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1888 : Van Gogh cuts off his ear


While he is at Arles with his friend Gauguin, and suffering from depression, the painter Vincent Van Gogh cuts off his left ear lobe with a razor.

1947 : Invention of the transistor


The Bell Telephone searchers, americans John Bardeen, William Shockley and Walter Brattain invented the transistor on December 23th 1947.
This invention won them the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956.

1966 : Mirage F1 made its first flight


The Mirage F1, made by Dassault, made its first flight Dec. 23th, 1966.

1982 : A city evacuated due to dioxin contamination


On December 23, 1982, U.S. health authorities announced to the people of Times Beach, Missouri, they must definitely leave the city due to contamination of the streets with dioxin. The streets were constantly invaded by dust because they were not paved or tarred and City Hall had the idea to ask a waste company to spray the streets with oil. The company then sprayed engine oil in all the streets. With this oil was mixed with toxic dioxin so that people fell ill and therefore the city had to be evacuated. The federal and state governments also had to buy all the houses in the city, before destroying it.

Novità del giorno : 23 Dicembre

National Day of Japan
Birthday of Emperor Akihito (1933)

Citazione del giorno : 23 Dicembre

Proverbe Indien
Do good to your body so your soul will want to stay.

Compleanni : 23 Dicembre

Richard Arkwright, Inventore inglese (1732)
Alexandre I , Zar di tutte le Russie (1777)
Jean-François Champollion, Decifratore dei geroglifici egizi (1790)
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Critico letterario francese (1804)
Niels Kaj Jerne, Immunologo danese, Premio Nobel per la Fisiologia e Medicina (1911)
Dino Risi, Italian director and scenarist (1916)
Helmut Schmidt, Cancelliere della Germania (1918)
Albert Jacquard, French biologist and writer (1925)
Pierre Bérégovoy, French politician (1925)
Akihito, Imperatore del Giappone (1933)
Harry Shearer, Attore americano (1943)
Elizabeth Hartman, Attrice americana (1943)
Georges Aperghis, Greek composer (1945)
Anthony Phillips, Musicista inglese (Genesis) (1951)
Dave Murray, Chitarrista inglese (Iron Maiden) (1956)
Jean-Luc Lahaye, French author and singer (1958)
Eddie Vedder, Musicista americano (Pearl Jam) (1964)
Carla Bruni, French singer (1968)
Owen Franks, Rugby player di Nuova Zelanda (1987)

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Abraham Joshua Heshel, Rabbi Polish naturalized american (1972)
Peggy Guggenheim, American collector and patron (1979)
Pierre Gripari, French writer (1990)
Raymond Cousse, French actor and playwright (1991)
Louis Leprince-Ringuet, French physicist (2000)
Joe Strummer, English singer (2002)
Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and jazz composer (2007)
Denise Darcel, Attrice francese (2011)
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