Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/December 23

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[edit] Births

• 1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr., American founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1844) (pictured)
• 1944 - Wesley Clark, U.S. general and NATO Supreme Allied Commander
• 1946 - Susan Lucci, American actress
• 1971 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor

[edit] Deaths

• 1556 - Nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)
• 1793 - Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)
• 1970 - Charles Ruggles, American actor (b. 1886)