December 23

Events


 * 1947 - The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

Births


 * 1582 - Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663)
 * 1923 - Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor
 * 1928 - Chronis Aidonidis, Greek singer
 * 1929 - Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1988)
 * 1940 - Jorma Kaukonen, American musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
 * 1941 - Ron Bushy, American musician
 * 1941 - Tim Hardin, American musician (d. 1980)
 * 1945 - Ron Bushy, American drummer (Iron Butterfly)
 * 1949 - Adrian Belew, American musician
 * 1951 - Anthony Phillips, British musician (Genesis)
 * 1958 - Victoria Williams, American singer
 * 1958 - Dave Murray, English musician (Iron Maiden)
 * 1985 - Harry Judd, British drummer (McFly)
 * 1988 - Eri Kamei, Japanese singer