Births on January 23

Cot Deal

Born on January 23, 1923

Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)

Ellis Ferguson "Cot" Deal (January 23, 1923 – May 21, 2013) was a pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. Listed at 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m), 185 lb (84 kg), Deal was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. A native of Arapaho, Oklahoma, he grew up in Oklahoma City and was nicknamed "Cot" for his cotton-top hair color.

Deal had a career in baseball from 1940 through 1989 and interrupted only by military service during World War II (1943–44). He spent 48 years in baseball as a player (20), manager (5), coach (22) and executive (1).

Deal died on May 21, 2013, in Oklahoma City.

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Events on 1923

16 Feb

Tutankhamun
Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
25 Jun

Aerial refueling
Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane
1 Jul

History of Chinese immigration to Canada
The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.
12 Sep

Zimbabwe
Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
29 Oct

Ottoman Empire
Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

Births on January 23

Cot Deal

Born on January 23, 1923

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Events on 1923

Tutankhamun

Aerial refueling

History of Chinese immigration to Canada

Zimbabwe

Ottoman Empire