Historical Events In January - 23

1956  On January - 23 alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62   

1957  The birth of Princess Caroline of Monaco on January - 23.   

1957  Willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25 on January - 23.   

1958  On this day in history dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez flees Venezuela, Larrazábal takes power   

1958  Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs West Indies on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances   

1960  On this day in history piccard &Walsh in bathyscaph "Trieste" reach 10,900 meters in Mariana Trench   

1961  Supreme Court rules cities &states have right to censor films on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history venezuela adopts constitution   

1962  On January - 23 british spy Kim Philby defects to USSR   

1962  On January - 23 libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb   

1963  On this day in history kim Philby, the british/russian double agent, defects to Russia   

1964  On this day in history 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections   

1964  Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City NY on January - 23.   

1964  On January - 23 louis Horst, composer, dies at 80   

1968  Spy ship USS Pueblo &83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea on January - 23.   

1968  On January - 23 the North Korean Navy seizes the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, detaining its crew on suspicion of espionage.   

1968  On January - 23 the USS Pueblo was seized in the Sea of Japan by North Korea, which claimed the ship was on a spy mission. The crew was held for 11 months before being released on Dec. 22, 1968.   

1969  Cream releases their last album "Goodbye" on January - 23.   

1969  Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86 on January - 23.   

1970  Australia's first amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California) on this day in history.   

1970  On January - 23 dolle Mina burns her bra in Amsterdam   

1970  US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1971  -80ºF (-62ºC), Prospect Creek Camp AK (US record) on January - 23.   

1971  The temperature at Prospect Creek, Alaska, dropped to 80 degrees below zero, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the United States on this day in history.   

1972  Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi on January - 23.   

1972  On this day in history entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest   

1973  Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for first time in 7,000 years on January - 23.   

1973  Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims on January - 23.   

1973  Neil Young interrupts his concert to read a message handed to him, announcing the signing of the Vietnam peace accord. "Peace has come," he says; after ten minutes of audience celebration, he launches into his single, Southern Man on January - 23.   

1973  President Nixon announced that U.S. troops would cease fighting in Vietnam at midnight Jan. 27 on this day in history.   

1973  On January - 23 u.S. President Richard Nixon announces the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.   

1974  On this day in history the first edition of women's magazine "Story"   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next Page »

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

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

1582  On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)   

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

1719  On this day in history birth of john Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790)   

1730  On January - 23 birth of joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)   

1745  William Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814) was born on January - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1356  Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies on this day in history.   

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

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