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 this day in history willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25   

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 January - 23.   

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 this day in history venezuela adopts constitution   

1962  British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR on January - 23.   

1962  Libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb on this day in history.   

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

1964  On January - 23 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections   

1964  On January - 23 arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City NY   

1964  On this day in history louis Horst, composer, dies at 80   

1968  On January - 23 spy ship USS Pueblo &83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea   

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

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

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

1970  Australia's first amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California) on January - 23.   

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

1970  US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1 on January - 23.   

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

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

1973  On this day in history helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for first time in 7,000 years   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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1350  Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419) was born on January - 23.   

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  On this day in history 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  On January - 23 birth of muzio Clementi, Italian composer   

1002  Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21 on this day in history.   

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  Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1548  On January - 23 bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57   

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