Historical Events In January - 23

1975  "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV on January - 23.  

1975  On January - 23 the situation comedy Barney Miller, starring Hal Linden in the title role, debuts ABC TV.  

1975  Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94 on this day in history.  

1976  Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs West Indies Adelaide on this day in history.  

1976  On January - 23 washington Capitals end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat New York Rangers 7-5  

1976  Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1977  On this day in history $1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris  

1977  On this day in history miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC  

1977  On January - 23 bernard "Toots" Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73  

1978  Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris on January - 23.  

1978  Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1979  On this day in history willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame  

1980  On January - 23 president Carter reinstated the Selective Service System.  

1981  On this day in history jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin  

1981  Bobby Sherwood, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66 on January - 23.  

1982  World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2 on January - 23.  

1982  Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83 on January - 23.  

1983  On January - 23 "A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC  

1983  On January - 23 björn Borg announces his retirement from tennis  

1983  Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $14,700,000 on January - 23.  

1983  Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean on January - 23.  

1984  Greatest unpaced 1-hour bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km on January - 23.  

1984  On this day in history hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ  

1984  On this day in history stuart & Lillian Kelly of Brantford collect $13,890,588.80 for winning ticket in Lotto 6-49; largest to date  

1984  On January - 23 samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92  

1985  Britains House of Lords debate first televised on this day in history.  

1986  Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB on January - 23.  

1986  The first induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis &Elvis Presley) on this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64  

1987  On January - 23 dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 point loss)  

1987  Japan first exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion) on January - 23.  

1988  On January - 23 45th Golden Globes Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas  

1988  On January - 23 62nd Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76)  

1988  On this day in history experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan &Jeana Yeager, complete first nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands  

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1350  On January - 23 birth of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)  

1574  On this day in history birth of lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter  

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

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

1719  On January - 23 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  Muzio Clementi, Italian composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1516  On this day in history ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63  

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 January - 23.