Historical Events In January - 23

1975  On this day in history "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV   

1975  On this day in history the situation comedy Barney Miller, starring Hal Linden in the title role, debuts ABC TV.   

1975  On January - 23 karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94   

1976  On January - 23 ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs West Indies Adelaide   

1976  Washington Capitals end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat New York Rangers 7-5 on January - 23.   

1976  On January - 23 aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44   

1977  $1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris on this day in history.   

1977  Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC on January - 23.   

1977  Bernard "Toots" Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73 on January - 23.   

1978  Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris on January - 23.   

1978  Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74 on January - 23.   

1979  On this day in history willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

1980  On January - 23 president Carter reinstated the Selective Service System.   

1981  On this day in history jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin   

1981  On January - 23 bobby Sherwood, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66   

1982  On this day in history world Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2   

1982  On January - 23 hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83   

1983  On January - 23 "A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC   

1983  Björn Borg announces his retirement from tennis on this day in history.   

1983  On January - 23 cerebral Palsy telethon raises $14,700,000   

1983  Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean on this day in history.   

1984  Greatest unpaced 1-hour bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km on January - 23.   

1984  Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ on January - 23.   

1984  On January - 23 stuart & Lillian Kelly of Brantford collect $13,890,588.80 for winning ticket in Lotto 6-49; largest to date   

1984  Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92 on January - 23.   

1985  On this day in history britains House of Lords debate first televised   

1986  Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB on this day in history.   

1986  The first induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis &Elvis Presley) on this day in history.   

1986  On January - 23 joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64   

1987  Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 point loss) on this day in history.   

1987  On January - 23 japan first exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion)   

1988  45th Golden Globes Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas on January - 23.   

1988  On this day in history 62nd Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76)   

1988  On January - 23 experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan &Jeana Yeager, complete first nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands   

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1350  Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419) was born on January - 23.   

1574  Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter was born on January - 23.   

1582  On January - 23 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)   

1688  On January - 23 birth of queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741)   

1719  John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1730  Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer) was born on this day in history.   

1745  On January - 23 birth of william Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814)   

1752  Muzio Clementi, Italian composer was born on this day in history.   

1002  On January - 23 otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21   

1199  Death of Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160) on this day in history.   

1356  On this day in history margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies   

1516  Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1548  Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57 on January - 23.   

1549  Death of Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498) on January - 23.   

1567  On January - 23 death of jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507)   

1622  On this day in history william Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38