This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
06/23/1160 Johannes de Matha, French saint (stichtte orde der trinitari‰rs) 
06/23/1540 Johann Baptista Serranus, composer 
06/23/1612 Justus G Schottel, [Schottelius], German poet 
06/23/1749 Konrad Back, composer 
06/23/1763 Jos‚phine Martiniques, empress of France (1804-14) 
06/23/1774 Matth˜s Siegenbeek, literary (Defeated Germans spelling) 
06/23/1801 Daniel Smith Donelson, Major General (Confederate Army) died in 1863

06/23/1818 Simon Vissering, economist/minister of Finances (1879-81) 
06/23/1822 Young Marshall Moody, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 
06/23/1824 Carl Reinecke, composer 
06/23/1837 Ernest Guiraud, composer 
06/23/1838 Edwin Henry Stoughton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868

06/23/1846 George Sax, inventor (saxophone) 
06/23/1848 Antoine Joseph Sax, inventor (saxophone) 
06/23/1852 Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer 
06/23/1855 Maude Valerie White, composer 
06/23/1859 Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses

06/23/1875 Carl Milles, Uppsala Sweden, fountain sculptor (Wedding of Rivers) 
06/23/1876 Irvin S Cobb, Ky, writer/humorist (Old Judge Priest) 
06/23/1877 Blair Fairchild, composer 
06/23/1877 Hermann Stephani, composer 
06/23/1884 Werner Krauss, actor (Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Joyless Street) 
06/23/1887 Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag) 
06/23/1887 John Finley Williamson, Canton Ohio, conductor (Westminster Choir) 
06/23/1888 Anna Achmatova, [AA Gorenko], Russian conductor (Tsjetki) 
06/23/1888 Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown) 
06/23/1892 Able Kiviat, US, runner (Olympic-gold-1912) 
06/23/1892 Edmund Cobb, western actor (Comanche Territoy, Wild Horse) 
06/23/1892 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist 
06/23/1893 Donald McBride, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Irma) 
06/23/1894 Alfred Kinsey, entomologist/sexologist (Kinsey Report) 
06/23/1894 Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India (1936) 
06/23/1897 Winifred Wagner-William, German organist (Wagner Festival) 
06/23/1899 Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer 
06/23/1901 Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador 
06/23/1901 Paul (II) Verhoeven, director 
06/23/1902 Howard T Engstrom, Boston, computer designer (Univac) 
06/23/1903 Anthony Veiller, writer 
06/23/1903 Hans C Branner, Danish writer (Speelgoed/De ruiter) 
06/23/1904 Carleton Coon, prof of anthropology (What in the World) 
06/23/1908 Paulus Akkerman ('Paul fen N˜enborn'), Fries schr˜ver: Each om each 
06/23/1910 Jean Anouilh, France, dramatist (Thieves' Carnival) 
06/23/1911 David Ogilvy, advertising whiz (Ogilvy & Mathers) 
06/23/1912 Alan Turing, mathematician pioneer in computer theory (Turing Machin

06/23/1912 Maurice Dallimore, actor (Collector, Lad: A Dog) 
06/23/1913 William P Rogers, US secretary of state (1969-73) 
06/23/1915 Dennis Price, actor (Adventurers, Charley Moon, Millionairess) 
06/23/1916 Irene Worth, Nebraska, actress (Deathtrap, Nicolas & Alexandra) 
06/23/1917 Sid Watters Jr, horse trainer 
06/23/1920 Paul Des Marais, composer 
06/23/1921 Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964-  ) 
06/23/1922 Francis Thorne, Bay Shore NY, composer (Burlesque Overture) 
06/23/1922 Leonard Dorfman, horse trainer 
06/23/1925 Amada Galvez Santos Ocampo, composer 
06/23/1926 Lars Johan Werle, composer 
06/23/1927 Bob Fosse, Chicago Ill, choreographer/director (Cabaret, Damn Yankee

06/23/1929 Dave King, Twickenham England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall) 
06/23/1929 Henri Pousseur, Malm‚dy Belgium, composer (Homo Habitis) 
06/23/1929 June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)

06/23/1930 Donn F Eisele, Columbus Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 7) 
06/23/1933 Bert Convy, game show host (Win, Lose or Draw) 
06/23/1935 Gy”rgy K rp ti, Hungary, water polo (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64) 
06/23/1936 Berend Boudew˜n, TV host) 
06/23/1940 Adam Faith, England, singer (Poor Me, What Do You Want?) 
06/23/1940 Diana Trask, Australia, singer (Sing Along With Mitch) 
06/23/1940 Wilma Rudolph, St Bethlehem Tenn, runner (Olympic-3 gold-1960) 
06/23/1943 James Levine, musical conductor (Tosca) 
06/23/1944 Rosetta Hightower, US singer (Don't Hang Up) 
06/23/1946 Russ Thacker, Wash DC, producer (Golden Seal) 
06/23/1946 Ted Shackelford, Okla City Okla, actor (Gary-Dallas, Knots Landing) 
06/23/1947 Bryan Brown, actor (F/X, Gorillas in the Mist, Kim, Tai-Pan) 
06/23/1948 Clarence Thomas, 108th US Supreme Court Justice (1991-  ) 
06/23/1948 Nigel Osborne, composer 
06/23/1950 Sally Geeson, Sussex England, actress (Bless This House) 
06/23/1953 Filbert Bayi, Karatu Tanzania, 3k steeplechase (Olympic-silver-1980)

06/23/1955 Debbie Boostrom, playmate (Aug, 1981) 
06/23/1957 Lee John, [John L Mcgregor], English singer/actor (Body Talk) 
06/23/1961 Mark Drillich, pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff) 
06/23/1962 Paul LaGreca, Bronx NY, actor 
06/23/1964 Joey Allen, Ft Wayne Indiana, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie) 
06/23/1964 Trent Bushey, Haverhill Mass, actor (David Rampal-All My Children) 
06/23/1967 Laurie Wood, Orange Calif, playmate (March, 1989) 
06/23/1973 Mark Larsen, jockey 
06/23/1974 Maria Carolina Christina, Princess of Netherlands 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
06/23/ 758 Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74 
06/23/1075 Theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Luik, dies 
06/23/1137 Adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz, dies 
06/23/1139 Andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies 
06/23/1444 Marcus, [Manuel] Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, di

06/23/1771 Jean-Claude Trial, composer, dies at 38 
06/23/1801 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer, dies at 58 
06/23/1817 Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63 
06/23/1833 Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer, dies at 73 
06/23/1866 Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist, dies at 53 
06/23/1878 George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River, dies at 81 
06/23/1888 Emil Naumann, composer, dies at 60 
06/23/1891 Francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73 
06/23/1895 Joseph Paul Skelly, composer, dies at 44 
06/23/1901 Charles Kensington Salaman, composer, dies at 87 
06/23/1919 Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist, dies 
06/23/1928 Thomas H Rollinson, composer, dies at 84 
06/23/1951 Armin Knab, composer, dies at 70 
06/23/1956 Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier, composer, dies at 81 
06/23/1958 Edvard Armas Jarnefeldt, composer, dies at 88 
06/23/1959 Jean Gallon, composer, dies at 80 
06/23/1961 Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Doctrine of Rubens), dies at 70 
06/23/1965 Mary Boland, actress (Boy Trouble, New Moon), dies at 83 
06/23/1969 Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78 
06/23/1971 George Blagoi, entertainer, dies 
06/23/1971 Walter Schulthess, composer, dies at 76 
06/23/1972 Elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54 
06/23/1973 Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), dies at 77 
06/23/1975 William Hansen, actor (Homebodies), dies at 64 
06/23/1980 John Laurie, actor (39 Steps, Jericho, Kidnapped), dies at 83 
06/23/1980 Odile Versois, actress (Nude in a White Car, Young Lovers), dies 
06/23/1980 Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician, dies 
06/23/1980 Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian (bomanslag), dies 
06/23/1981 Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela), dies at 79 
06/23/1986 Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies 
06/23/1988 Dayton Lummis, actor (Moonfire, Flight that Disappeared), dies 
06/23/1988 Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist (The Slogan), dies at 73 
06/23/1991 Bill Buysman, Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians), dies 
06/23/1992 Lou Ramos, entertainer, dies 
06/23/1992 Renie Irene Brouillet Conley, US, costume designer (Cleopatra), dies

 
 
Significant Events:  
 
06/23/1298 Albrecht von Habsburg chosen Roman Catholic German king 
06/23/1305 French-Flemish peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge 
06/23/1585 Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops 
06/23/1661 Marriage contract for Charles II of England & Catharina of Portugal 
06/23/1683 William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians 
06/23/1757 Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal 
06/23/1760 Battle of Landshut, Silesia 
06/23/1775 1st regatta held on Thames, England 
06/23/1784 1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren) 
06/23/1810 John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) 
06/23/1821 Dutch troops conquer Palembang 
06/23/1848 Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris 
06/23/1854 Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use 
06/23/1860 Congress establishes Government Printing Office 
06/23/1860 US Secret Service created 
06/23/1863 Tullahoma campaign, TN 
06/23/1865 At Ft Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable confed army 
06/23/1868 Christopher Latham Sholes patents 'Type-writer' 
06/23/1902 Gioacchino Rossini's unveils monument to Santa-Croce 
06/23/1903 M Wolf discovers asteroid #512 Taurinensis 
06/23/1909 Confessional parties win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election 
06/23/1915 Yanks get record 16 walks & 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0

06/23/1917 Ammunition factory in Boleweg Bohemia explodes, killing 1,000 
06/23/1917 Molla Bjurstedt wins US Lawn Tennis Assn title 
06/23/1918 Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0 
06/23/1919 Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Assn (UNIA) incorporates

06/23/1919 Nitti govt forms in Italy 
06/23/1924 8 month Twenste textile strike ends 
06/23/1924 V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1022 Olympiada 
06/23/1925 British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers 
06/23/1925 Landslides create 3-mile long 'Slide Lake' (Gros Ventre Wyoming) 
06/23/1926 8th cabinet-Briand of France forms 
06/23/1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox 
06/23/1930 Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8 
06/23/1931 Wiley Post & Harold Catty took off for flight around world 
06/23/1933 Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35« year run on NBC

06/23/1935 Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor 
06/23/1938 Civil Aeronautics Authority (US) established 
06/23/1938 Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium 
06/23/1939 Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling cham

06/23/1939 France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey 
06/23/1940 Marcel Louette seeks opposition group 'White Brigade' on Antwerp 
06/23/1940 RAF bombs Schiphol 
06/23/1943 RAF discovers Werner von Brauns V1/V2-base in Peenemnde 
06/23/1944 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153 
06/23/1944 Russian offensive in central front sector 
06/23/1944 Thomas Mann becomes a US citizen 
06/23/1947 Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress 
06/23/1949 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School 
06/23/1949 Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die 
06/23/1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women 
06/23/1950 Yanks & Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9 
06/23/1951 British diplomats Guy Burgess & Donald Maclean flee to USSR 
06/23/1951 Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage & $14M property-Kansa

06/23/1952 US airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea 
06/23/1954 122øF (50øC), Overton, Nevada (state record) 
06/23/1955 Walt Disney's 'Lady & the Tramp' released 
06/23/1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt 
06/23/1957 S B Nicholson discovers asteroid #1647 Menelaus 
06/23/1958 Dutch Reformed Church accept women ministers 
06/23/1958 Fed judge rules race separation must end in 2« years in Little Rock 
06/23/1958 Foundation Praemium Erasmianum (Erasmusprijs) established 
06/23/1960 Japan signs security treaty with the US 
06/23/1961 Antarctic Treaty goes into effect 
06/23/1961 Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th & 6 in 9th 
06/23/1961 South Pole treaty goes into effect 
06/23/1961 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m 
06/23/1962 Laos Suvanna Phuma forms cabinet 
06/23/1963 Julius Boros wins golf's US Open 
06/23/1963 NY Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th HR, he circles bases backward

06/23/1963 Pres Kennedy tours West-Europe 
06/23/1964 Gen Maxwell Taylor appointed US ambassador in South Vietnam 
06/23/1967 Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA) 
06/23/1967 John Entwistle of rock group Who weds Alison Wise 
06/23/1967 LBJ & Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, NJ 
06/23/1967 US Senate censures Thomas J Dodd (D-Ct) for misusing campaign funds 
06/23/1969 Joe Frazier beats Jerry Quarry for heavyweight boxing title 
06/23/1969 Warren E Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice 
06/23/1970 Charles Rangel defeats Adam Clayton Powell in Democratic primary 
06/23/1970 Rocker Chubby Checker arrest for marijuana pocession 
06/23/1971 Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 4-0 
06/23/1971 WTVP TV channel 47 in Peoria, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 
06/23/1972 Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history 
06/23/1972 Nixon & Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate 
06/23/1972 Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports 
06/23/1973 Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game HR in which he pitched 
06/23/1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA by 2 strokes over JoAnne Carner 
06/23/1975 Lou Graham wins US Open golf tournament 
06/23/1975 Rocker Alice Cooper falls of stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs 
06/23/1976 CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure (555 m) opens 
06/23/1977 13th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-4 
06/23/1979 Charlie Daniels Band releases 'Devil Went Down to Georgia' 
06/23/1979 Rock group, the Knack releases 'My Sharona' 
06/23/1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium) 
06/23/1981 33 inning game ends, Pawtucket 3, Rochester 2 
06/23/1981 Amanda Maccaro becomes 1st American to win Russian Ballet Competitio

06/23/1981 French govt of Mauroy forms, with 4 communists 
06/23/1981 NYC mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy 
06/23/1982 -117øF; All time low at South Pole 
06/23/1982 Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb

06/23/1982 Mary Hart joins Entertainment Tonight 
06/23/1983 Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat 
06/23/1985 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die 
06/23/1985 Laffit Pincay Jr becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million 
06/23/1986 Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House 
06/23/1987 W Landgraf discovers asteroid #3683 Baumann 
06/23/1988 Charlotte Hornets & Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft 
06/23/1988 Yank manager Billy Martin's 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager

06/23/1989 Movie 'Batman' premieres 
06/23/1990 A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Stat of Liber

06/23/1990 Moldavia declares independence 
06/23/1990 TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of year 
06/23/1991 Tony Randall & Jack Klugman star in Bdwy performance of Odd Couple 
06/23/1992 'Tin Bigha Day' protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh 
06/23/1992 Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election 
06/23/1993 Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman) files for divorce from Lawrence Mortor

  
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