born :06/17/1923Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, AAFC, NFL halfback, end (LA Rams)
Born :04/04/1923Eric Rohmer, Nancy Francy, director (Claire's Knee)
Born :06/15/1923Erland Josephson, Swedish actor/dramatist (Utflykt)
Born :04/05/1923Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher/economist
Born :08/08/1923Esther Williams, Inglewood Cal, actress/swimmer (Dangerous when Wet)
Born :10/13/1923Fas [Servas] Wilkes, soccer player (Xerxes/Fortuna/Inter Milan)
Born :01/23/1923Florence Halop, Queens, actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere)
Born :04/10/1923Floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52)
Born :02/20/1923Forbes Burnham, premier Guyana (1964-85)
Born :07/14/1923Frances Lear, Larchmont NY, Woman's magazine publisher (Lears)
Born :04/25/1923Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer
Born :04/08/1923Franco Corelli, Anconia Italy, tenor (Don Jos‚-Carmen)
Born :02/12/1923Franco Zeffirelli, Italy, director (Romeo & Juliet)
Born :11/29/1923Frank Reynolds, E Chicago Ind, news anchor (ABC Evening News)
Born :10/23/1923Frank Sutton, Clarksville Tenn, actor (Sgt Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC)
Born :09/28/1923Fred Robbins, Balt Md, DJ (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest)
Born :12/13/1923Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP)
Born :02/07/1923George HH Lascelles, English earl of Harewood/leader Covent Garden
Born :03/15/1923George Vogel, race horse trainer
Born :06/09/1923Gerald G”tting, German DR president (CDU)
Born :08/22/1923Gerald Long, journalist/CEO (Reuters)
Born :06/11/1923Gerard Vaughn, conservative MP
Born :12/12/1923Gerard [K Van de] Reve, writer (Dear guys d'orgel, Typhoid)
Born :12/14/1923Gerard [K van het] Reve, writer (Dear Guys)
Born :08/30/1923Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer (Of the Handschuh)
Born :08/09/1923Gerrit Kouwenaar, literary
Born :01/08/1923Giorgio Tozzi, Chicago Illinois, basso
Born :05/12/1923Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Rocco e i suoi fratelli)
Born :10/05/1923Glynis Johns, Pretoria South Africa, actress (Mary Poppins)
Born :11/01/1923Gordon R[upert] Dickson, Canada, sci-fi author (Genetic General)
Born :11/23/1923Guy Molinari, (Rep-R-NY, 1981- )
Born :08/01/1923Gwyn Ward Thomas, Britsh TV director
Born :05/28/1923Gy”rgy Ligeti, Dics”szentmartin Transylvania Hungary composer
Born :09/17/1923Hank Williams, country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin')
Born :12/10/1923Harold Gould, Schenectady NY, actor (He & She, Martin-Rhoda, Big Bus)
Born :04/17/1923Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS)
Born :11/28/1923Helen Delich Bentley, (Rep-R-MD, 1985- )
Born :08/24/1923Helena Carter, [Helen Rickerts], US model/actress (River Lady)
Born :05/27/1923Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (1973)
Born :06/18/1923Herman Krebbers, violinist/concert master
Born :10/30/1923Herschel Bernardi, NYC, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie)[10/20]?
Born :10/20/1923Herschel Bernardi, actor (Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front)
Born :10/31/1923Hicks B Waldron, Amsterdam NY, CEO (Avon)
Born :03/12/1923Hjalmar Andersen, Norway, speed skater 1500, 5K, 10K (Oly-gold-1952)
Born :01/23/1923Horace Ashenfelter, US, 3000m steeplechase (Olympic-gold-1952)
Born :05/26/1923Horst Tapper, German director/actor (Derrick)
Born :05/20/1923Hugh Beach, General British
Born :04/22/1923Hugh Lloyd, actor
Born :04/02/1923Hugh Overton, British diplomat
Born :04/29/1923Irvin Kershner, Phila, director (Never Say Never Again)
Born :03/15/1923Italo Calvino, Italian writer (Split Viscount)
Born :11/15/1923Italo Calvino, Italy, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar)
Born :01/08/1923Iva Michiels, [Rik Ceuppens], Flemish writer (Ksiega Alfa)
Born :09/18/1923J T Mellema, Boer politician (CHU)
Born :06/24/1923Jack Carter, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Amazing Dobermans, Octagon)
Born :08/06/1923Jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show)
Born :01/13/1923Jack Watling, London, actor (Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart)
Born :08/06/1923Jackie Kelk, Brooklyn NY, actor (Homer-Aldrich Family)
Born :02/12/1923James Abdnor, (Sen-R-SD, 1981-87)
Born :05/26/1923James Arness, actor (Matt Dillon-Gunsmoke, Thing)
Born :03/09/1923James Buckley, (Sen-R-NY)
Born :02/02/1923James Dickey, author/actor (Deliverance)
Born :07/12/1923James E Gunn, US, sci-fi writer (New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)
Born :04/23/1923James Kirkup, travel writer/poet/novelist (African in Greenland)
Born :04/03/1923Jan Sterling, NYC, actress (1st Monday in October, HS Confidential)
Born :03/19/1923Janine Dacosta, French pianist
Born :11/25/1923Jap van Meekren, Dutch TV host (AVRO/RTL4)
Born :01/03/1923Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldaat Schweik)
Born :02/14/1923Jay Herbert, golfer (1960 PGA winner)
Born :07/07/1923Jean Kerr, Scranton Pa, novelist (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
Born :07/10/1923Jean Kerr, US author (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
Born :10/12/1923Jean Nidetch, Brooklyn, founder (Weight Watchers)
Born :01/19/1923Jean Stapleton, NYC, actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family)
Born :05/30/1923Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill)
Born :01/31/1923Joanne Dru, Logan WV, actress (Guestwood Ho, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
Born :06/21/1923John Compton, Lynchburg Tn, actor (Shannon-D.A.'s Man)
Born :05/10/1923John Dugdal, Lord-Lt (Salop]
Born :09/17/1923John Hale, linguist
Born :06/04/1923John Lea, British vice-admiral
Born :07/05/1923John McKay, WV, football coach (USC, Tampa Bay)
Born :05/25/1923John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places)
Born :12/10/1923Jorge Semprun, French writer (2nd mort de R Mercader, Z)
Born :05/01/1923Joseph Heller, novelist (Catch-22, 1963 Arts & Letters Award)
Born :01/08/1923Joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer
Born :06/08/1923Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (Summer Olympics)
Born :02/09/1923Kathryn Grayson, US, singer/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate)
Born :02/07/1923Keefe Brasselle, Elyria Ohio, actor (Be Our Guest)
Born :02/15/1923Keene Curtis, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Magician, Amanda's)
Born :08/17/1923Larry Rivers, modern/abstract painter (Wash crossing Delaware-1953)
Born :01/08/1923Larry Storch, NYC, comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show)
Born :03/15/1923Laurence A Tisch, NYC, CEO (Loews Corp)
Born :03/25/1923Lee Hale, Tacoma Wash, choral director (The Entertainers)
Born :01/15/1923Lee Teng-hui, president of ROC (Taiwan), head of KMT (1988- )
Born :04/18/1923Leif Panduro, Danish writer ('k Have varnish on traditions)
Born :12/23/1923Leonard Stern, TV writer (Phil Silvers Show, Get Smart)
Born :12/14/1923Leonardus S van Egerat, travel expert
Born :05/18/1923Liam Sullivan, Jacksonville Ill, actor (Mapoy-Monroes)
Born :11/13/1923Linda Christian, Tampico, Mexico, actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone)
Born :04/17/1923Lindsay Anderson, Bangalore India, director (Thursday's Children)
Born :02/02/1923Liz Smith, Ft Worth Tx, gossip columnist (NY Daily News, NBC-TV)
Born :04/17/1923Lloyd Biggle Jr, US, sci-fi author (Silence is Deadly)
Born :06/28/1923Lloyd Labeach, Panama City, 100m/200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1948)
Born :05/27/1923Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff
Born :12/18/1923Lotti [Charlotte] van der Gag, sculptor/painter
Born :12/25/1923Louis Lane, Eagle Pass Texas, conductor (Oere Orch 1968-73)
Born :03/27/1923Louis Simpson, Jamaican/US poet (Good News of Death)
Born :09/07/1923Louise Suggs, Atlanta GA, golfer (Vare Trophy 1957)
Born :03/20/1923Marc Saporta, French writer/essayist
Born :03/22/1923Marcel Marceau, France, mime (Barbarella, Silent Movie)
Born :06/20/1923Marcus Bakker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CPN)
Born :12/02/1923Maria Callas, NYC, soprano (Mademoiselle Award, 1953)
Born :04/12/1923Maria Callas, opera singer (Carmen)
Born :12/04/1923Maria M Callas, [Kalogeropoulos], Greek/US singer
Born :01/16/1923Martin Stokken, Norway, nordic relay (Olympic-silver-1952)
Born :02/02/1923Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Tx, journlist/author (WNBC, NY Daily News)
Born :09/27/1923Mary McCarty, Winfield Ks, actress/singer (Starch-Tra[pper John MD)
Born :11/25/1923Mauno Kowisto, president of Finland (1982- )
Born :04/25/1923Melissa Hayden, Toronto Canada, ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl)
Born :12/02/1923Meshulam Riklis, husband of Pia Zadora
Born :05/17/1923Michael Beetham, Marshal of RAF
Born :06/03/1923Michael Jaffe, director (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge England)
Born :05/17/1923Miles Wingate, deputy master Trinity House
Born :12/23/1923Milt Okun, Bkln NY, orch leader (Starland Vocal Band Show)
Born :01/01/1923Milton Jackson, US, vibraphonist (Milt of Bags)
Born :08/25/1923Monty Hall, Winnipeg Canada, TV game show host (Lets Make a Deal)
Born :03/21/1923Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show)
Born :09/03/1923Mort Walker, cartoonist (Beetle Bailey)
Born :03/24/1923Murray Hamilton, Washington NC, actor (Rich Man Poor Man)
Born :11/20/1923Nadime Gordimer, South African author (July's people, Nobel 1991)
Born :07/06/1923Nancy Davis Reagan, NY, 1st Lady (1981-89)
Born :05/28/1923Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star/politician
Born :10/23/1923Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author (Sky Music)
Born :04/05/1923Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnam president (1965-75)
Born :03/12/1923Norbert Brainin, violinist
Born :02/09/1923Norman E Shumway, Mich, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon
Born :01/31/1923Norman Mailer, NYC mayoral candidate/novelist (Naked & the Dead)
Born :12/25/1923N”el Vandernotte, France, cox (Olympic-bronze-1936)
Born :09/29/1923O A "Bum" Phillips, football coach (Houston Oilers/New Orlean Saints)
Born :04/26/1923Oliver Millar, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
Born :01/17/1923Onno Molenkamp, actor
Born :05/26/1923Oren Lee Staley, 1st pres of National Farmers Organization (1955-79)
Born :01/29/1923Paddy Chayevsky, [Sydney], US, dramatist (Marty, Hospital)
Born :07/19/1923Pat Hingle, Denver Colo, actor (Baby Boom, Norma Rae, Bloody Mama)
Born :03/04/1923Patrick Moore, England, astronomer/writer (A-Z of Astronomy)
Born :05/24/1923Paul Bramley, oral surgeon
Born :06/27/1923Paul F Conrad, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84)
Born :04/22/1923Paula Fox, US children's books author (Poor George)
Born :10/22/1923Pete Pihos, NFL end (Phil Eagles)
Born :05/07/1923Pete V Domenici, (Sen-R-NM, 1973- )
Born :08/23/1923Pete Wilson, (Sen-R-CA, 1983-88)
Born :04/22/1923Peter Bowring, CEO (C T Bowring)
Born :11/15/1923Peter Hammond, London England, actor (Buccaneers)
Born :09/06/1923Peter II Karadjordjevic, King of Yugoslavia (1934-45)
Born :09/07/1923Peter Lawford, London England, actor (Mrs Miniver, Thin Man)
Born :05/17/1923Peter [Mennini] Mennin, Erie Pennsylvania, composer (Moby Dick)
Born :03/21/1923Philip Abbott, Lincoln Neb, actor (Arthur-The F.B.I.)
Born :10/05/1923Philip Berrigan, militant priest (Chicago 7)
Born :03/04/1923Piero J d'Inzeo, France, equestrian show jumper (Olymp-gold-1952, 64)
Born :05/31/1923Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949- )
Born :05/03/1923Ralph M Hall, (Rep-D-TX, 1981- )
Born :03/06/1923Raymond "Bill" Hoffenberg, college president (Wolfson at Oxford)
Born :07/16/1923Reginald Prentice, British government minister
Born :08/29/1923Reinier Brams, biophysicist/Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (VVD)
Born :09/13/1923Reninca, [Ren‚e Lauwers], Flemish author (Seed in the Wind)
Born :08/10/1923Rhonda Fleming, Hollywood Calif, actress (Spellbound)
Born :08/29/1923Richard Attenborough, actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston)
Born :05/15/1923Richard Avedon, US, photographer (1957 ASMP award)
Born :08/05/1923Richard Kleindienst, attorney general (1972)
Born :05/29/1923Richard Worsley, quarter master General
Born :11/27/1923Robert A Young, (Rep-D-MO, 1977-86)
Born :10/20/1923Robert Craft, Kingston, NY, conductor, Stravinsky-follower
Born :03/02/1923Robert H Michel, (Rep-R-IL, 1957- )
Born :07/22/1923Robert J Dole, (Sen-R Kansas, 1969- )
Born :01/05/1923Robert L Bernstein, NYC, publisher (Random House)
Born :06/10/1923Robert Maxwell, [Jan Hoch], Czech, billionaire/CEO (NY Daily News)
Born :09/01/1923Rocky Marciano, heavyweight champion boxer (1952-56)
Born :08/03/1923Roger Foulon, French/Belgian songwriter
Born :08/15/1923Rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show)
Born :05/26/1923Roy Dotrice, Guernsey Channel Island, actor (Wizard)
Born :10/27/1923Roy Lichtenstein, US, Pop art painter; painted comic book panels
Born :10/27/1923Ruby Dee, Cleve Ohio, actress (Raisin in the Sun, Cat People)
Born :12/23/1923Ruth Roman, Boston Mass, actress (Sylvia-Knots Landing, Dallas)
Born :01/05/1923Sam Phillips, musician/record founder (Sun)
Born :03/08/1923Sembene Ousmane, Senegalese author/novelist/director (Doctor Noir)
Born :08/15/1923Simon Peres, [Persky], premier of Israel
Born :05/24/1923Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress (Saint Joan)
Born :10/03/1923Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Lwow Poland, conductor (Die Zauberfl”te)
Born :04/05/1923Stanley Orme, chairman (British Labour Party)
Born :12/01/1923Stansfield Turner, CIA director
Born :10/05/1923Stig H Dagerman, Swedish writer (Burning Child)
Born :07/13/1923Susie Bond, Louisville Ky, actress (Flo, Temperature Rising)
Born :12/07/1923Ted Knight, Terryville Ct, (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort)
Born :11/28/1923Ted Stevens, (Sen-R-AK, 1968- )
Born :11/18/1923Ted Stevens, (Sen-R-Alaska)
Born :03/11/1923Terry Alexander, London, actor (Tony-Behind the Scenes)
Born :09/03/1923Terry Wilson, Calif, actor (Bill-Wagon Train)
Born :09/01/1923Theo H Joekes, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
Born :03/19/1923Tige Andrews, Bkln, actor (Capt Adam Greer-Mod Squad)
Born :12/16/1923Tip [Silvio A] Marugg, Antillian writer (Weekend pilgrimage)
Born :04/20/1923Tito Puente, Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania)
Born :12/03/1923Tom Fears, NFL end (LA Rams)
Born :03/27/1923Victor Hochhauser, impresario
Born :03/12/1923Walter M Schirra Jr, Hackensack NJ, Capt USN/ast (Mer 8, Gem 6, Ap 7)
Born :01/23/1923Walter M[ichael] Miller Jr, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars)
Born :01/16/1923Willem Aantjes, Dutch politicial leader (CDA)
Born :08/06/1923William B Williams, Babylon NY, DJ (WNEW, Sammy & Company)
Born :07/08/1923William Harrison Dillard, Cleve Ohio, sprinter (Olympic-gold-48, 52)
Born :09/06/1923William Kraft, Chicago, Ill, composer/percussionist
Born :09/28/1923William Windom, NYC, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote)
Born :03/25/1923Wim Van Est, [Locomotief/Pletmolen], cyclist
Born :07/06/1923Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general/pres (1989- )
Born :08/23/1923Wolfgang Sawallisch, Munich Ger, conductor (Vienna Symph 1960-70)
Born :02/15/1923Yelena Bonner, Moscow, soviet disident/wife of Andre Sakharov
Born :02/21/1923Zvi Zeitlin, Dubrovnik Yugoslavia, violinist/prof (Eastman School)




Died :05/29/1923Adolf Oberl„nder, German painter, dies
Died :06/15/1923Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies
Died :12/28/1923Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, engineer (Eiffel tower), dies
Died :10/30/1923Andrew Bonar Law, English PM (C), dies at 64
Died :01/11/1923Constantine I, king of Greece, dies
Died :12/08/1923Dom Joseph Pothier, French benediction/musicology, dies
Died :11/25/1923Earnest Debes, German cartographer (Smaller Mondatlas), dies
Died :02/06/1923Edward E Barnard, US astronomer (discovered 5th moon Jupiter), dies
Died :07/04/1923Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67
Died :11/19/1923French Netscher, author/journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59
Died :04/05/1923George Edward Stanhope Molyne£x Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, dies
Died :06/05/1923George H Breitner, impressionist painter, dies at 65
Died :05/20/1923Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies
Died :08/07/1923Henry Pierson, theology/theory (HS Foundation), dies
Died :06/29/1923J C Gomez, General/Venezuala's 1st VP, assassinated
Died :08/14/1923Jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-M˜), dies at 76
Died :01/03/1923Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave Soldier Schweik), dies
Died :03/08/1923Johannes S van der Waals, physicist (Nobel 1910), dies
Died :01/09/1923Katherine Mansfield, Brits writer (Dove's Nest), dies
Died :04/04/1923L Martov, [Joulij O Tsederbaum], Russ revolutionary, dies at 49
Died :07/16/1923Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60
Died :10/14/1923Marcellus Emants, writer/poet (Refrained from Confession), dies
Died :09/22/1923Marquess of Ripon, game hunter, dies, after shooting 52nd grouse
Died :01/22/1923Max Nordau, [Sdfeld], German physician/writer/zionists leader, dies
Died :11/24/1923Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39
Died :07/20/1923Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55
Died :06/10/1923Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer, dies
Died :12/12/1923Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Le ball du comte), dies
Died :03/26/1923Sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette R Bernard], Dutch/French actress, dies
Died :03/22/1923Theophile Delcass‚, French statesman, dies at 71
Died :05/10/1923Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated
Died :08/02/1923Warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57
Died :02/10/1923Wilhelm C R”ntgen, physicist (radiation, Nobel 1901), dies at 77




Special :10/29/1923"Runnin' Wild" (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway
Special :05/11/192310 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards
Special :01/28/19231st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich
Special :08/05/19231st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan)
Special :02/13/19231st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes
Special :01/11/19231st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg & Kurt Schwitters)
Special :05/26/19231st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance was run
Special :10/06/19231st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies)
Special :01/04/19231st broadcast of "barn dance show" (WBAP - Ft Worth Texas)
Special :03/31/19231st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
Special :05/23/19231st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain
Special :01/29/19231st flight of the autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain)
Special :05/03/19231st nonstop transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed
Special :07/01/19231st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF NY & WMAF Mass)
Special :12/06/19231st presidential address broadcast on radio (Pres Calvin Coolidge)
Special :01/18/19231st radio telegraph message from Nederlands to Dutch East Indies
Special :04/15/19231st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (NYC)
Special :02/22/19231st successful chinchilla farm in US, Los Angeles
Special :12/31/19231st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester
Special :07/10/19232-pound hailstones kill 23 & many cattle. (Rostov, Russia)
Special :10/06/19232nd cabinet of Stresemann in Germany forms
Special :04/18/192374,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium
Special :09/23/192380,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law
Special :09/28/1923Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations
Special :09/11/1923After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yanks
Special :07/29/1923Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin
Special :07/10/1923All non-fascist parties disolved in Italy
Special :07/24/1923Allied Powers & Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne
Special :02/01/1923Allied ultimatum on Lithuanian occupation of Memel
Special :02/16/1923Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory
Special :02/16/1923Allies accept Lithuania occupation of Memel
Special :03/14/1923Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galici‰ in Poland
Special :03/01/1923Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker
Special :03/09/1923Amsterdam taxi strike ended
Special :10/13/1923Angora (Ankara) becomes Turkey's capital
Special :10/29/1923Army move SPD/KPD-govt to German part of Saxon
Special :04/13/1923Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships
Special :01/24/1923Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM established
Special :06/19/1923Baldwin-Mellon-agreement concerning Britain entering the war
Special :01/07/1923Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan
Special :11/09/1923Bear Hall Putsch-NAZIs fail to overthrow govt in Germany
Special :03/20/1923Beiers minister of Interior forbids SA political party
Special :10/19/1923Beierse govt refuses to prohibit NSDAP newspaper V”lkischer Beobachter
Special :07/31/1923Belgian Chamber discusses bilinguality at Ghent University
Special :03/20/1923Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent
Special :01/17/1923Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
Special :06/15/1923Belgium's Theunis term ends because of mine, post & railroad strike
Special :02/18/1923Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages
Special :09/15/1923Bill Tilden wins US Lawn Tennis Open
Special :05/04/1923Bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna
Special :11/02/1923Bloody street battles in Aken: pro-French separatists
Special :11/02/1923Bloody street fights in Aken (pro-French separatists driven)
Special :09/07/1923Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Phila A's, 4-0
Special :02/25/1923Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark
Special :09/12/1923Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
Special :03/25/1923British govt grants Trans-Jordan autonomy
Special :10/02/1923British occuping army leaves Constantinople
Special :06/09/1923Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski & King Boris III overthrown
Special :09/30/1923Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season
Special :07/17/1923Carl Mays gave up 13 runs & 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians
Special :10/17/1923Catholic University of Nijmegen opens
Special :05/31/1923China & USSR exchange diplomats
Special :07/07/1923Cleve Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning
Special :02/08/1923Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
Special :11/06/1923Col Jacob Schick patents 1st electric shaver
Special :11/22/1923Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death
Special :01/28/1923Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent
Special :10/21/1923Deutsches Museum, Mnchen, 1st Walther Bauersfeld Zeiss Planetarium
Special :10/16/1923Disney Co founded
Special :06/28/1923Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Philles score 8 in bottom of 9th
Special :07/13/1923Draft law passes
Special :04/26/1923Duke of York (King George VI) marries Elizabeth Lyon
Special :10/26/1923Dutch 2nd Chamber rejects Fleet laws (50-49 vote)
Special :08/12/1923Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of finances
Special :11/30/1923Dutch Catholic minority cabinet of Wilhelm Marx forms
Special :08/11/1923Dutch Premier de Geer resigns
Special :08/15/1923Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State
Special :05/01/1923Earl Sande, wins his 1st Kentucky Derby
Special :09/01/1923Earthquake strikes Tokyo & Yokohama, kills 106,000
Special :10/05/1923Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star
Special :07/18/1923England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law
Special :08/12/1923Enrico Tiraboschi is 1st to swim English Channel westward
Special :11/11/1923Eternal flame lit for tomb of unknown solder, Arc de Triumph
Special :02/02/1923Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio
Special :04/14/1923Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters
Special :02/01/1923Fascists Free Will Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini
Special :05/17/1923Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC)
Special :09/05/1923Flyweights Gene LaRue & Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously
Special :01/11/1923French & Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations
Special :03/31/1923French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die
Special :12/02/1923G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1024 Hale
Special :01/12/1923G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #993 Moultona
Special :11/20/1923Garrett Morgan invents & patents traffic signal
Special :10/24/1923Gen Otto von Lossow calls Reichswehr to Berlin to form a dictatorship
Special :09/29/1923Gene Sarazen wins PGA-golf tournament
Special :04/24/1923General harbor strike begins in NYC
Special :02/05/1923General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar
Special :03/14/1923German High advisor prohibits NSDAP
Special :02/23/1923German Republic day with laws against worker
Special :11/23/1923German army commander Gen Von Seeckt bans NSDAP & KPD
Special :11/10/1923German ex-crown prince flees Germany for Netherlands
Special :07/25/1923German mark devalued to 600,000 Dmark=$1
Special :10/11/1923German mark falls to 10 billion per œ, 4 billion per $
Special :12/08/1923German-US friendship treaty signed
Special :11/23/1923Germany's Stresemann govt falls to SPD
Special :10/03/1923Germany's Stresemann resigns
Special :08/13/1923Germany: Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of coalition cabinet
Special :02/08/1923Germany: NSDAP V”lkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily
Special :09/15/1923Gov Walton of Oklahoma reports of KKK terror
Special :02/23/1923Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5%
Special :12/17/1923Greek king George II overthrown by army/republic
Special :07/03/1923Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London
Special :07/08/1923Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla)
Special :09/14/1923Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in NYC
Special :07/04/1923Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Tom Gibbons in Shelby Mont
Special :04/10/1923Hitler speaks on "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin
Special :11/08/1923Hitler stages unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" in Mnchen (Munich)
Special :02/16/1923Howard Carter finds Pharoah Tutankhamen
Special :04/15/1923Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics
Special :12/18/1923International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco
Special :09/07/1923Interpol forms in Vienna
Special :09/10/1923Irish Free state joins League of Nations
Special :02/26/1923Italian nationalist & fascists merge
Special :07/15/1923Italian parliament accepts new constitution
Special :09/27/1923Italian troops leave occupied Korfu
Special :09/14/1923J Palisa discovers asteroid #1073 Gellivara
Special :03/21/1923J Palisa discovers asteroid #996 Hilaritas
Special :07/26/1923James Hoyt Wilhelm, pitcher
Special :01/09/1923Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro (helicopter) flight, Spain
Special :09/13/1923K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1003 Lilofee
Special :10/31/1923K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1009 Sirene
Special :11/12/1923K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1010 Marlene
Special :08/13/1923K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1026 Ingrid
Special :03/18/1923K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #994 Otthild
Special :08/06/1923K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #998 Bodea
Special :08/09/1923K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #999 Zachia
Special :08/12/1923K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1000 Piazzia & #1025 Riema
Special :09/11/1923K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1628 Strobel & #1662 Hoffmann
Special :07/12/1923K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #997 Priska & #3682
Special :07/29/1923KPD holds struggle day against fascism, in Germany
Special :05/19/1923KPD-revolts by allied occupation of Ruhrgebiedsteden
Special :12/08/1923Labour/Liberals win British parliament
Special :01/10/1923Last US troops leave the Rhine
Special :01/10/1923Latvian troops occupy Memel near France
Special :08/31/1923League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)
Special :03/13/1923Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures, NYC
Special :03/15/1923Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke
Special :01/04/1923Lenin's "Political Testament" removes Stalin
Special :03/04/1923Lenin's last article in Pravda about Red bureaucracy
Special :01/15/1923Lithuania seize & annex the country of Memel
Special :08/20/1923London harbor strike ends
Special :04/17/1923Longest NL opening game, Phillies & Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14
Special :09/27/1923Lou Gehrig's 1st homer
Special :10/31/1923M Wolf discovers asteroid #1008 La Paz
Special :06/21/1923Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud
Special :02/24/1923Mass arrests in US of mafia
Special :02/05/1923Mass arrests of socialists & communists in Italy
Special :08/15/1923Mexico & US reaches accord over oil concession of 1917
Special :09/14/1923Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain
Special :05/07/1923Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad
Special :01/--/1923Mississippi River becomes boundary for W & K radio call signs
Special :03/05/1923Montana & Nevada become 1st states to enact old age pension laws
Special :04/27/1923Mussolini govt italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige
Special :08/31/1923Mussolini's troops occupy Korfu
Special :01/28/1923NSDAP 1st election in Munich
Special :01/25/1923NVV donates Ÿ100,000 to mine workers of Ruhrgebied
Special :10/12/1923NY Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in world series
Special :06/01/1923NY Giants beat Phillies, 22-5
Special :08/09/1923NY State Golf Assoc formed
Special :09/04/1923NY Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Phila A's, 2-0
Special :10/15/1923NY Yankees 1st World Series win beating NY Giants, 4 games to 2
Special :05/04/1923NY state revokes Prohibition law
Special :12/21/1923Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation
Special :04/19/1923New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers
Special :07/30/1923New Zealand claims Ross Dependency
Special :06/30/1923New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica
Special :01/17/1923Origin of Brown[?] lunation numbers
Special :02/17/1923Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals)
Special :03/26/1923Ottawa Senators beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup
Special :03/31/1923Ottawa Senators sweep Edm Eskimos in 2 for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1923)
Special :07/21/1923Phillies score 12 in 6th & beat Cubs 17-4
Special :04/18/1923Poland annexes Central Lithuania
Special :12/10/1923Polish cabinet of Grabski, forms
Special :06/24/1923Pope Pius XI speaks against allies occupying Ruhrgebied
Special :09/24/1923Premiere of 1st celuloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin)
Special :03/14/1923Pres Harding became 1st pres filing income tax report
Special :05/13/1923Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours)
Special :06/28/1923Queen Wilhelmina & Prince Henry for state visit to London
Special :09/06/1923Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 25 year jubilee
Special :11/24/1923Radio Belgium's 1st transmission
Special :06/14/1923Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
Special :07/15/1923Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins US Open golf tournament
Special :09/12/1923S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1006 Lagrangea
Special :06/08/1923S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #995 Sternberga
Special :09/05/1923S Belyavskij discovers asteroids #1004 Belopolskya, #1005 Arago
Special :08/08/1923S Belyavsk˜ discovers asteroid #1001 Gaussia
Special :02/10/1923SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied
Special :12/08/1923Salary & price freeze in Germany
Special :10/25/1923Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal
Special :05/02/1923Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0
Special :05/26/1923Socialistic Workers Youth International forms in Hamburg
Special :02/09/1923Soviet Aeroflot airlines established
Special :05/23/1923Stanley Baldwin becomes British premier
Special :05/20/1923Stanley Baldwin, becomes PM of UK
Special :09/29/1923Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public
Special :09/26/1923Stresemann Govt ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied
Special :11/02/1923Stresemann's SPD-ministers in Germany, step down
Special :06/16/1923Sun Yat Sen founds military academy
Special :02/28/1923Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands
Special :01/23/1923Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th)
Special :10/29/1923Textile strike in Enschede, against lower wages, begins
Special :03/03/1923Time magazine publishes 1st issue [or March 23]
Special :02/22/1923Transcontinental airmail service begins
Special :10/29/1923Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire)
Special :08/13/1923Turkish National Congress selects Moestafa Kemal Pasja as president
Special :01/08/1923Typography strike in Amsterdam
Special :03/03/1923US Senate rejects membership in Intl Court of Justice, The Hague
Special :09/01/1923US beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup
Special :03/21/1923US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognization
Special :10/06/1923US lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record)
Special :02/02/1923US signs friendships treaty with Central American countries
Special :10/06/1923USSR adopts experimental calendar
Special :11/06/1923USSR adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks"
Special :01/01/1923Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established
Special :07/06/1923Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formed
Special :07/07/1923University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne)
Special :12/27/1923Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan
Special :10/05/1923V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1007 Pawlowia
Special :08/15/1923V Albitzk˜ discovers asteroid #1002 Olbersia
Special :11/06/1923V Albitzk˜ discovers asteroid #1028 Lydina
Special :08/03/1923VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president
Special :11/11/1923Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1027 Aesculapia & #1464 Armisticia
Special :12/04/1923WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
Special :01/19/1923WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions
Special :07/19/1923WRC-AM in Washington DC begins radio transmissions
Special :07/22/1923Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000
Special :04/28/1923Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)
Special :09/13/1923With Spain's king Alfonso XIII assist, army coup under de Rivera
Special :04/07/1923Workers Party of America (NYC) becomes official communist party
Special :07/20/1923Yanks hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2
Special :09/28/1923Yanks slaughter Red Sox 24-4
Special :03/30/1923Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard U in 1920, incorporates
Special :05/19/1923Zev wins Kentucky Derby
Special :04/01/192312øF lowest temperature for April in NYC
Special :12/21/192362øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :06/20/192398øF highest temperature for this date in NYC

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