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Friday, 23 January 2026
1987 Rodolfo Halffter, composer, dies at 86. 
1988 Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce and annulment.
1988 Mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies
1989 Michael Carmine, actor (Batteries Not Included), dies at 30.
1990 Leonard Bernstein, composer, dies of heart attack at 72
1992 John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51
1993 Bertie Clarke, cricketer (6 wkts for WI in 1939), dies
1994 Gioconda de Vito, violinist, dies at 87
1995 Edith Pargeter, author (Brother Cadfael), dies of a stroke at 82
1996 Laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91
1997 Harold Robbins, salacious novelist, dies at 81
2012 20 people are gunned down in a mosque in Dogo Dawa, Nigeria
2012 Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner is recorded as becoming the inaugural person to break the sound barrier without any machine assistance during a record space dive out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon from 24 miles (39 kilometers) over Roswell, New Mexico in the United States
2014 In this year, Richard Flanagan's novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North claims the 2014 Man Booker Prize
2017 Terrorist bomb attack in a truck in Mogadishu, Somalia leaves at more than 300 dead and hundreds injured
2017 Producer Harvey Weinstein is expelled by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after historical revelations of sexual harassment and rape
2017 Spanish government says it will impose direct rule on Catalonia after the region voted for independence in a referendum.
2017 A massive blast caused by a truck bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia results in the deaths of at least 512 people and injures 316 others.
2018 Afghan batsman Hazratullah Zazai is recorded as becoming only the 6th player in cricket history (3rd in T20) to hit 6-sixes in an over; scores 62 in 17 balls in Kabul Zwanan loss v Balkh Legends in Afghanistan Premier League
2018 Flash floods in Aude region, France kill at least 10 people
2019 Booker Prize awarded jointly to Margaret Atwood for "The Testaments" and Bernardine Evaristo for "Girl, Woman, Other", Evaristo 1st black woman to win.
2019 Spain's Supreme Court jails nine Catalan separatist leaders for sedition for 2017 independence referendum, prompting violent clashes in Barcelona
2019 Trial of Catalonia independence leaders: The Supreme Court of Spain sentences nine Catalan independence movement leaders to 9 to 13 years of prison for sedition and misuse of public funds. Three others are disqualified for 1 year and 8 months for disobedience. Violent protests erupt across Catalonia
2019 A New York Times investigation reveals that Russian planes have bombed at least 50 hospitals and clinics in opposition-held Idlib, Syria
2020 French president Emmanuel Macron announces a public health emergency and a curfew of 9 pm for nine cities due to surge in COVID-19 cases.
2020 A copy of William Shakespeare 's inaugural Folio sells for a record $9.98 million at auction in New York.
2023 Madonna opens her Celebration World Tour in London at the O2 Arena, after a three-month delay due to a life-threatening infection [1].
2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum: A majority of Australians vote against establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the constitution
2023 In this year, New Zealand general election: The National Party claims a plurality of seats under leader Christopher Luxon, while the Labour Party suffers the worst result for an incumbent ruling party in modern New Zealand history
2024 The Europa Clipper spacecraft is launched to investigate Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter
2025 Father and son gunmen kill least 15 and wound dozens at a Jewish “Chanukah by the Sea” celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia; police kill the elder shooter [1].
