
December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). There are 8 days remaining. ==Events== *619 - Pope Boniface V becomes Pope *1493 - The Latin edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle is published *1620 - Construction of Plymouth, Massachusetts begins *1783 - George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at Annapolis, Maryland. *1823 - ''A Visit From St. Nicholas'', attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, is first published *1909 - Albert I of Belgium becomes King *1913 - The Federal Reserve Act becomes law *1916 - World War I: In the Battle of Magdhaba, Allied forces capture a Turkey garrison on the Sinai peninsula. *1936 - Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention copyright treaty. *1947 - The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories *1954 - The first human organ transplant, of a kidney, was performed by Doctors Joseph Murray and J. Hartwell Harrison at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. *1964 - Beach Boys' bassist/keyboardist Brian Wilson suffers a nervous breakdown on a flight from Los Angeles, California to Houston, Texas. The episode will influence Wilson's decision to retire from touring with the Beach Boys in 1965. *1972 - The Nicaragua capital city, Managua was struck by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake. *1972 - Terry Bradshaw throws the Immaculate Reception pass "to" Franco Harris *1973 - A Sobelair Caravelle passenger jet crashes in Morocco, killing 106 *1979 - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: Soviet Union military units occupy Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan *1982 - The Environmental Protection Agency recommends the evacuation of Times Beach, Missouri due to dangerous levels of dioxin contamination *1986 - The Scaled Composites Voyager aircraft completes the first non-stop flight around the world without refueling. *1990 - Republic of Slovenia votes to secede from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia *2012 - The Mayan calendar comes to an end (may also be December 21). This day was predicted by the Mayans to be when life on Earth is going to end. ==Births== *1537 - John III of Sweden, King of Sweden (d. 1592) *1582 - Severo Bonini, composer (d. 1663) *1597 - Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (d. 1639) *1613 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier *1732 - Richard Arkwright, industrialist, and inventor of the Water Frame (d. 1792) *1750 - King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony *1790 - Jean François Champollion, Egyptologist, deciphered the Rosetta Stone (d. 1832) *1804 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (d. 1869) *1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement (d. 1844) *1819 - Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Netherlands poet and clergyman (d. 1889) *1822 - Wilhelm Bauer, engineer (d. 1875) *1867 - Madame C. J. Walker, first African American millionaire. *1885 - Pierre Brissaud, French artist (d. 1964) *1891 - Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter/photographer (d. 1956) *1907 - Avraham Stern, Zionist group leader *1908 - Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer *1918 - Helmut Schmidt, German Bundeskanzler 1974-1982 *1918 - José Greco, dancer (d. 2001) *1922 - Calder Willingham, writer (d. 1995) *1922 - Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician *1923 - Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor * 1923 - James Stockdale, United States Navy admiral * 1923 - Günther Schifter, Austrian music journalist *1926 - Robert Bly, American poet *1933 - Emperor Akihito of Japan, Emperor of Japan *1935 - Paul Hornung, American football star *1936 - Frederic Forrest, American actor *1940 - Jorma Kaukonen, musician *1941 - Tim Hardin, musician *1943 - Mikhail Gromov, mathematician * 1943 - Harry Shearer, actor, voice actor (''This Is Spinal Tap'', ''The Simpsons'') * 1943 - Silvia Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden *1944 - Wesley Clark, US General and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander *1947 - Susan Lucci, soap opera actress *1948 - Jack Ham, American football star *1950 - Michael C. Burgess, American politician *1952 - William Kristol, U.S. conservative commentator *1956 - Dave Murray, musician (Iron Maiden (band)) *1958 - Victoria Williams, singer *1961 - Carol Smillie, British television personality *1963 - Jim Harbaugh, American football quarterback *1964 - Eddie Vedder, musician (Pearl Jam) *1969 - Martha Byrne, soap opera actress *1970 - Catriona LeMay Doan, Canada speed skater *1971 - Corey Haim, actor *1971 - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite *1977 - Alge Crumpler, American football player *1978 - Andra Davis, American football player * 1978 - Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player * 1978 - Estella Warren, actress * 1978 - Esthero, Canadian musician/singer *1981 - Beth, Spain singer ==Deaths== *910 - Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar *913 - Conrad of Franconia (b. c. 890) *1568 - Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I (b. c.1515) *1588 - Henry I, Duke of Guise, leader of French Catholic faction (b. 1550) *1631 - Michael Drayton, English poet *1834 - Thomas Malthus, England demographer and Economics (b. 1766) *1872 - Theophile Gautier, poet, novelist (b. 1811) *1912 - Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (b. 1850) *1939 - Anthony Fokker, aircraft manufacturer (b. 1890) *1948 - Hideki Tojo (Prime Minister of Japan), hanged for war crimes (b. 1884) *1953 - Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (b. 1899) *1970 - Charles Ruggles, actor *1973 - Angelo Siciliano, bodybuilder *1973 - Irna Phillips, soap opera writer, director, producer *1979 - Peggy Guggenheim, art collector (b. 1898) *1982 - Jack Webb, actor, producer, director (b. 1920) *1992 - Eddie Hazel, guitarist, originally with Funkadelic (b. 1950) *1994 - Sebastian Shaw, actor (b. 1905) *2000 - Victor Borge, Denmark/United Statesn humorist and pianist (b. 1909) *2000 - Billy Barty, actor *2004 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, ninth prime minister of India (b. 1921) ==Holidays and observances== *Japan - The Emperor's Birthday - Birthday of Akihito, the current Emperor of Japan *Sweden - Birthday of Queen Silvia Sommerlath, an Flag days in Sweden *Roman Empire - Larentalia, a festival in honor of Larenta *Ancient Latvia - Ziemassvetki held *Fans of Seinfeld - Festivus held *Secular humanism (American) - HumanLight observed == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/12/23 Today in History: December 23] ---- December 22 - December 24 - November 23 - January 23 -- historical anniversaries la:23 Decembris simple:December 23
--User:Maveric149 00:59, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) MediaWiki:December 23 selected anniversaries - MediaWiki talk:December 23 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=MediaWiki:December_23_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- 9 days remaining, 10 in leap years? Does this make sense to someone who can explain it, or is it just wrong?
User:GTBacchus 10:00 Jan 8, 2003 (UTC) ---- Susan Lucci was born in 1947 and not 1946. [http://imdb.com/name/nm0005166/] User:TheCustomOfLife 00:27, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
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December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). There are 8 days remaining. ==Events== *619 - Pope Boniface V becomes Pope *1493 - The Latin edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle is published *1620 - Construction of Plymouth, Massachusetts begins *1783 - George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at Annapolis, Maryland. *1823 - ''A Visit From St. Nicholas'', attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, is first published *1909 - Albert I of Belgium becomes King *1913 - The Federal Reserve Act becomes law *1916 - World War I: In the Battle of Magdhaba, Allied forces capture a Turkey garrison on the Sinai peninsula. *1936 - Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention copyright treaty. *1947 - The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories *1954 - The first human organ transplant, of a kidney, was performed by Doctors Joseph Murray and J. Hartwell Harrison at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. *1964 - Beach Boys' bassist/keyboardist Brian Wilson suffers a nervous breakdown on a flight from Los Angeles, California to Houston, Texas. The episode will influence Wilson's decision to retire from touring with the Beach Boys in 1965. *1972 - The Nicaragua capital city, Managua was struck by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake. *1972 - Terry Bradshaw throws the Immaculate Reception pass "to" Franco Harris *1973 - A Sobelair Caravelle passenger jet crashes in Morocco, killing 106 *1979 - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: Soviet Union military units occupy Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan *1982 - The Environmental Protection Agency recommends the evacuation of Times Beach, Missouri due to dangerous levels of dioxin contamination *1986 - The Scaled Composites Voyager aircraft completes the first non-stop flight around the world without refueling. *1990 - Republic of Slovenia votes to secede from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia *2012 - The Mayan calendar comes to an end (may also be December 21). This day was predicted by the Mayans to be when life on Earth is going to end. ==Births== *1537 - John III of Sweden, King of Sweden (d. 1592) *1582 - Severo Bonini, composer (d. 1663) *1597 - Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (d. 1639) *1613 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier *1732 - Richard Arkwright, industrialist, and inventor of the Water Frame (d. 1792) *1750 - King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony *1790 - Jean François Champollion, Egyptologist, deciphered the Rosetta Stone (d. 1832) *1804 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (d. 1869) *1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement (d. 1844) *1819 - Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Netherlands poet and clergyman (d. 1889) *1822 - Wilhelm Bauer, engineer (d. 1875) *1867 - Madame C. J. Walker, first African American millionaire. *1885 - Pierre Brissaud, French artist (d. 1964) *1891 - Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter/photographer (d. 1956) *1907 - Avraham Stern, Zionist group leader *1908 - Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer *1918 - Helmut Schmidt, German Bundeskanzler 1974-1982 *1918 - José Greco, dancer (d. 2001) *1922 - Calder Willingham, writer (d. 1995) *1922 - Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician *1923 - Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor * 1923 - James Stockdale, United States Navy admiral * 1923 - Günther Schifter, Austrian music journalist *1926 - Robert Bly, American poet *1933 - Emperor Akihito of Japan, Emperor of Japan *1935 - Paul Hornung, American football star *1936 - Frederic Forrest, American actor *1940 - Jorma Kaukonen, musician *1941 - Tim Hardin, musician *1943 - Mikhail Gromov, mathematician * 1943 - Harry Shearer, actor, voice actor (''This Is Spinal Tap'', ''The Simpsons'') * 1943 - Silvia Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden *1944 - Wesley Clark, US General and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander *1947 - Susan Lucci, soap opera actress *1948 - Jack Ham, American football star *1950 - Michael C. Burgess, American politician *1952 - William Kristol, U.S. conservative commentator *1956 - Dave Murray, musician (Iron Maiden (band)) *1958 - Victoria Williams, singer *1961 - Carol Smillie, British television personality *1963 - Jim Harbaugh, American football quarterback *1964 - Eddie Vedder, musician (Pearl Jam) *1969 - Martha Byrne, soap opera actress *1970 - Catriona LeMay Doan, Canada speed skater *1971 - Corey Haim, actor *1971 - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite *1977 - Alge Crumpler, American football player *1978 - Andra Davis, American football player * 1978 - Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player * 1978 - Estella Warren, actress * 1978 - Esthero, Canadian musician/singer *1981 - Beth, Spain singer ==Deaths== *910 - Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar *913 - Conrad of Franconia (b. c. 890) *1568 - Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I (b. c.1515) *1588 - Henry I, Duke of Guise, leader of French Catholic faction (b. 1550) *1631 - Michael Drayton, English poet *1834 - Thomas Malthus, England demographer and Economics (b. 1766) *1872 - Theophile Gautier, poet, novelist (b. 1811) *1912 - Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (b. 1850) *1939 - Anthony Fokker, aircraft manufacturer (b. 1890) *1948 - Hideki Tojo (Prime Minister of Japan), hanged for war crimes (b. 1884) *1953 - Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (b. 1899) *1970 - Charles Ruggles, actor *1973 - Angelo Siciliano, bodybuilder *1973 - Irna Phillips, soap opera writer, director, producer *1979 - Peggy Guggenheim, art collector (b. 1898) *1982 - Jack Webb, actor, producer, director (b. 1920) *1992 - Eddie Hazel, guitarist, originally with Funkadelic (b. 1950) *1994 - Sebastian Shaw, actor (b. 1905) *2000 - Victor Borge, Denmark/United Statesn humorist and pianist (b. 1909) *2000 - Billy Barty, actor *2004 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, ninth prime minister of India (b. 1921) ==Holidays and observances== *Japan - The Emperor's Birthday - Birthday of Akihito, the current Emperor of Japan *Sweden - Birthday of Queen Silvia Sommerlath, an Flag days in Sweden *Roman Empire - Larentalia, a festival in honor of Larenta *Ancient Latvia - Ziemassvetki held *Fans of Seinfeld - Festivus held *Secular humanism (American) - HumanLight observed == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/12/23 Today in History: December 23] ---- December 22 - December 24 - November 23 - January 23 -- historical anniversaries la:23 Decembris simple:December 23
December 23
--User:Maveric149 00:59, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) MediaWiki:December 23 selected anniversaries - MediaWiki talk:December 23 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=MediaWiki:December_23_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- 9 days remaining, 10 in leap years? Does this make sense to someone who can explain it, or is it just wrong?
User:GTBacchus 10:00 Jan 8, 2003 (UTC) ---- Susan Lucci was born in 1947 and not 1946. [http://imdb.com/name/nm0005166/] User:TheCustomOfLife 00:27, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
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