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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.

Novità del giorno : 23 Settembre

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.

Citazione del giorno : 23 Settembre

Sigmund Freud
Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Compleanni : 23 Settembre

Go-Sakuramachi, Imperatrice del Giappone (1740)
Kōkaku, Imperatore del Giappone (1771)
Hippolyte Fizeau, Fisico francese (1819)
John Boyd Orr, Biologo scozzese, Premio Nobel per la Pace (1880)
Friedrich Paulus, Feldmaresciallo tedesco (1890)
Walter Pidgeon, Attore canadese (1897)
Jaroslav Seifert, Scrittore ceco, premio Nobel per la letteratura (1901)
Clifford Shull, Fisico americano, Premio Nobel (1915)
Aldo Moro, 39o primo ministro d'Italia (1916)
Mickey Rooney, Attore americano (1920)
John Coltrane, Sassofonista americanoS (1926)
Colin Blakely, Attore inglese (1930)
Romy Schneider, Attrice francese (1938)
Roy Buchanan, Chitarrista americano (1939)
Julio Iglesias, Cantante spagnolo (1943)
Bruce Springsteen, Cantante americano (1949)
Jason Alexander, Attore americano (1959)
William Cameron McCool, Astronauta americano (1961)
Elizabeth Peña, Attrice americana (1961)
Patrick Fiori, Cantante francese (1969)
Ingrid Jacquemod, Sciatrice francese (1978)
Natalie Horler, Cantante tedesca (Cascada) (1981)
Kate French, Attrice americana (1984)

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Vincenzo Bellini, Compositore italiano (1835)
Prosper Mérimée, Scrittore francese (1870)
Urbain Le Verrier, Matematico francese (1877)
Richard Zsigmondy, Chimico austro-ungarico, Premio Nobel per la Chimica (1929)
Sigmund Freud, Neurologo austriaco, fondatore della psicoanalisi (1939)
Bourvil, Cantante e attore francese (1970)
Pablo Neruda, Poeta cileno, premio Nobel per la letteratura (1973)
Bob Fosse, Attore, danzatore, coreografo, direttore americano (1987)
Madeleine Renaud, Attrice francese (1994)
Vue mer : crédit photo Aseed