December, 23th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 23, 2012:
The Long Count of the Maya calendar recycles according to Lounsbury. Most argue that it does so on December 21, 2012.

Sunday 23, 1990:
Republic of Slovenia votes to secede from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Tuesday 23, 1986:
The Scaled Composites Voyager aircraft completes the first non-stop flight around the world without refueling.

Thursday 23, 1982:
The Environmental Protection Agency recommends the evacuation of Times Beach, Missouri due to dangerous levels of dioxin contamination

Sunday 23, 1979:
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: Soviet military units occupy Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan

Sunday 23, 1973:
A Sobelair Caravelle passenger jet crashes in Morocco, killing 106

Saturday 23, 1972:
The survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days.

Wednesday 23, 1964:
Beach Boys' bassist/keyboardist Brian Wilson suffers a nervous breakdown on a flight from Los Angeles to Houston, eventually precipitating his retirement.

Thursday 23, 1954:
The first human organ transplant, of a kidney, was performed by Doctors Murray and Harrison at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston.

Tuesday 23, 1947:
The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories

Wednesday 23, 1936:
Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Saturday 23, 1916:
World War I: In the Battle of Magdhaba, Allied forces capture a Turkish garrison on the Sinai peninsula.

Tuesday 23, 1913:
The Federal Reserve Act becomes law

Thursday 23, 1909:
Albert I of Belgium becomes King

Tuesday 23, 1823:
A Visit From St. Nicholas, attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, is first published

Tuesday 23, 1783:
George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at Annapolis, Maryland.

Wednesday 23, 1620:
Construction of Plymouth Colony begins

Saturday 23, 1493:
The Latin edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle is published

Thursday 23, 619:
Boniface V becomes Pope

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 23

1981:
Beth, Spanish singer (b: December 23, 1981) (Biography of Beth)

1978:
Andra Davis, American football player (b: December 23, 1978) (Biography of Andra Davis)
Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (b: December 23, 1978) (Biography of Víctor Martínez)
Estella Warren, Canadian model and actress (b: December 23, 1978) (Biography of Estella Warren)
Esthero, Canadian musician and singer (b: December 23, 1978) (Biography of Esthero)

1977:
Alge Crumpler, American football player (b: December 23, 1977) (Biography of Alge Crumpler)

1975:
Sky Lopez, American actress (b: December 23, 1975) (Biography of Sky Lopez)

1971:
Corey Haim, Canadian actor (b: December 23, 1971) (Biography of Corey Haim)
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite (b: December 23, 1971) (Biography of Tara Palmer-Tomkinson)

1970:
Catriona LeMay Doan, Canadian speed skater (b: December 23, 1970) (Biography of Catriona LeMay Doan)

1969:
Martha Byrne, American actress (b: December 23, 1969) (Biography of Martha Byrne)

1964:
Eddie Vedder, American musician (Pearl Jam) (b: December 23, 1964) (Biography of Eddie Vedder)

1963:
Jim Harbaugh, American football player (b: December 23, 1963) (Biography of Jim Harbaugh)

1961:
Carol Smillie, British television personality (b: December 23, 1961) (Biography of Carol Smillie)

1958:
Victoria Williams, American singer (b: December 23, 1958) (Biography of Victoria Williams)

1956:
Dave Murray, English musician (Iron Maiden) (b: December 23, 1956) (Biography of Dave Murray (musician))

1952:
William Kristol, American political commentator (b: December 23, 1952) (Biography of William Kristol)

1950:
Michael C. Burgess, American politician (b: December 23, 1950) (Biography of Michael C. Burgess)

1948:
Jack Ham, American football player (b: December 23, 1948) (Biography of Jack Ham)

1947:
Susan Lucci, American actress (b: December 23, 1947) (Biography of Susan Lucci)

1944:
Wesley Clark, U.S. general and NATO Supreme Allied Commander (b: December 23, 1944) (Biography of Wesley Clark)

1943:
Mikhail Gromov, Russian-born mathematician (b: December 23, 1943) (Biography of Mikhail Gromov)
Harry Shearer, American actor (b: December 23, 1943) (Biography of Harry Shearer)
Silvia Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden (b: December 23, 1943) (Biography of Silvia Sommerlath)

1941:
Tim Hardin, American musician (b: December 23, 1941 ; d: December 29, 1980) (Biography of Tim Hardin)

1940:
Jorma Kaukonen, American musician (b: December 23, 1940) (Biography of Jorma Kaukonen)

1936:
Frederic Forrest, American actor (b: December 23, 1936) (Biography of Frederic Forrest)

1935:
Paul Hornung, American football player (b: December 23, 1935) (Biography of Paul Hornung)

1933:
Akihito, Emperor of Japan (b: December 23, 1933) (Biography of Emperor Akihito of Japan)

1931:
Ronnie Schell, American actor (b: December 23, 1931) (Biography of Ronnie Schell)

1926:
Robert Bly, American poet (b: December 23, 1926) (Biography of Robert Bly)

1923:
James Stockdale, U.S. Navy admiral (b: December 23, 1923 ; d: July 5, 2005) (Biography of James Stockdale)
Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor (b: December 23, 1923) (Biography of Claudio Scimone)
Günther Schifter, Austrian music journalist (b: December 23, 1923) (Biography of Günther Schifter)

1922:
Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (b: December 23, 1922 ; d: October 18, 2001) (Biography of Micheline Ostermeyer)

1918:
José Greco, Italian-born flamenco dancer (b: December 23, 1918 ; d: January 3, 2001) (Biography of José Greco)
Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany (b: December 23, 1918) (Biography of Helmut Schmidt)

1908:
Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born photographer (b: December 23, 1908 ; d: July 13, 2002) (Biography of Yousuf Karsh)

1907:
Avraham Stern, Polish-born Zionist leader (b: December 23, 1907) (Biography of Avraham Stern)

1891:
Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b: December 23, 1891 ; d: December 4, 1956) (Biography of Alexandr Rodchenko)

1885:
Pierre Brissaud, French artist (b: December 23, 1885) (Biography of Pierre Brissaud)

1867:
Madame C. J. Walker, American millionaire (b: December 23, 1867) (Biography of Madame C. J. Walker)

1822:
Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (b: December 23, 1822) (Biography of Wilhelm Bauer)

1819:
Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (b: December 23, 1819 ; d: December 24, 1889) (Biography of Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate)

1805:
Joseph Smith, Jr., American founder of Mormonism and the Latter-day Saint movement (b: December 23, 1805 ; d: June 27, 1844) (Biography of Joseph Smith, Jr.)

1804:
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (b: December 23, 1804 ; d: October 13, 1869) (Biography of Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve)

1790:
Jean François Champollion, French Egyptologist (b: December 23, 1790) (Biography of Jean François Champollion)

1777:
Tsar Alexander I of Russia (b: December 23, 1777 ; d: December 1, 1825) (Biography of Alexander I of Russia)

1750:
King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b: December 23, 1750 ; d: May 5, 1827) (Biography of Frederick Augustus I of Saxony)

1732:
Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b: December 23, 1732 ; d: August 3, 1792) (Biography of Richard Arkwright)

1689:
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (b: December 23, 1689 ; d: October 28, 1755) (Biography of Joseph Bodin de Boismortier)

1621:
Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b: December 23, 1621 ; d: October 12, 1678) (Biography of Edmund Berry Godfrey)
Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (b: December 23, 1621) (Biography of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham)

1613:
Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b: December 23, 1613 ; d: July 5, 1676) (Biography of Carl Gustaf Wrangel)

1597:
Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (b: December 23, 1597 ; d: August 20, 1639) (Biography of Martin Opitz von Boberfeld)

1582:
Severo Bonini, Italian composer (b: December 23, 1582 ; d: December 5, 1663) (Biography of Severo Bonini)

1537:
King John III of Sweden (b: December 23, 1537 ; d: November 27, 1592) (Biography of John III of Sweden)

1513:
Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b: December 23, 1513 ; d: August 12, 1577) (Biography of Thomas Smith (diplomat))

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-december/births.html

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They left us on December 23

2004:
P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (b: June 28, 1921 ; d: December 23, 2004) (Biography of P. V. Narasimha Rao)

2000:
Victor Borge, Danish entertainer and humorist (b: January 3, 1909 ; d: December 23, 2000) (Biography of Victor Borge)
Billy Barty, American actor (b: October 25, 1924 ; d: December 23, 2000) (Biography of Billy Barty)

1994:
Sebastian Shaw (d: December 23, 1994) (Biography of Sebastian Shaw)

1992:
Eddie Hazel (d: December 23, 1992) (Biography of Eddie Hazel)

1982:
Jack Webb, American actor, director, and producer (b: April 2, 1920 ; d: December 23, 1982) (Biography of Jack Webb)

1979:
Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b: August 26, 1898 ; d: December 23, 1979) (Biography of Peggy Guggenheim)

1973:
Charles Atlas, Italian-born bodybuilder (b: October 30, 1893 ; d: December 23, 1973) (Biography of Angelo Siciliano)
Irna Phillips (d: December 23, 1973) (Biography of Irna Phillips)

1970:
Charles Ruggles, American actor (b: February 8, 1886 ; d: December 23, 1970) (Biography of Charles Ruggles)

1953:
Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (b: March 29, 1899 ; d: December 23, 1953) (Biography of Lavrenty Beria)

1948:
Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (b: December 30, 1884 ; d: December 23, 1948) (Biography of Hideki Tojo)

1939:
Anthony Fokker, Dutch designer of aircraft (b: April 6, 1890 ; d: December 23, 1939) (Biography of Anthony Fokker)

1912:
Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (b: July 12, 1850 ; d: December 23, 1912) (Biography of Otto Schoetensack)

1872:
Theophile Gautier, French poet and novelist (b: August 31, 1811 ; d: December 23, 1872) (Biography of Theophile Gautier)

1834:
Thomas Malthus, English economist (b: February 14, 1766 ; d: December 23, 1834) (Biography of Thomas Malthus)

1795:
Henry Clinton, British general (b: April 16, 1730 ; d: December 23, 1795) (Biography of Henry Clinton (American War of Independence))

1793:
Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b: March 25, 1699 ; d: December 23, 1793) (Biography of Johann Adolph Hasse)

1771:
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b: October 15, 1701 ; d: December 23, 1771) (Biography of Marie-Marguerite d'Youville)

1722:
Pierre Varignon (d: December 23, 1722) (Biography of Pierre Varignon)

1675:
Caesar, duc de Choiseul (d: December 23, 1675) (Biography of Caesar, duc de Choiseul)

1652:
John Cotton, American Puritan leader (b: December 4, 1585 ; d: December 23, 1652) (Biography of John Cotton)

1646:
François Maynard (d: December 23, 1646) (Biography of François Maynard)

1631:
Michael Drayton (d: December 23, 1631) (Biography of Michael Drayton)

1588:
Henry I, Duke of Guise, leader of French Catholic faction (b: January 31, 1550 ; d: December 23, 1588) (Biography of Henry I, Duke of Guise)

1575:
Akiyama Nobutomo (d: December 23, 1575) (Biography of Akiyama Nobutomo)

1568:
Roger Ascham (d: December 23, 1568) (Biography of Roger Ascham)

1556:
Nicholas Udall (d: December 23, 1556) (Biography of Nicholas Udall)

913:
Conrad of Franconia (d: December 23, 913) (Biography of Conrad of Franconia)

910:
Naum of Preslav (d: December 23, 910) (Biography of Naum of Preslav)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-december/deaths.html