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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_23

#Events

on December 23, 583 – Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.

Zona Arqueológica de Palenque, Chiapas

https://youtu.be/2c2QKMhkVVQ

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1815 – The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published.

is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance

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The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck

is first performed in Hoftheater in Weimar on 23 December 1893,

conducted by Richard Strauss.

Engelbert Humperdinck:

Hansel Und Gretel

- E. Gruberova, B. Fassbaender, Georg Solti HD

https://youtu.be/JnMEI4aoUfo

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The transistor

From November 17, 1947, to December 23, 1947,

John Bardeen and Walter Brattain

at AT&T's Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey of the US

performed experiments and observed

that when two gold point contacts were applied to a crystal of germanium,

a signal was produced with the output power greater than the input.

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On Dec 23, 1954

– First successful kidney transplant is performed

by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

at Brigham Hospital.

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1970 – The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world.

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1972 – The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having reportedly survived by cannibalism.

1986 – Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerialor ground refueling.

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Different types of clouds in the Julian Alps (northwestern Slovenia),

as seen from the top of Mangart in September 2007.

On Dec 23, 1990 – History of Slovenia:

In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.

Postojna Cave, Slovenia.

Old town of Piran on Slovenian coast

Celje, Slovenia.

Prekmurska gibanica is a typical pastry of the Prekmurje region, Slovenia.

Potica as part of traditional Slovenian Easter breakfast

Invitation to Slovenia: Feel Slovenia

https://youtu.be/QuTfeHM0Uk4

Laibach

is a Slovenian avant-garde music group

associated with the industrial, martial, and neo-classical genres.

The name "Laibach" is the German name for the Slovenian capital Ljubljana.

Laibach - Tanz mit Laibach (Official video)

https://youtu.be/Glu9wA4HjE0

Laibach - Opus Dei (Life is Life) Official Video

https://youtu.be/LB9lObWclFQ

Laibach - The Whistleblowers (Spectre) official video

https://youtu.be/c6Mx2mxpaCY

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2002 – A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.

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#FelizAniversário

#FelizCumpleaños

#HappyBirthday

#JoyeuxAnniversaire

#BuonCompleanno

#Nacimientos

1573 – Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (d. 1465)

1582 – Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (d. 1663)

1597 – Martin Opitz, German poet and composer (d. 1639)

1689 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)

1804 – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French author, critic, and academic (d. 1869)

1812 – Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (d. 1904)

1819 – Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (d. 1889)

1828 – Mathilde Wesendonck, German poet and author (d. 1902)

1839 – János Murkovics, Slovene-Hungarian author and educator (d. 1917)

1867 – Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (d. 1919)

1870 – John Marin, American architect and painter (d. 1953)

1885 – Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver (d. 1964)

1896 – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author (d. 1957)

1900 – Otto Soglow, American cartoonist (d. 1975)

1902 – Norman Maclean, American author and academic (d. 1990)

1907 – Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet (d. 2005)*

1908 – Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer (d. 2002)*

1911 – James Gregory, American actor (d. 2002)

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Niels Kaj Jerne

23 December 1911 – 7 October 1994

English-Danish physician and immunologist

shared 1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology

with Georges J. F. Köhler and César Milstein

"for theories concerning the specificity in development and control

of the immune system

and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies"

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1916 – Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2008)*

1918 – José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (d. 2000)*

1925 – Duncan Hallas, English author and politician (d. 2002)

1926 – Robert Bly, American poet and essayist

1935 – Esther Phillips, American R&B singer (d. 1984)

1937 – Barney Rosenzweig, American screenwriter and producer

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Bob Kahn

Robert Elliot Kahn

born December 23, 1938

American computer scientist and engineer,

co-developed the Transmission Control Protocol

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1939 – Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (d. 1995)

1940 – Eugene Record, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 2005)

1946 – Edita Gruberová, Slovak soprano and actress

1946 – John Sullivan, English screenwriter, producer, and composer (d. 2011)

1948 – Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, and journalist

1950 – Ilchi Lee, South Korean author and educator

1952 – William Kristol, American journalist, publisher, and political activist/pundit

1955 – Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright

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Stefan Hell

Stefan Walter Hell

born 23 December 1962

Romanian-German physicist and chemist

Shared 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

with Eric Betzig and William Moerner.

"for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy",

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1962 – Kang Je-gyu, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter*

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Keiji Mutoh

born December 23, 1962

Japanese wrestler and actor

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1963 – Donna Tartt, American author

1967 – Tim Fountain, English author and playwright

1972 – Morgan, Italian singer-songwriter and composer*

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Jamie Noble

James Gibson

born December 23, 1976

American wrestler and producer

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1977 – Tore Johansen, Norwegian trumpeter and composer

1979 – Megan Mayhew Bergman, American author and educator

1981 – Agnes Milowka, Polish-Australian diver, explorer, photographer, and author (d. 2011)*

1989 – Liis Koger, Estonian painter and poet

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#Obituario RecordarANuestrosMuertosEsDarlesVidaEternaEnNuestrosCorazones.EnPazDescanse

1556 – Nicholas Udall, English cleric, playwright, and educator (b. 1504)

1631 – Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (b. 1563)

1646 – François Maynard, French poet and academic (b. 1582)

1763 – Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)

1889 – Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)

1912 – Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)

1939 – Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)

1950 – Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)

1954 – René Iché, French soldier and sculptor (b. 1897)

1961 – Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author (b. 1875)

1972 – Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-104 (b. 1888)

1973 – Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder and model (b. 1892)

1973 – Irna Phillips, American screenwriter, created Guiding Light and As the World Turns (b. 1901)

1979 – Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector (b. 1898)

1982 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)

1983 – Colin Middleton, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1910)

1984 – Joan Lindsay, Australian author and playwright (b. 1896)

1994 – Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (b. 1905)

1998 – Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1927)

2006 – Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (b. 1952)

2007 – Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1915)

2007 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1925)

2012 – Capital STEEZ, American rapper (b. 1993)*

2013 – Chryssa, Greek-American sculptor (b. 1933)

2013 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and weapons designer, designed the AK-47 rifle (b. 1919)

2013 – Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (b. 1920)

2013 – Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (b. 1954)

2013 – José Ortiz, Spanish illustrator (b. 1932)

2013 – G. S. Shivarudrappa, Indian poet and educator (b. 1926)

2013 – Robert W. Wilson, American philanthropist and art collector (b. 1928)

2015 – Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1941)*

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#Observances On Dec 23.

Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca City, Mexico)

Noche de Los Rábanos in Spanish

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