Page 8: Historical Events In January - 23

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

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

1957  On January - 23 willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25   

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

1958  On this day in history hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs West Indies   

1958  On January - 23 "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances   

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  On January - 23 venezuela adopts constitution   

1962  British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR on this day in history.   

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  24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections on January - 23.   

1964  On this day in history arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City NY   

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

1968  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86   

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

1970  Dolle Mina burns her bra in Amsterdam on January - 23.   

1970  On January - 23 uS launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1   

1970  On January - 23 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

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

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

1972  Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest on January - 23.   

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

1973  On this day in history jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims   

1973  On January - 23 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   

1973  President Nixon announced that U.S. troops would cease fighting in Vietnam at midnight Jan. 27 on January - 23.   

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

1974  The first edition of women's magazine "Story" on this day in history.   

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

1688  Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741) was born on January - 23.   

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

1730  On this day in history birth of joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)   

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

1752  On January - 23 birth of muzio Clementi, Italian composer   

1002  On this day in history otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21   

1199  On this day in history death of yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)   

1356  On January - 23 margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies   

1516  Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 on January - 23.   

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

1549  On this day in history death of johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)   

1567  Death of Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507) on this day in history.   

1622  William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 on this day in history.