December 23
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December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). There are 8 days remaining.
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Events
- 619 - Boniface V becomes Pope
- 1620 - Construction of Plymouth Colony begins
- 1823 - A Visit From St. Nicholas, attributed to Clement Moore, is first published
- 1909 - Albert I of Belgium becomes King
- 1913 - The Federal Reserve Act becomes law
- 1947 - The transistor first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
- 1973 - A French Caravalle jet crashes in Morocco killing 106
- 1979 - Military units of the Soviet Union occupy Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
- 1982 - The Environmental Protection Agency recommends the evacuation of Times Beach, Missouri due to dangerous levels of dioxin contamination.
- 1990 - Slovenia votes to secede from Yugoslavia
- 2012 - The Mayan calendar comes to an end... maybe. Experts disagree on whether this happens today or December 21, 2012.
Births
- 1582 - Severo Bonini, composer (+ 1663)
- 1790 - [[Jean Fran�ois Champollion]], egyptologist, deciphered the Rosetta Stone (+ 1832)
- 1805 - Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (+ 1844)
- 1822 - Wilhelm Bauer, engineer (+ 1875)
- 1862 - Connie Mack, baseball executive (+ 1956)
- 1885 - Pierre Brissaud, French artist
- 1891 - Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter/photographer (+ 1956)
- 1918 - Helmut Schmidt, German Bundeskanzler 1974-1982
- 1918 - Jos� Greco, dancer (+ 2000)
- 1922 - Calder Willingham, writer (+ 1995)
- 1923 - James Stockdale, United States Navy admiral
- 1926 - Robert Bly, American poet
- 1933 - Akihito, Emperor of Japan
- 1935 - Paul Hornung, American football star
- 1940 - Jorma Kaukonen, musician
- 1943 - Silvia, Queen of Sweden
- 1944 - Wesley Clark, US General and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
- 1946 - Susan Lucci, soap opera actress
- 1948 - Jack Ham, American football star
- 1956 - Dave Murray, musician (Iron Maiden)
- 1958 - Victoria Williams, singer
- 1961 - Carol Smillie, British television personality
- 1964 - Eddie Vedder, musician (Pearl Jam)
- 1970 - Catriona LeMay Doan, Canadian speed skater
- 1971 - Corey Haim, actor
- 1971 - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite
- 1976 - Jacqlyn D., orthorectifier
- 1978 - Ken Hidaka, character in Weiss Kreuz
Deaths
- 913 - Conrad of Franconia
- 1872 - Theophile Gautier, poet, novelist
- 1939 - Anthony Fokker, aircraft manufacturer
- 1948 - Hideki Tojo (Prime Minister of Japan), hanged for war crimes
- 1970 - Charles Ruggles, actor
- 1973 - Charles Atlas, bodybuilder
- 1973 - Irna Phillips, soap opera writer, director, producer
- 1979 - Peggy Guggenheim, art collector
- 1982 - Jack Webb, actor, producer, director
- 1992 - Eddie Hazel, guitarist, originally with Funkadelic
- 2000 - Victor Borge, Danish/American humorist and pianist
- 2000 - Billy Barty, actor
Holidays and Observances
- Sweden - Birthday of Queen Silvia, an official flag day
- Roman Empire - Larentalia, a festival in honor of Larenta
- Ancient Latvia - Ziemassvetki held
- Seinfeld - The traditional day for Festivus.
See Also:
December 22 - December 24 - November 23 - January 23 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "December 23" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_23 Decemer 23, 2003
