Post by shaliby on Jan 23, 2024 16:55:27 GMT
ToDay :January 23rd
= EVENTS =
1546 – Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rabelais
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargantua_and_Pantagruel
1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_London
1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackwell
1943 – World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Italian_Panzer_Army
1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame
1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Albright
2002 – U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl
= BIRTHS =
1783 – Stendhal, French novelist (Le Rouge et le Noir; La Chartreuse de Parme)(d. 1842)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stendhal
1872 – Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (d. 1946)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Langevin
1910 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (d. 1953)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt
1957 – Caroline , Princess of Hanover
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline,_Princess_of_Hanover
= DEATHS =
1803 – Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness (b. 1725)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Guinness
1805 – Claude Chappe, French engineer (b. 1763)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe
1883 – Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Dor%C3%A9
1931 – Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (creator of the Dying Swan)(b. 1881)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pavlova
1944 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator ( The Scream)(b. 1863)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munch
1947 – Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bonnard
1976 – Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson
1981 – Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (Adagio)(b. 1910)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Barber
1989 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD
2004 – Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (b. 1920)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Newton
2021 – Larry King, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1933)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King
= EVENTS =
1546 – Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rabelais
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargantua_and_Pantagruel
1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_London
1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackwell
1943 – World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Italian_Panzer_Army
1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame
1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Albright
2002 – U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl
= BIRTHS =
1783 – Stendhal, French novelist (Le Rouge et le Noir; La Chartreuse de Parme)(d. 1842)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stendhal
1872 – Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (d. 1946)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Langevin
1910 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (d. 1953)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt
1957 – Caroline , Princess of Hanover
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline,_Princess_of_Hanover
= DEATHS =
1803 – Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness (b. 1725)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Guinness
1805 – Claude Chappe, French engineer (b. 1763)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe
1883 – Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Dor%C3%A9
1931 – Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (creator of the Dying Swan)(b. 1881)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pavlova
1944 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator ( The Scream)(b. 1863)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munch
1947 – Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bonnard
1976 – Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson
1981 – Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (Adagio)(b. 1910)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Barber
1989 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD
2004 – Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (b. 1920)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Newton
2021 – Larry King, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1933)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King