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Birthdays occurring on September, 23
| 1901 |
Jaroslav Seifert was born on September 23, 1901
If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical maneuver. If a writer is silent, he is lying. More quotations from Jaroslav Seifert |  |
Deaths occurring on September, 23
| 1763 |
John Byrom died on September 23, 1763
English poet, hymnist, and inventor of a system of shorthand, 1692-1763Bone and Skin, two millers thin, / Would starve us all, or near it; / But be it known to Skin and Bone / That Flesh and Blood can't bear it. More quotations from John Byrom |
| 1835 |
Vincenzo Bellini died on September 23, 1835
Two lines only, o my dear friend, to give you word about my health, which is at the breaking point from the great fatigue that I am experiencing because of having to compose the opera in a short time, and whose fault is that? that of my usual and original poet, the God of Sloth!. More quotations from Vincenzo Bellini |
| 1902 |
John Wesley Powell died on September 23, 1902
American explorer, teacher, geologist and war veteran. Led the first expedition through the Grand Canyon. 1834-1902The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon - forms unrivaled even by the mountains, colors that vie with sunsets, and sounds that span the diapason from tempest to tinkling raindrop, from cataract to bubbling fountain. More quotations from John Wesley Powell |
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