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December 23
(Redirected from 23 December)
December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). There are 8 days remaining.
Events
Births
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1537 - John III of Sweden, King of Sweden (d. 1592)
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1582 - Severo Bonini, composer (d. 1663)
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1597 - Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (d. 1639)
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1613 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier
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1732 - Richard Arkwright, industrialist, and inventor of the Water Frame (d. 1792)
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1750 - King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
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1790 - Jean François Champollion, egyptologist, deciphered the Rosetta Stone (d. 1832)
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1804 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic
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1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement (d. 1844)
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1819 - Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
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1822 - Wilhelm Bauer, engineer (d. 1875)
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1867 - Madame C. J. Walker, first African American millionaire.
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1885 - Pierre Brissaud, French artist (d. 1964)
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1891 - Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter/photographer (d. 1956)
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1907 - Avraham Stern, Zionist group leader
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1908 - Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer
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1918 - Helmut Schmidt, German Bundeskanzler 1974-1982
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1918 - José Greco, dancer (d. 2001)
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1922 - Calder Willingham , writer (d. 1995)
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1922 - Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician
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1923 - Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor
- 1923 - James Stockdale, United States Navy admiral
- 1923 - Günther Schifter, Austrian music journalist
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1926 - Robert Bly, American poet
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1933 - Akihito, Emperor of Japan
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1935 - Paul Hornung, American football star
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1936 - Frederic Forrest, American actor
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1940 - Jorma Kaukonen, musician
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1941 - Tim Hardin, musician
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1943 - Mikhail Gromov, mathematician
- 1943 - Harry Shearer, actor, voice actor (This Is Spinal Tap, The Simpsons)
- 1943 - Silvia, Queen of Sweden
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1944 - Wesley Clark, US General and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
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1947 - Susan Lucci, soap opera actress
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1948 - Jack Ham, American football star
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1950 - Michael C. Burgess, American politician
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1952 - William Kristol, U.S. conservative commentator
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1956 - Dave Murray, musician (Iron Maiden)
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1958 - Victoria Williams, singer
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1961 - Carol Smillie, British television personality
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1963 - Jim Harbaugh, American football quarterback
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1964 - Eddie Vedder, musician (Pearl Jam)
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1969 - Martha Byrne, soap opera actress
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1970 - Catriona LeMay Doan, Canadian speed skater
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1971 - Corey Haim, actor
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1971 - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite
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1977 - Alge Crumpler, American football player
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1978 - Andra Davis, American football player
- 1978 - Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1978 - Estella Warren, actress
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1981 - Beth, Spanish singer
Deaths
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910 - Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar
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913 - Conrad of Franconia (b. c. 890)
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1568 - Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I (b. c.1515)
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1588 - Henry I, Duke of Guise, leader of French Catholic faction (b. 1550)
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1631 - Michael Drayton, English poet
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1834 - Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (b. 1766)
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1872 - Theophile Gautier, poet, novelist (b. 1811)
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1912 - Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (b. 1850)
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1939 - Anthony Fokker, aircraft manufacturer (b. 1890)
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1948 - Hideki Tojo (Prime Minister of Japan), hanged for war crimes (b. 1884)
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1953 - Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (b. 1899)
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1970 - Charles Ruggles, actor
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1973 - Charles Atlas, bodybuilder
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1973 - Irna Phillips, soap opera writer, director, producer
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1979 - Peggy Guggenheim, art collector (b. 1898)
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1982 - Jack Webb, actor, producer, director (b. 1920)
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1992 - Eddie Hazel, guitarist, originally with Funkadelic (b. 1950)
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1994 - Sebastian Shaw, actor (b. 1905)
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2000 - Victor Borge, Danish/American humorist and pianist (b. 1909)
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2000 - Billy Barty, actor
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2004 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, ninth prime minister of India (b. 1921)
Holidays and observances
External links
December 22 - December 24 - November 23 - January 23 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 07-31-2005 05:21:49
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