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December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in Leap Year s). There are 8 days remaining.
Events
- 619 - Boniface V becomes Pope .
- 1493 - Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel 's '' Nuremberg Chronicle '' is published.
- 1783 - George Washington resigns as Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland .
- 1823 - The poem '' A Visit From St. Nicholas '' (AKA ''The Night Before Christmas'') is published in the ''Sentinel''.
- 1888 - Vincent Van Gogh cuts off the lower part of his left ear, takes it to a brothel, and gives it to a prostitute named Rachel.
- 1913 - The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson , creating the Federal Reserve .
- - Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt 's Sinai Peninsula .
- 1936 - Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Copyright Treaty .
- 1947 - The Transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories .
- 1954 - The first human Kidney Transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts .
- 1972 - The Nicaraguan capital of Managua is struck by a 6.5 magnitude Earthquake , killing more than 10,000.
- 1972 - scores a contentious touchdown from a pass thrown by Terry Bradshaw in an AFC semi-final between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .
- 1972 - after 73 days, during which time they have had to resort to Cannibalism .
- forces occupy Kabul , the Afghan capital.
- 1982 - The Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of Dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri .
- 1986 - '' Voyager '', piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager , lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California and becomes the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world.
- 's population vote for independence from Yugoslavia in a referendum.
- 2004 - Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean is hit by an 8.1 magnitude Earthquake .
- 2005 - Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashed shortly after takeoff killing 23 people.
- 2005 - Chad declares a State Of War against Sudan following a December 18th attack on Adre , which left about 100 people dead.
Births
- 1503 - Nostradamus French physician and prophet (d. 1566)
- 1513 - Thomas Smith , English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577 )
- 1537 - King John III Of Sweden (d. 1592 )
- 1582 - Severo Bonini , Italian composer (d. 1663 )
- 1597 - Martin Opitz Von Boberfeld , German poet (d. 1639 )
- 1613 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel , Swedish soldier (d. 1676 )
- 1621 - Edmund Berry Godfrey , English magistrate (d. 1678 )
- 1621 - Heneage Finch, 1st Earl Of Nottingham , Lord Chancellor Of England (d. 1682 )
- 1689 - Joseph Bodin De Boismortier , French composer (d. 1755 )
- 1732 - Richard Arkwright , English industrialist and inventor (d. 1792 )
- 1743 - Ippolit Bogdanovich , Russian poet (d. 1803 )
- 1750 - King Frederick Augustus I Of Saxony (d. 1827 )
- 1777 - Tsar Alexander I Of Russia (d. 1825 )
- 1790 - Jean François Champollion , French Egyptologist (d. 1832 )
- 1804 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve , French literary critic (d. 1869 )
- 1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr. , American founder of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (d. 1844 )
- 1819 - Jan Jakob Lodewijk Ten Kate , Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889 )
- 1822 - Wilhelm Bauer , German engineer (d. 1875 )
- 1867 - Madame C. J. Walker , American millionaire (d. 1919 )
- 1878 - Stephen Timoshenko , Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972 )
- 1885 - Pierre Brissaud , French artist (d. 1964 )
- 1891 - Alexandr Rodchenko , Russian painter and photographer (d. 1956 )
- 1907 - Avraham Stern , Polish-born Zionist leader (d. 1942 )
- 1908 - Yousuf Karsh , Turkish-born photographer (d. 2002 )
- 1911 - Niels Kaj Jerne , English-born immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1994 )
- 1918 - Helmut Schmidt , Chancellor Of Germany
- 1918 - José Greco , Italian-born flamenco dancer (d. 2001 )
- 1922 - Micheline Ostermeyer , French athlete and musician
- 1923 - Günther Schifter , Austrian music journalist
- 1923 - Claudio Scimone , Italian conductor
- 1923 - James Stockdale , U.S. Navy admiral (d. 2005 )
- 1926 - Robert Bly , American poet
- 1931 - Ronnie Schell , American actor
- 1933 - Akihito , Emperor Of Japan
- 1935 - Paul Hornung , American football player
- 1936 - Frederic Forrest , American actor
- 1938 - Bob Kahn , American Internet pioneer
- 1940 - Jorma Kaukonen , American musician
- 1941 - Tim Hardin , American musician (d. 1980 )
- 1943 - Mikhail Gromov , Russian-born mathematician
- 1943 - Harry Shearer , American actor
- 1943 - Silvia Sommerlath , Queen of Sweden
- 1944 - Wesley Clark , U.S. general and NATO Supreme Allied Commander
- 1946 - Susan Lucci , American actress
- 1948 - Jack Ham , American football player
- 1949 - Adrian Belew , American musician
- 1950 - Michael C. Burgess , American politician
- 1951 - Anthony Phillips , British guitarist ( Genesis )
- 1952 - William Kristol , American political commentator
- 1955 - Bruce Hornsby , American singer, pianist ( Bruce Hornsby & The Range )
- 1956 - Dave Murray , English musician ( Iron Maiden )
- 1958 - Victoria Williams , American singer
- 1961 - Carol Smillie , British television personality
- 1963 - Jim Harbaugh , American football player
- 1964 - Eddie Vedder , American musician ( Pearl Jam )
- 1969 - Martha Byrne , American actress
- 1970 - Catriona LeMay Doan , Canadian speed skater
- 1971 - Corey Haim , Canadian actor
- 1971 - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson , British socialite
- 1975 - Sky Lopez , American actress
- 1977 - Alge Crumpler , American football player
- 1978 - Andra Davis , American football player
- 1978 - Esthero , Canadian musician and singer
- 1978 - Víctor Martínez , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- 1978 - Estella Warren , Canadian model and actress
- 1978 - Jodie Marsh , British adult model
- 1981 - Beth , Spanish singer
- 1985 - Harry Judd ,drummer from McFly
Deaths
- 910 - Naum Of Preslav , Bulgarian scholar
- 913 - Conrad Of Franconia
- 1230 - Berengaria Of Navarre , queen of Richard I Of England
- 1556 - Nicholas Udall , English playwright (b. 1504 )
- 1568 - Roger Ascham , tutor of Elizabeth I of England
- 1575 - Akiyama Nobutomo , Japanese warrior (b. 1531 )
- 1588 - Henry I, Duke Of Guise , French Catholic leader (b. 1550 )
- 1631 - Michael Drayton , English poet (b. 1563 )
- 1646 - François Maynard , French poet (b. 1582 )
- 1652 - John Cotton , founder of Boston, Massachusetts (b. 1585 )
- 1675 - Caesar, Duc De Choiseul , French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602 )
- 1722 - Pierre Varignon , French mathematician (b. 1654 )
- 1771 - Marie-Marguerite D'Youville , Canadian saint (b. 1701 )
- 1761 - Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell , Scottish Jacobite spy
- 1779 - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl Of Bristol , British admiral and politician (b. 1724 )
- 1789 - Charles-Michel De L'Épée , French philanthropist and developer of signed French (b. 1712 )
- 1793 - Johann Adolph Hasse , German composer (b. 1699 )
- 1795 - Henry Clinton , British general (b. 1730 )
- 1805 - Pehr Osbeck , Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723 )
- 1834 - Thomas Malthus , English demographer and economist (b. 1766 )
- 1846 - Jean Baptiste Bory De Saint-Vincent , French naturalist (b. 1780 )
- 1872 - Theophile Gautier , French writer (b. 1811 )
- 1912 - Otto Schoetensack , German anthropologist (b. 1850 )
- 1939 - Anthony Fokker , Dutch aircraft manufacturer (b. 1890 )
- 1948 - Hideki Tojo , Prime Minister Of Japan (hanged) (b. 1884 )
- 1953 - Lavrenty Beria , Soviet Communist leader (b. 1899 )
- 1970 - Charles Ruggles , American actor (b. 1886 )
- 1973 - Charles Atlas , Italian-born bodybuilder (b. 1892 )
- 1973 - Irna Phillips , American television writer, director, and producer (b. 1901 )
- 1979 - Peggy Guggenheim , American art collector (b. 1898 )
- 1982 - Jack Webb , American actor, producer, and director (b. 1920 )
- 1983 - Colin Middleton , Northern Irish artist (b. 1910 )
- 1992 - Eddie Hazel , American guitarist ( Funkadelic ) (b. 1950 )
- 1994 - Sebastian Shaw , English actor (b. 1905 )
- 2000 - Billy Barty , American actor (b. 1924 )
- 2000 - Victor Borge , Danish-born comedian and pianist (b. 1909 )
- 2004 - P. V. Narasimha Rao , ninth Prime Minister Of India (b. 1921 )
- 2005 - Norman D. Vaughan , polar explorer and dogsled driver (b. 1905 )
- 2005 - Lajos Baróti , Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1914 )
Holidays and observances
External links
December 22 - December 24 - November 23 - January 23 -- Listing Of All Days
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