Es passierte an einem 23 September

1846 : Neptune discovered


On September 23, 1846, the French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier gave its calculations on the location of an eighth planet in the solar system, to the German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle at the Berlin Observatory. With these calculations and the help of his assistant, Galle discovered the planet by making observations during the next 24 hours. The blue gas planet, 4 times the size of the earth, was named Neptune.

1889 : Creation of the company Nintendo


On September 23, 1889, the company Nintendo was created in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi. The company produced handmade Hanafuda playing cards. Nintendo has begun to create video games and consoles in the late 1970s. It sold tens of millions of its seventh-generation Wii console, launched in 2006.

1909 : Publication of the Phantom of the Opera


On September 23, 1909, the novel by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera was published as a series in the newspaper Le Gaulois. The book will had little success at first but became one of the pieces the most presented and adapted in the world.

2004 : Jeanne hit Haiti


On September 23, 2004, Hurricane Jeanne hit Haiti, just days after Ivan. 3000 people were killed and 250,000 made ​​homeless.

Tagesaktualität : 23 September

National Day in Saudi Arabia
September 23 is National Day in Saudi Arabia, which commemorates the unification of several provinces into one kingdom in 1932.

Zitat des Tages : 23 September

Sigmund Freud
Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Geburtstage : 23 September

Go-Sakuramachi, Empress of Japan (1740)
Kōkaku, Emperor of Japan (1771)
Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (1819)
John Boyd Orr, Scottish biologist, Nobel Peace Prize (1880)
Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal (1890)
Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (1897)
Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1901)
Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel Laureate (1915)
Aldo Moro, 39th Prime Minister of Italy (1916)
Mickey Rooney, American actor (1920)
John Coltrane, American saxophonist (1926)
Colin Blakely, English actor (1930)
Romy Schneider, French actress (1938)
Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (1939)
Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer (1943)
Bruce Springsteen, American singer (1949)
Jason Alexander, American actor (1959)
Elizabeth Peña, American actress (1961)
William Cameron McCool, American astronaut (1961)
Patrick Fiori, French singer (1969)
Ingrid Jacquemod, French skier (1978)
Natalie Horler, German singer (Cascada) (1981)
Kate French, American actress (1984)

Sie haben uns verlassen 23 September

Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (1835)
Prosper Mérimée, French writer (1870)
Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (1877)
Richard Zsigmondy, Austro-Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1929)
Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis (1939)
Bourvil, French actor and singer (1970)
Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize in Literature (1973)
Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, director (1987)
Madeleine Renaud, French actress (1994)
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