This day in History - January 23

412 Historic Events for January 23
1942 Birth Laurie Mayne, cricketer (Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70)
1942 Birth Willy Bogner Jr, Munich, director (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain
1942 Birth Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin, cosmonaut
1943 Event 66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
1943 Event Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured
1943 Event Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
1943 Event British 8th army marches into Tripoli
1943 Birth Gil Gerard, Little Rock Ark, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century)
1943 Birth William E "Bill" Gibb, Scottish fashion designer
1943 Death Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56
1944 Birth Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend)
1944 Birth Sergey Belov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1944 Birth Marty Russo, (Rep-D-IL, 1975- )
1944 Birth Jerry Lawson, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk)
1944 Death Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80
1944 Event Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon," premieres in NYC
1944 Event Det Red Wings score 15 goals against NY Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0
1945 Death Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37
1945 Event Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation
1946 Death Feliks Nowowiejski, composer, dies at 68
1946 Event Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA
1946 Birth Asif Masood, cricketer (Pakistani quick with long and erratic run-up)
1946 Death Matteo Giulio Bartoli, linguist, dies at 72
1947 Death Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79