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January 23

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January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in theGregorian calendar.There are 342 days remaining until the end of the year(343 inleap years).

Events

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Up to 1900

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393– Roman EmperorTheodosius I announces that his eight–year–old sonHonorius will be co–Emperor.
1556– A magnitude 9.0earthquake hitsShaanxi andKansu,China. It is estimated that up to 830,000 people are killed in the quake.
1570–James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent forJames VI of Scotland, ismurdered by afirearm, the first–recorded murder by gunshot.
1571– TheRoyal Exchange opens inMoscow.
1579– TheUnion of Utrecht forms aProtestant Republic in theNetherlands.
1656–Blaise Pascal publishes the first of hisLettres Provinciales.
1719– ThePrincipality ofLiechtenstein is created within theHoly Roman Empire.
1772– French seafarerMarc-Joseph Marion du Fresnet and his second–in–commandJules Crozet discover theCrozet Islands in theIndian Ocean.
1790– Theship HMSBounty is set onfire by mutineers.
1793–Second Partition of Poland.
1812– A strongearthquake hitsNew Madrid,Missouri.
1849–Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first female American doctor.
1855– The firstbridge crossing theMississippi River opens in what is nowMinneapolis,Minnesota. It is called the HennepinBridge.
1855– At a magnitude estimated to have been 8.2, the Wairarapaearthquake strikesWellington,New Zealand.
1870– InMontana,US cavalrymen kill 173Native Americans, mostly women and children, in the Marias massacre.
1879–Anglo-Zulu War: TheBattle of Rorke's Drift ends.
1896–Wilhelm Röntgen discoversX-rays.
1899–Emilio Aguinaldo becomesPresident of thePhilippines.
1900–Second Boer War:Battle of Spion Kop,South African forces defeat British forces.

1901– 2000

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1904– Thecoastal town ofAlesund inNorway is destroyed byfire.
1909– Anearthquake inIran kills around 5,000 people.
1909– Theship RMSRepublic collides with the SSFlorida offMassachusetts, sinking the next day, killing 6 people.
1912–International Opium Convention is signed.
1913–Enver Pasha takes over theOttoman Empire in amilitary coup.
1920– TheNetherlands refuses to give ex–Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to theAllies.
1937– InMoscow, 17 leadingCommunists go on trial accused of taking part in a plot led byLeon Trotsky to overthrowJoseph Stalin's regime.
1942–World War II:Rabaul on thePapua New Guinea island ofNew Britain is captured byJapanese forces.
1943–World War II: British forces captureTripoli,Libya.
1943–Duke Ellington plays atCarnegie Hall inNew York for the first time.
1950– TheKnesset (Israeli parliament) passes a resolution makingJerusalem the capital ofIsrael.
1957– On his 37thbirthday, American inventorWalter Frederick Morrison sells the rights of his "Flying disc" to the Wham–Otoy company, who later rename itFrisbee.
1958– InVenezuela,Marcos Perez Jimenez is deposed in a two–day strike.
1960– The BathyscapheTrieste, withJacques Piccard andDon Walsh on board, sets a new depth record by travelling 10,911 metres in thePacific Ocean, at theChallenger Deep in theMariana Trench.
1963– TheGuinea-Bissau War of Independence starts.
1967– TheSoviet Union and theIvory Coast startdiplomatic relations with each other.
1973– Avolcanic eruption hits the SouthIcelandic island ofHeimaey.
1973–Richard Nixon announces a peace accord withVietnam.
1986– TheRock and Roll Hall of Fame gets its first members –Little Richard,Chuck Berry,James Brown,Ray Charles,Fats Domino, theEverly Brothers,Buddy Holly,Jerry Lee Lewis andElvis Presley.
1996–Waltraud Klasnic becomesPremier of Styria, making her the first woman to get this role in anAustrian state.
1997–Madeleine Albright becomes the first femaleUnited States Secretary of State.
2000– The remains of theStar Dustairplane, which disappeared over theChilean Andes over 50 years earlier, are found. The plane is known for the mysterious final message it sent.

From 2001

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2002– The reporterDaniel Pearl is kidnapped inPakistan.
2002– "American Taliban"John Walker Lindh returns to theUnited States inFBI custody.
2003– Finalcommunication with thePioneer 12 spacecraft.
2005–Viktor Yushchenko becomesPresident of Ukraine.
2006–Stephen Harper is electedPrime Minister of Canada.
2009– A stabbing attack occurs at a nursery in Dendermonde,Belgium.
2012– TheEU adopts an embargo againstIran over itsuranium enrichment.
2015– KingAbdullah of Saudi Arabia dies aged 90, having reigned since August 2005. The crown passes to his 79–year–old half–brother,Salman of Saudi Arabia.
2016– Majorsnowstorm hits theNortheastern United States. It set records forNew York City.

Births

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Up to 1900

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1350–Vincent Ferrer, Spanishmissionary andsaint (d.1419)
1688–Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d.1741)
1719–John Landen, Englishmathematician (d.1790)
1737–John Hancock, American statesman (d.1793)
1745–William Jessop, canal engineer (d.1814)
1752–Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (d.1832)
1783–Stendhal, French writer (d.1842)
1786–Auguste de Montferrand, French architect (d.1858)
1813–Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer (d.1895)
1828–Saigo Takamori, Japanesesamurai (d.1877)
1832–Edouard Manet, French artist (d.1883)
1840–Ernst Abbe, German physicist (d.1905)
1846–Hermann Clemenz, Estonianchess player (d.1908)
1855–John Browning, American inventor (d.1926)
1857–Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatianseismologist (d.1936)
1862–David Hilbert, German mathematician (d.1943)
1870–William G. Morgan, American sportsman, inventor ofvolleyball (d.1942)
1872–Goce Delchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d.1903)
1872–Joze Plečnik, architect (d.1957)
1876–Otto Diels, Germanchemist (d.1954)
1876–Rupert Mayer, German Resistance activist (d.1945)
1878–Oton Župančič, Slovenian poet (d.1949)
1881–Luisa Casati, Italian model (d.1957)
1884–Ralph DePalma, race car driver (d.1956)
1888–Lead Belly, American musician (d.1949)
1894–Jyotirmoyee Devi, Indian writer (d.1988)
1896–Alf Hall, South Africancricketer (d.1964)
1896–Charlotte, Grand Duchess ofLuxembourg (d.1985)
1897–Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, architect (d.2000)
1897–Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian political activist (d.1948)
1897–William Stephenson, Canadiancaptain andspy (d.1989)
1898–Sergei Eisenstein, Russian movie director (d.1948)
1898–Randolph Scott, American actor (d.1987)

1901– 1950

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1903–Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (d.1948)
1907–Dan Duryea, actor (d.1968)
1907–Hideki Yukawa, Japanesephysicist (d.1981)
1910–Django Reinhardt, Belgianguitarist (d.1953)
1913–Jean-Michel Atlan, Frenchphilosopher and painter (d.1960)
1913–Wally Parks, American racing executive (d.2007)
1915–W. Arthur Lewis,Saint Lucian–Britisheconomist (d.1991)
1915–Potter Stewart, Associate Justice of theUnited States Supreme Court (d.1985)
1916–David Douglas Duncan, Americanphotographer and war reporter
1918–Gertrude B. Elion, American scientist (d.1999)
1919–Frances Bay, Canadian–American actress (d.2011)
1919–Hans Hass, Austrian zoologist and underwater scientist (d.2013)
1919–Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (d.1962)
1919–Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (d.1996)
1920–Walter Frederick Morrison, American inventor (d.2010)
1920–Ray Abrams, Americanjazz saxophonist (d.1992)
1920–Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner (d.2000)
1923–Walter M. Miller Jr., American science fiction writer (d.1996)
1924–Frank Lautenberg, American politician andUnited States Senator forNew Jersey (d.2013)
1926–Bal Thackeray, Indian politician (d.2012)
1927–Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish–Americanentrepreneur andexplorer (d.1994)
1928–Chico Carrasquel, the firstLatin American player to appear in aMajor League Baseball All-Star Game (d.2005)
1928–Jeanne Moreau, French actress (d.2017)
1929–John Polanyi, German–born Canadianchemist,Nobel Prize winner
1930–Derek Walcott,West Indies writer,Nobel Prize winner (d.2017)
1930–William R. Pogue, Americanastronaut (d.2014)
1930–Filaret,Patriarch of theUkrainian Orthodox Church
1930–Mervyn Rose, Australiantennis player (d.2017)
1933–Bill Hayden, 21stGovernor-General of Australia
1933–Chita Rivera, actress, dancer
1936–Brian Howe, Australian politician
1936–Jerry Kramer, American football player
1938–Shohei Baba,professional wrestler, founder ofAll-Japan Pro Wrestling (d.1999)
1938–Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
1939–Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor
1939–Arlene Golonka, American actress
1940–Johnny Russell, Americancountry music singer-songwriter (d.2001)
1940–Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (d.2015)
1941–Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilianjournalist,writer and academic (d.2014)
1942–Razzak,Bangladeshi actor and director
1943–Gil Gerard, actor
1943–Gary Burton, Americanjazz musician
1944–Sergei Belov, Russianbasketball player (d.2013)
1944–Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor
1945–Richard Dearlove, former Head ofMI6
1945–Mike Harris, 22ndPremier of Ontario
1946–Boris Berezovsky, Russian businessman (d.2013)
1946–Arnoldo Aleman, formerPresident ofNicaragua
1947–Megawati Sukarnoputri, 5thPresident of Indonesia
1947–Tom Carper, 71stGovernor ofDelaware
1948–Anita Pointer, American singer
1950–Richard Dean Anderson, American actor
1950–Danny Federici, American musician (Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band) (d.2008)
1950–John Greaves, English musician
1950–Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentine musician (d.2012)

1951– 1975

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1951–David Patrick Kelly, American actor and musician
1951–Chesley Sullenberger, American pilot
1952–Omar Henry, South Africancricketer
1953–Robin Zander, American singer
1953–Pavlo Lazarenko, Ukrainian politician
1953–Alister McGrath, Northern Irish priest and academic
1953–Antonio Villaraigosa, formerMayor ofLos Angeles,California
1954–Franco De Vita, singer/songwriter
1954– Richard Finch, American bassist (KC & the Sunshine Band)
1957–Princess Caroline of Monaco
1960–Patrick de Gayardon, Frenchskydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d.1998)
1960–Max Keiser, Germanjournalist and filmmaker
1961–Yelena Sinchukova, Russian long jumper
1962–David Arnold, Britishmovie scorecomposer
1963–Gail O'Grady, actress
1964–Mariska Hargitay, American actress
1964–Bharrat Jagdeo, formerPresident ofGuyana
1964–Mario Roberge, Canadianice hockey player
1966–Oleg Sakirkin, Kazakhstani triple jumper
1967–Naim Süleymanoğlu, Bulgaria–born Turkish weightlifter
1968–Petr Korda, Czechtennis player
1969–Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress
1970–Moreno Torricelli, Italianfootballer
1970–Oleg Ovsyannikov, Russian ice dancer
1970–Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
1972–Lisa Snowdon, English actress and model
1973–Dee Caffari, English sailor
1973–Youddiph, Russian singer
1974–Sampsa Astala, Finnish musician (Lordi)
1974–Tiffani Thiessen, American actress

From 1976

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1976–Tony Lucca, Americansinger-songwriter,producer andactor
1979–Larry Hughes, Americanbasketball player
1979–Dawn Porter, Britishtelevision presenter
1981–Julia Jones, American actress
1981–Rob Friend, Canadianfootballer
1982–Patrick Levis, American actor
1984–Arjen Robben,Dutch footballer
1985–Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
1985–Doutzen Kroes, Dutch model
1986–José Enrique Sanchez, Spanishfootballer
1986–Steven Taylor, Englishfootballer
1986–Pablo Andujar, Spanishtennis player
1989–April Pearson, British actress
1990–Artjom Abramov, Estonianice hockey player
1996–Chachi Gonzales, American dancer

Deaths

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Up to 1900

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440–Hanzei, Emperor of Japan
1002–Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b.980)
1199–Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur (b.1160)
1516– KingFerdinand II of Aragon (b.1452)
1548–Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (b.1490)
1549–Johannes Honter,Transylvanian Saxon humanist andtheologian (b.1498)
1567–Jiajing, Emperor of China
1570–James Stewart, Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland
1622–William Baffin, English explorer and navigator
1744–Giambattista Vico, Italianphilosopher andhistorian (b.1668)
1789–John Cleland, novelist (b.1709)
1800–Edward Rutledge, U.S. statesman (b.1749)
1803–Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b.1752)
1805–Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (b.1763)
1806–William Pitt the Younger,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.1759)
1810–Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Germanchemist andphysicist (b.1776)
1820–Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b.1767)
1837–John Field, Irish composer (b.1782)
1875–Charles Kingsley English writer (b.1819)
1883–Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b.1832)
1893–Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar,United States Supreme Court (b.1825)
1894–Lebengula, King ofMatabeleland (in what is nowZimbabwe) (b.1833)

1901– 2000

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1921–Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer (b.1877)
1922–Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (b.1855)
1923–Max Nordau, Austrian writer, philosopher, andZionist leader (b.1849)
1931–Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (b.1881)
1937–Marie Prevost, Canadian–American actress (b.1896)
1939–Matthias Sindelar, Austrianfootballer (b.1903)
1943–Alexander Woollcott, actor, writer, and bon vivant (b.1887)
1944–Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b.1863)
1944–Viktor Gusev, Russianpoet (b.1899)
1956–Alexander Korda, Hungarian director (b.1893)
1971–Fritz Feigl, Austrian–Brazilian chemist and academic (b.1871)
1973–Kid Ory, jazz trombonist (b.1886)
1976–Paul Robeson, actor, singer, social activist (b.1898)
1976–Paul Dupuis, French–Canadian movie and television actor (b.1913)
1978–Jack Oakie, actor (b.1903)
1978–Terry Kath, musician (Chicago) (b.1946)
1980–Giovanni Michelotti, Italian sports car designer (b.1921)
1981–Samuel Barber, American composer (b.1910)
1983–Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (b.1908)
1986–Joseph Beuys, Germansculptor and performance artist (b.1921)
1989–Salvador Dalí, Catalan artist (b.1904)
1990–Allen Collins, American musician (b.1952)
1991–Northrop Frye, literary critic (b.1912)
1992–Freddie Bartholomew, actor (b.1924)
1993–Thomas Dorsey, gospel music singer (b.1899)
1994–Brian Redhead, journalist and broadcaster (b.1929)
1994–Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (b.1917)
1997–Richard Berry, American composer, musician (b.1935)
1999–Joe D'Amato, Italiandirector andcinematographer (b.1936)
1999–Jay Pritzker, American businessman (b.1922)

From 2001

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2002–Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b.1930)
2002–Robert Nozick, philosopher (b.1938)
2003–Nell Carter, singer, actress (b.1948)
2004–Bob Keeshan, actor (b.1927)
2004–Helmut Newton, German–Australian photographer (b.1920)
2005–Johnny Carson, American television personality (b.1925)
2005–Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, British politician (b.1921)
2007–Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polishjournalist and writer (b.1932)
2009–Robert W. Scott, American politician and formerGovernor ofSouth Carolina (b.1929)
2010–Earl Wild, Americanpianist (b.1915)
2011–Jack LaLanne, American fitness and nutrition expert (b.1914)
2013–Jozef Glemp, Polishcardinal (b.1929)
2013–Janice Knickrehm, American actress (b.1925)
2014–Riz Ortolani, Italian composer (b.1926)
2015– KingAbdullah of Saudi Arabia (b.1924)
2015–Ernie Banks, Americanbaseball player (b.1931)
2015–Prosper Ego, Dutchactivist (b.1927)
2015–Nol Heijerman, Dutchfootballer (b.1940)
2015–Barrie Ingham, English actor (b.1934)
2015–Pedro Lemebel, Chilean writer (b.1952)
2015–Nick Koback, Americanbaseball player (b.1935)
2016–A. C. Jose, Indian politician (b.1937)
2016–Barry Brickell, New Zealand ceramic artist (b.1935)
2016–Elisabeta Polihroniade, Romanianchess player (b.1935)
2016–Bobby Wanzer, Americanbasketball player (b.1921)
2017–Dmytro Grabovskyy, Ukrainian–Israelibicycle racer (b.1985)
2017–Gorden Kaye, English actor (b.1941)
2017–Ruth Samuelson, American politician (b.1959)
2017–Andrew Telegdi, Hungarian–Canadian politician (b.1946)
2017–Bimba Bosé, Italian–born Spanish model, designer and actress (b.1975)
2017–Ralph Guglielmi, American football player (b.1933)
2017–Erland Kolding Nielsen, Danish academic (b.1947)
2017–Leslie Koo, Taiwanese business executive (b.1954)
2018–Hugh Masekela, South Africanjazz trumpeter (b.1939)
2018–Nicanor Parra, Chileanpoet (b.1914)
2018–Wyatt Tee Walker, American civil rights activist (b.1928)
2018–Lari White, American country singer–songwriter and actress (b.1965)
2021–Hal Holbrook, American actor (b.1925)

Observances

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NationalPie Day (United States)
Bounty Day (Pitcairn Island)

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