Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Tue Mar 23 2021 06:00 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
03/23/1599 Thomas Selle, composer
03/23/1638 Frederik Ruysch, anatomist
03/23/1699 John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany
03/23/1736 Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)
03/23/1749 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer
03/23/1749 Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician/astronomer/physicist
03/23/1750 Johannes Sperger, composer
03/23/1761 John W de Winter, Dutch vice-admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
03/23/1769 William Smith, geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils)
03/23/1795 Leopold Jansa, composer
03/23/1801 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht)
03/23/1808 Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, sociologist/historian (Statistic yearbook)
03/23/1811 Camille Marie Stamaty, composer
03/23/1811 Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer
03/23/1818 Don Carlos Buell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898
03/23/1821 Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper)
03/23/1823 Schuyler Colfax, (R) 17th VP (1869-73)
03/23/1825 Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1898
03/23/1826 Leon Minkus, composer
03/23/1834 Julius Reubke, composer
03/23/1837 Joseph Wieniawski, composer
03/23/1844 Eugene Gigout, composer
03/23/1847 Alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian
03/23/1854 Alfred Milner, British governor Cape colony
03/23/1857 Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)
03/23/1863 Godfried CE van Daalen, general/governor of Atjeh
03/23/1864 Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer
03/23/1876 Muirhead Bone, Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture
03/23/1878 Franz Schrecker, composer
03/23/1881 Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)
03/23/1881 Roger Martin du Guard, France, novelist (Les Thibault-Nobel 1937)
03/23/1883 Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria
03/23/1884 Glauco Velasquez, composer
03/23/1887 Anthony van Hoboken, musicologist (Haydn-catalog)
03/23/1887 Felix F Joessoepov, Russian monarch
03/23/1887 Juan Gris, Spain, cubist painter (Still Life Before an Open Window)
03/23/1887 Sidney Hillman, union leader, Sidney Hillman Foundation
03/23/1891 Catherine Murphy Urner, composer
03/23/1895 Dane Rudhyar, composer
03/23/1898 Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus
03/23/1900 Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society)
03/23/1900 Jose Antonio Calcano, composer
03/23/1901 Edmund Rubbra, composer
03/23/1901 Jan H de Great, founder (Free Netherland)
03/23/1902 Philip Ober, Fort Payne Ala, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie)
03/23/1906 George Posford, composer
03/23/1907 Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957)
03/23/1908 Joan Crawford [Lucille Le Sueur], actress (Mildred Pierce)
03/23/1910 Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living)
03/23/1910 Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, German singer
03/23/1911 Charles Joseph A Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison for James Bond films
03/23/1911 Richard Chapman, golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur)
03/23/1912 Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936)
03/23/1912 John Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Dodsworth, Razor's Edge)
03/23/1912 Werner von Braun, Wirsitz Germany, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars
03/23/1914 Robert Gross, composer
03/23/1917 Johnny Guarnieri, NYC, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show)
03/23/1917 Kenneth Tobey, actor (The Thing, Strange Invaders)
03/23/1920 Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer
03/23/1920 Geoffrey Bush, composer
03/23/1920 James Brown, Desdemona Tx, actor (Lt Rip Masters-Rin Tin Tin)
03/23/1920 Neal Smith, (Rep-D-IA, 1959- )
03/23/1921 Donald M Campbell, boat racer, sets some speed records
03/23/1922 Marty Allen, Pitts, comedian (Allen & Rossi), 'Hello Dere'
03/23/1923 Arnie Weinmeister, AAFC, NFL def tackle (NY Yankees, Giants)
03/23/1925 Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player
03/23/1926 Martha Wright, Seattle, singer (Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show)
03/23/1927 Osvaldo Lacerda, composer
03/23/1929 Gerrit den Braber, composer/producer
03/23/1929 Roger Bannister, England, 1st to run a mile under 4 minutes
03/23/1931 Norman F Lent, (Rep-R-NY, 1971- )
03/23/1933 Monique Van Vooren, actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)
03/23/1935 Szil�rd Kun, Hungary, rapid fire pistol (Olympic-silver-1952)
03/23/1937 Craig Breedlove, LA, auto-racing champion (600 MPH-Spirit of America
03/23/1937 Heinz Martin Lonquich, composer
03/23/1938 Christopher Glenn, NYC, news anchor (CBS Nightwatch)
03/23/1939 Bert Berdis, Pitts, comedian (Tim Conway Show)
03/23/1939 Boris Ivanovich Tischenko, composer
03/23/1943 Gail Goodrich, NBA star (Lakers, Suns)
03/23/1947 Barbara Rhodes, Poughkeepsie NY, actress (Don't Just Stand There)
03/23/1949 Karen English, (Rep-D-Arizona)
03/23/1949 Ric Ocasek, rocker (Cars-Double Life, All Mixed Up, Bye Bye Love)
03/23/1950 Corrine Clery, Paris France, actress (Moonraker, Yor)
03/23/1953 Chaka Khan, [Stevens], Great Lakes Il, rocker (Rufus-I am Every Woma
03/23/1953 Louie Anderson, Minn, comedian (Ratboy, Wrong Guys)
03/23/1954 Moses Malone, NBA all star center (Phila '76ers)
03/23/1955 Cindy Olavarri, Pleasant Hills Calif, cyclist (7-Eleven team)
03/23/1957 Amanda Plummer, NYC, actress (Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker)
03/23/1957 Sheila Rena Ingram, Wash DC, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976)
03/23/1957 Teresa Ganzel, Toledo Ohio, actress (Teachers Only, Duck Factory)
03/23/1960 Terry Sweeney, St Albans NY, writer/comedian (SNL)
03/23/1965 Richard Grieco, Waterton NY, actor (21 Jump Street, Booker)
03/23/1966 Marti Pellow, rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was)
03/23/1971 Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, wrestler (NJPW)
03/23/1976 Keri Russell, actress (Mickey Mouse Club)
03/23/1977 Josh Ackerman, actor (Mickey Mouse Club)
03/23/1990 Eugenie OF, Princess of York/daughter of prince Andrew/Sarah Ferguso
Deaths:
03/23/1169 Sjirkoeh, vizer of Cairo, dies
03/23/1237 Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies
03/23/1369 Pedro de Wrede, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered
03/23/1555 Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies
03/23/1606 Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], classic philologist, dies at 58
03/23/1653 Johan van Galen, fleet supervisor (Monte Christo), dies at about 48
03/23/1658 Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79
03/23/1669 Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54
03/23/1676 Paul Wirtz, [W�rtz], German/Neth army commander, dies at 63
03/23/1748 Johann Gottfried Walther, composer, dies at 63
03/23/1756 Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57
03/23/1783 Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67
03/23/1786 Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)
03/23/1801 Czar Paul I, assassinated
03/23/1806 George Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20
03/23/1809 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60
03/23/1816 Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95
03/23/1818 Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42
03/23/1821 Bernhard Anselm Weber, composer, dies at 56
03/23/1832 Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41
03/23/1869 Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60
03/23/1880 Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67
03/23/1881 Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 46
03/23/1902 K�lm�n Tisza, premier of Hungary (1875-90), dies at 71
03/23/1907 Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies
03/23/1918 Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27
03/23/1937 Helge Red, Danish poet/essayist, dies
03/23/1943 Andr� Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72
03/23/1943 Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer, dies at 47
03/23/1944 OC Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash
03/23/1946 Alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62
03/23/1952 Klaas Painter, vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61
03/23/1957 L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77
03/23/1960 Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78
03/23/1961 James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61)
03/23/1962 Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80
03/23/1963 Davey Moore, dies 2d after being KOed in feather-weight championship
03/23/1964 Peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59
03/23/1966 John W Elsensohn, actor/writer (Arie), dies at 82
03/23/1968 Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49
03/23/1971 Armin Loos, composer, dies at 67
03/23/1971 Simon Fortress Dike, author/poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72
03/23/1982 Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at 85
03/23/1983 Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days
03/23/1985 Anton Constandse, anarchist/writer, dies at 85
03/23/1985 Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60
03/23/1985 Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium
03/23/1991 Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68
03/23/1991 Fons Jansen, Dutch night club performer, dies
03/23/1992 Friedrich A von Hayek, British economist (road to serfdom), dies
03/23/1993 Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 87
03/23/1994 Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei-bishop, dies at 80
03/23/1994 Giulietta Masina, daughter of Federico Felini/(La Strada), dies at 7
03/23/1994 Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican pres candidate, assassinated at 44
Significant Events:
03/23/1066 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
03/23/1153 Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I 'Barbarossa' & Pope Eugene III
03/23/1490 1st dated edition of Maimonides 'Mishna Torah' published
03/23/1579 Friesland joins Union of Utrecht
03/23/1657 France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk
03/23/1743 George Frideric Handel's oratorio 'Messiah' premieres in London
03/23/1752 Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later
03/23/1775 Patrick Henry asks 'give me liberty or give me death'
03/23/1794 Josiah Pierson patents a 'cold-header' (rivet) machine
03/23/1806 Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast
03/23/1808 Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain
03/23/1832 British Parliament passes reform bill
03/23/1835 Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes
03/23/1839 1st known use of term OK [oll korrect] (Boston)
03/23/1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype)
03/23/1849 Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic)
03/23/1857 Elisha Otis' 1st elevator intalled (488 Broadway, NYC)
03/23/1858 Eleazer Gardner of Philadelphia patents a cable car
03/23/1860 Asteroid 58, Concordia, discovered (Named for goddess of peace)
03/23/1862 Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign
03/23/1864 Encounter at Camden AR
03/23/1865 General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro NC
03/23/1873 Slavery is abolish in Puerto Rico
03/23/1880 John Stevens, Wisc, patents the flour rolling mill
03/23/1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die
03/23/1889 Pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization
03/23/1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast
03/23/1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent
03/23/1908 M Wolf discovers asteroid #659 Nestor
03/23/1910 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway)
03/23/1915 Zion Mule Corp forms
03/23/1917 4 day series of tonadoes kills 211 in Midwest US
03/23/1918 Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River
03/23/1918 Lithuania proclaims independence
03/23/1918 Paris bombs 'Thick Bertha's Dike' (nickname for the widow Krupp)
03/23/1919 Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted
03/23/1919 Benito Mussolini founds Fascist movement in Milan Italy
03/23/1919 Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms
03/23/1919 Mussolini fights Fasci di Combattimento
03/23/1920 J Palisa discovers asteroid #932 Hooveria
03/23/1920 Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms
03/23/1922 KMJ-AM in Fresno CA begins radio transmissions
03/23/1922 WEW-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions
03/23/1925 Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution
03/23/1929 1st telephone installed in White House
03/23/1933 Arend discovers asteroids 1262 Sniadeckia, 1263 Varsavia & 1348 Mich
03/23/1933 German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers
03/23/1934 US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945
03/23/1936 Italy & Austria-Hungary sign Pact of Rome
03/23/1937 LA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars
03/23/1938 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1492 Oppolzer
03/23/1939 L Oterma discovers asteroid #1504 Lappeenranta
03/23/1940 All-India-Muslim league calls for a Muslim homeland
03/23/1942 2,500 Jews in Lublin, massacred
03/23/1942 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean
03/23/1942 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1850 Kohoutek & #1950 Wempe
03/23/1944 Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome
03/23/1944 Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute & lives
03/23/1945 British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine
03/23/1946 Oklahoma A&M wins NCAA basketball championship
03/23/1948 John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m))
03/23/1950 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2546
03/23/1950 Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government
03/23/1950 UN World Meteorological Org established
03/23/1951 Wages in France increase 11%
03/23/1956 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (Natl Day)
03/23/1956 Sudan becomes independent
03/23/1956 U of SF wins its 2nd consecutive national championship in basketball
03/23/1957 North Carolina wins NCAA basketball championship in 3 overtimes
03/23/1957 US army sells last homing pigeons
03/23/1960 Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit
03/23/1962 JFK visits SF
03/23/1963 Loyola Ill wins NCAA basketball championship
03/23/1964 UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva
03/23/1965 Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight (Grissom & Young)
03/23/1965 Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed
03/23/1968 Rev Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from D
03/23/1968 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
03/23/1969 Rally for Decency (Miami)
03/23/1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce
03/23/1972 NY Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx
03/23/1973 After a 5� year run soap 'Love is a Many Splendored Thing' ends
03/23/1973 Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in US
03/23/1974 NC State ends UCLAs 7 year reign as NCAA basketball champions
03/23/1976 Intl Bill of Rights goes into effect, 35 nations ratify
03/23/1980 Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
03/23/1982 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2710 Veverka
03/23/1982 Guatemala military coup under gen Rios Montt, pres Romeo Lucas flees
03/23/1982 Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals
03/23/1982 Z Vavrova discovers asteroids #2661 & #2766
03/23/1983 US president Ronald Reagan introduces 'Star Wars'-plan (SDI)
03/23/1984 Sch�ne skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91)
03/23/1985 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3563
03/23/1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission
03/23/1985 Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas)
03/23/1986 Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas
03/23/1987 Soap 'Bold & Beautiful' premieres
03/23/1987 West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brent resigns
03/23/1989 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperatur
03/23/1989 Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 yrs for killing his adopted daughter
03/23/1991 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee
03/23/1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m)
03/23/1992 Florida Marlins begin selling tickets
03/23/1993 Belgian govt of Dehaene, falls
03/23/1993 NY Knicks & Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl
03/23/1994 Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail
03/23/1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28)
03/23/1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for NY governor
03/23/1994 Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed)
03/23/1994 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored
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