Historical Events In January - 23

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

1975  The situation comedy Barney Miller, starring Hal Linden in the title role, debuts ABC TV on this day in history.  

1975  Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94 on January - 23.  

1976  Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs West Indies Adelaide on January - 23.  

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

1976  Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44 on January - 23.  

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

1977  Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC on January - 23.  

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

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

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1978  On this day in history jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74  

1979  On January - 23 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  On this day in history world Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2  

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

1983  On this day in history "A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC  

1983  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1984  On January - 23 hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ  

1984  On January - 23 stuart & Lillian Kelly of Brantford collect $13,890,588.80 for winning ticket in Lotto 6-49; largest to date  

1984  Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92 on this day in history.  

1985  On January - 23 britains House of Lords debate first televised  

1986  Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB on this day in history.  

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 January - 23.  

1986  On January - 23 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 this day in history.  

1988  On this day in history 45th Golden Globes Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas  

1988  On this day in history 62nd Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76)  

1988  On January - 23 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 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  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 this day in history.  

1356  Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies on this day in history.  

1516  Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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  On January - 23 death of jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507)  

1622  On January - 23 william Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38