Historical Events In January - 23

1956  On this day in history alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62  

1957  On January - 23 the birth of Princess Caroline of Monaco  

1957  Willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25 on this day in history.  

1958  On January - 23 dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez flees Venezuela, Larrazábal takes power  

1958  Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs West Indies on January - 23.  

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

1960  Piccard &Walsh in bathyscaph "Trieste" reach 10,900 meters in Mariana Trench on this day in history.  

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

1961  Venezuela adopts constitution on January - 23.  

1962  On this day in history british spy Kim Philby defects to USSR  

1962  On this day in history 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 January - 23 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  Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history spy ship USS Pueblo &83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea  

1968  On this day in history 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  On this day in history cream releases their last album "Goodbye"  

1969  Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1970  On January - 23 australia's first amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California)  

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

1970  On this day in history uS launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1  

1970  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on January - 23.  

1971  -80ºF (-62ºC), Prospect Creek Camp AK (US record) on this day in history.  

1971  The temperature at Prospect Creek, Alaska, dropped to 80 degrees below zero, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the United States on January - 23.  

1972  On January - 23 bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi  

1972  On January - 23 entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest  

1973  On January - 23 helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for first time in 7,000 years  

1973  On January - 23 jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims  

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  On this day in history president Nixon announced that U.S. troops would cease fighting in Vietnam at midnight Jan. 27.  

1973  U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam on this day in history.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

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

1688  Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1745  William Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814) was born on this day in history.  

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 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  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  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