Historical Events In January - 23

1988  On this day in history sandinista missiles downed a cargo plane that was dropping U.S.-financed supplies to Contra rebels in southeastern Nicaragua. Four crewmen were killed.  

1989  On this day in history challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court  

1989  Surrealist painter Salvador Dali dies at age 84 on this day in history.  

1990  On January - 23 dean Jones scores twin Test tons vs Pakistan at Adelaide Oval  

1990  Albert Collins, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of pneumonia at 57 on this day in history.  

1991  "Seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV on January - 23.  

1991  High-denomination banknotes withdrawn in USSR on this day in history.  

1991  On January - 23 world's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait  

1992  On January - 23 in Ottawa the Supreme Court of Canada rules that the federal government can conduct environmental reviews on any projects under its jurisdiction  

1992  On this day in history freddie Bartholomew, child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67  

1993  On January - 23 50th Golden Globes Scent of a Woman, wins  

1993  On this day in history convicted diet doc killer Jean Harris was freed, discharged from a New York state hospital after heart surgery and with a grant of clemency from the governor.  

1993  On this day in history graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack  

1993  On January - 23 indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die  

1993  On this day in history new York Newsday reports Oregon's Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women  

1993  US female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan on this day in history.  

1993  On this day in history dudley Stevens, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57  

1994  Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina on January - 23.  

1994  On this day in history nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76  

1995  On January - 23 british Columbia blocks Alcan's $1.3-billion (Canadian) Kemano power dam development, citing the threat to its salmon fishery.  

1995  Defence Minister David Collenette disbands the Canadian Airborne Regiment, effective March 5; after some of its soldiers were found to be involved in the death of a Somali boy during the UN mission on January - 23.  

1995  On January - 23 in Toronto Ontario surgeons at The Hospital for Sick Children perform a 17 hour operation to separate Pakistani Siamese twins Hira and Nida Jamal; Nida will died a month later  

1995  On January - 23 the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), a nationally funded watchdog organization, warned Internet users about sophisticated new hacker techniques  

1995  On this day in history harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist, dies at 100  

1996  Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand vs Zimbabwe on January - 23.  

1996  General Electric threw in the towel in the struggle to keep its Genie online service competitive in the growing battle with the Web. The company announced it would sell the service to Yovelle Renaissance Corporation, which would turn Genie into a Web site on this day in history.  

1996  John Mackin, programmer, dies at 36 on January - 23.  

1997  On January - 23 madeline Albright was sworn into office to become the first woman secretary of state.  

1998  On this day in history pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba  

1999  Monica Lewinsky is ordered by a federal judge to submit to an interview in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Bill Clinton on this day in history.  

2004  Senate Democrats demanded an investigation of U.S. government dealings with Halliburton Co. following revelations of kickbacks on Iraq contracts on this day in history.  

2006  Stephen Harper wins the federal election in Canada, forming a minority government on this day in history.  

2009  On this day in history dendermonde nursery attack occurred in Dendermonde, Belgium.  

2012  On January - 23 european Union agrees to embargo Iranian oil in protest against Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program  

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1350  On this day in history birth of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)  

1574  On this day in history birth of lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter  

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

1688  On this day in history birth of queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741)  

1719  John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790) was born on January - 23.  

1730  Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer) was born on January - 23.  

1745  On this day in history birth of william Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814)  

1752  Muzio Clementi, Italian composer was born on January - 23.  

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

1199  Death of Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160) on January - 23.  

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

1516  On January - 23 ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63  

1548  On this day in history bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57  

1549  Death of Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498) on this day in history.  

1567  Death of Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507) on January - 23.  

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