Page 8: 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 this day in history.   

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

1960  On January - 23 piccard &Walsh in bathyscaph "Trieste" reach 10,900 meters in Mariana Trench   

1961  On this day in history supreme Court rules cities &states have right to censor films   

1961  On January - 23 venezuela adopts constitution   

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

1962  On this day in history libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb   

1963  Kim Philby, the british/russian double agent, defects to Russia on this day in history.   

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

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

1964  Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86   

1970  On this day in history australia's first amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California)   

1970  On this day in history dolle Mina burns her bra in Amsterdam   

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

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

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

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

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

1973  On this day in history 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  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 January - 23 birth of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)   

1574  On January - 23 birth of lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1752  On this day in history birth of muzio Clementi, Italian composer   

1002  Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21 on January - 23.   

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

1356  Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies on January - 23.   

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

1548  Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 January - 23.   

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