Births on April 23

Arthur Moeller van den Bruck

Born on April 23, 1876

Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (d. 1925)

Arthur Wilhelm Ernst Victor Moeller van den Bruck (23 April 1876 – 30 May 1925) was a German cultural historian and writer best known for his controversial 1923 book Das Dritte Reich ("The Third Reich"), which promoted German nationalism and strongly influenced the Conservative Revolutionary movement and then the Nazi Party, despite his open opposition and numerous criticisms of Adolf Hitler.From 1906 to 1922, he also published Elisabeth Kaerrick's first full German translation of Dostoyevsky's written works.

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Events on 1876

2 Feb

Major League Baseball
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
10 Mar

Alexander Graham Bell
The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
22 Apr

MLB
The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of the MLB.
4 Jun

First Transcontinental Railroad
An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
25 Nov

Battle of the Little Bighorn
American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.

Births on April 23

Arthur Moeller van den Bruck

Born on April 23, 1876

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Events on 1876

Major League Baseball

Alexander Graham Bell

MLB

First Transcontinental Railroad

Battle of the Little Bighorn