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01/23/1900
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Mary Philips, CT, actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1901
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Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician
Type: Birth
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01/23/1902
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Benny Waters, saxophonist
Type: Birth
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01/23/1902
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Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for Stanley Cup
Type: Event
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01/23/1904
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Theodor Schaefer, composer
Type: Birth
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01/23/1905
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David Newell, Mo, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1905
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Konstanty I Galczynski, Polish poet (Zielona Ges)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1906
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Bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1907
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Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator
Type: Event
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01/23/1907
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Hediki Yukawa, Japan, physicist (Nobel 1949)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1907
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Dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1908
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Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist
Type: Birth
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01/23/1908
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Pak Saleman Siswowitono, Javan/Surinamese writer
Type: Birth
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01/23/1908
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Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47
Type: Death
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01/23/1908
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US and Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo
Type: Event
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01/23/1909
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1st radio rescue at sea
Type: Event
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01/23/1909
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Norman Fulton, composer
Type: Birth
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01/23/1910
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Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist
Type: Birth
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01/23/1911
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Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer
Type: Birth
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01/23/1912
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Ank van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1913
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Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated
Type: Death
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01/23/1914
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Napoleon L Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne
Type: Birth
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01/23/1915
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Herma Bauma, Austria, javelin thrower (Oly-gold-1948)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1915
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Potter Stewart, Mich, 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1916
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Temp falls from 44øF (7øC) to -56øF (49øC) night of 23-24, Browning MT
Type: Event
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01/23/1918
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Gertrude Belle Elion, NYC, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1919
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Nina Dumbadze, USSR, Discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1919
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Ernie Kovacs, Trenton NJ, comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1919
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Bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool
Type: Birth
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01/23/1920
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Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies
Type: Event
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01/23/1920
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Erbet Pawel, biographer (Kafka)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1921
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Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83
Type: Death
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01/23/1923
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Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th)
Type: Event
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01/23/1923
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Walter M[ichael] Miller Jr, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1923
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Florence Halop, Queens, actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1923
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Horace Ashenfelter, US, 3000m steeplechase (Olympic-gold-1952)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1924
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Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour govt in Britain
Type: Event
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01/23/1924
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Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ, 1983- )
Type: Birth
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01/23/1925
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Marty Paich, Oakland Calif, orch leader (Sonny and Cher, Glenn Campbell)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1926
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Joseph Carl Breil, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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01/23/1926
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D‚sir‚ J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74
Type: Death
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01/23/1926
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Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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01/23/1928
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"Abenteuer of brave Soldier Schwejk" premieres in Berlin
Type: Event
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01/23/1928
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Eugene Monti, Italy, bobsledder (Olympic-2 golds-1968)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1928
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Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater (Olympic-silver-1952)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1928
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Jeanne Moreau, Paris France, actress (Going Places, Jules and Jim)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1929
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Ian Thomson, cricketer (England seam bowler v South Africa 1964-65)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1929
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John Polanyi, Berlin, Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1930
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WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions
Type: Event
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01/23/1930
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Derek Walcott, St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992)
Type: Birth
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