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What happend on 23. January in History

In our data base we found 301 events happened on 23. January:
  • 1002: Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980) [category: Deaths]
  • 1199: Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160) [category: Deaths]
  • 1350: Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419) [category: Births]
  • 1368: In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. [category: Events]
  • 1510: Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity. [category: Events]

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  • 1516: Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452) [category: Deaths]
  • 1546: Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel. [category: Events]
  • 1548: Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (b. 1490) [category: Deaths]
  • 1549: Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498) [category: Deaths]
  • 1556: The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. [category: Events]
  • 1567: Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507) [category: Deaths]
  • 1570: James Stewart, Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland (assassinated) [category: Deaths]
  • 1570: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such. [category: Events]
  • 1571: The Royal Exchange opens in London. [category: Events]
  • 1579: The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. [category: Events]
  • 1612: Edward Fenner, English judge, famous for involvement in prosecution of witchcraft [category: Deaths]
  • 1622: William Baffin, English explorer [category: Deaths]
  • 1656: Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales. [category: Events]
  • 1688: Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741) [category: Births]
  • 1719: John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790) [category: Births]

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  • 1719: The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire. [category: Events]
  • 1737: John Hancock, American patriot (d. 1793) [category: Births]
  • 1744: Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668) [category: Deaths]
  • 1745: William Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814) [category: Births]
  • 1752: Muzio Clementi, Italian composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1832) [category: Births]
  • 1783: Stendhal, French writer (d. 1842) [category: Births]
  • 1785: Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
  • 1786: Auguste de Montferrand, French architect (d. 1858) [category: Births]
  • 1789: Frances Brooke, English writer (b. 1724) [category: Deaths]
  • 1789: John Cleland, English novelist (b. 1709) [category: Deaths]
  • 1789: Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) [category: Events]
  • 1793: Second Partition of Poland [category: Events]
  • 1800: Edward Rutledge, American statesman (b. 1749) [category: Deaths]
  • 1803: Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
  • 1805: Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
  • 1806: William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759) [category: Deaths]
  • 1809: Veer Surendra Sai, Indian Freedom Fighter (d. 1884) [category: Births]
  • 1810: Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776) [category: Deaths]
  • 1812: Robert Craufurd, British general (b. 1764) [category: Deaths]
  • 1813: Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (d. 1895) [category: Births]
  • 1820: Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767) [category: Deaths]
  • 1828: Saigō Takamori, Samurai, leader of Satsuma rebellion (d. 1877) [category: Births]
  • 1832: Édouard Manet, French artist (d. 1883) [category: Births]
  • 1833: Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
  • 1837: John Field, Irish composer (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
  • 1840: Ernst Abbe, German physicist (d. 1905) [category: Births]
  • 1846: Hermann Clemenz, Estonian chess player (d. 1908) [category: Births]
  • 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor. [category: Events]
  • 1855: John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) [category: Births]
  • 1855: The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge. [category: Events]
  • 1857: Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist (d. 1936) [category: Births]
  • 1862: David Hilbert, German mathematician (d. 1943) [category: Births]
  • 1866: Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
  • 1870: Ole Sæther, Norwegian rifle shooter (d. 1946) [category: Births]
  • 1870: In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in the Marias Massacre. [category: Events]
  • 1872: Joze Plečnik, Slovenian architect (d. 1957) [category: Births]
  • 1872: Paul Langevin, French physicist (d. 1946) [category: Births]
  • 1875: Charles Kingsley English writer (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
  • 1876: Otto Diels, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1954) [category: Births]
  • 1879: Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends. [category: Events]
  • 1881: Luisa Casati, Artist's patroness, muse and fashion icon (d. 1957) [category: Births]
  • 1883: Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
  • 1884: George McManus American cartoonist (d. 1954) [category: Births]
  • 1884: Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver (d. 1956) [category: Births]
  • 1893: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
  • 1894: Jyotirmoyee Devi, Indian Writer (d.1988) [category: Births]
  • 1896: Alf Hall, South African cricketer (d. 1964) [category: Births]
  • 1896: Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1985) [category: Births]
  • 1897: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (d. 2000) [category: Births]
  • 1897: Sir William Samuel Stephenson, Canadian soldier, W.W.II codename, Intrepid. Inspiration for James Bond. (d. 1989) [category: Births]
  • 1897: Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian independence fighter [category: Births]
  • 1897: Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction. [category: Events]
  • 1898: Freda Utley, British scholar and author (d. 1978) [category: Births]
  • 1898: Randolph Scott, American actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
  • 1898: Sergei Eisenstein, Russian film director (d. 1948) [category: Births]
  • 1899: Glen Kidston, British aviator and racing driver (d. 1931) [category: Births]
  • 1899: Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic. [category: Events]
  • 1900: William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
  • 1900: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces during the Second Boer War resulted in a British defeat. [category: Events]
  • 1903: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (d. 1948) [category: Births]
  • 1904: Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style. [category: Events]
  • 1907: Dan Duryea, American actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
  • 1907: Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981) [category: Births]
  • 1909: The RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day. [category: Events]
  • 1910: Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (d. 1953) [category: Births]
  • 1912: Boris Pokrovsky, Russian operatic stage director (d. 2009) [category: Births]
  • 1912: The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague. [category: Events]
  • 1913: Jean-Michel Atlan, French painter (d. 1960) [category: Births]
  • 1913: Wally Parks, American racing executive, founder of the NHRA (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1915: Arthur Lewis, British economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991) [category: Births]
  • 1915: Potter Stewart, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1985) [category: Births]
  • 1916: Airey Neave, British Major, politician and indictment server at the Nuremberg Trials (d. 1979) [category: Births]
  • 1916: David Douglas Duncan, American photo-journalist [category: Births]
  • 1918: Gertrude B. Elion, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1919: Bob Paisley, English football player and manager (d. 1996) [category: Births]
  • 1919: Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (d. 1962) [category: Births]
  • 1919: Frances Bay, Canadian actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1919: Hans Hass, Austrian zoologist and underwater scientist [category: Births]
  • 1920: Walter Frederick Morrison, American inventor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1920: The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies. [category: Events]
  • 1921: Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
  • 1922: Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
  • 1923: Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach [category: Births]
  • 1923: Walter M. Miller, Jr., American writer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
  • 1923: Max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
  • 1924: Frank Lautenberg, American politician [category: Births]
  • 1926: Bal Thackeray, Indian politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1927: Jack Quinlan, American broadcaster (d. 1965) [category: Births]
  • 1927: Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
  • 1928: Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1928: Jeanne Moreau, French actress [category: Births]
  • 1929: John Charles Polanyi, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
  • 1929: Myron Cope, American sports announcer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
  • 1929: Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Kiev Patriarch [category: Births]
  • 1930: Derek Walcott, West Indies writer, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
  • 1930: Teresa Żylis-Gara, Polish singer [category: Births]
  • 1931: Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
  • 1933: Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican actress and dancer [category: Births]
  • 1934: Pierre Bourgault, Canadian politician and essayist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1935: Bob Moses, American civil rights activist [category: Births]
  • 1936: Jerry Kramer, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1937: Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
  • 1937: In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. [category: Events]
  • 1938: Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor [category: Births]
  • 1938: Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1938: Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
  • 1939: Arlene Golonka, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1939: Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist [category: Births]
  • 1939: Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
  • 1940: Joe Dowell, American singer [category: Births]
  • 1940: Johnny Russell, American country singer and songwriter (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1941: Jock R. Anderson, Australian agricultural economist [category: Births]
  • 1941: Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler. [category: Events]
  • 1942: Herman Tjeenk Willink, Dutch politician, [category: Births]
  • 1942: Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director [category: Births]
  • 1942: World War II: The Battle of Rabaul begins, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign. [category: Events]
  • 1943: Gary Burton, American jazz vibraphonist [category: Births]
  • 1943: Gil Gerard, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1943: Alexander Woollcott, American actor, author, and bon vivant (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
  • 1943: Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. [category: Events]
  • 1943: World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. This turning point in the Pacific War marks the beginning of the end of Japanese aggression. [category: Events]
  • 1943: World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends. [category: Events]
  • 1943: World War II: Troops of Montgomery's 8th Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army. [category: Events]
  • 1944: Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor [category: Births]
  • 1944: Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
  • 1944: Viktor Gusev, Russian poet (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
  • 1945: Mike Harris, Canadian politician, former Premier of Ontario [category: Births]
  • 1945: World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal. [category: Events]
  • 1946: Arnoldo Alemán, President of Nicaragua [category: Births]
  • 1946: Don Whittington, American businessman, car and airplane racer and convicted felon [category: Births]
  • 1947: Megawati Sukarnoputri, 5th President of Indonesia [category: Births]
  • 1947: Thomas R. Carper, American politician, senior senator of Delaware [category: Births]
  • 1948: Anita Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) [category: Births]
  • 1950: Danny Federici, American musician (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) (d. 2008) [category: Births]
  • 1950: John Greaves, English musician (Henry Cow, National Health) [category: Births]
  • 1950: Richard Dean Anderson, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1950: The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. [category: Events]
  • 1951: Chesley Sullenberger, American pilot, captain of US Airways Flight 1549 [category: Births]
  • 1951: David Patrick Kelly, American actor and musician [category: Births]
  • 1951: Michael R. Matz, American equestrian player [category: Births]
  • 1952: Omar Henry, South African cricketer [category: Births]
  • 1953: Alister E. McGrath, British theologian and scientist [category: Births]
  • 1953: Antonio Villaraigosa, American politician, 52nd Mayor of Los Angeles [category: Births]
  • 1953: John Luther Adams, American composer [category: Births]
  • 1953: Robin Zander, American singer (Cheap Trick) [category: Births]
  • 1954: Edward Ka-Spel, English musician (Legendary Pink Dots) [category: Births]
  • 1954: Franco De Vita, Venezuelan singer and songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1956: Alexander Korda, Hungarian/British film director (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
  • 1957: Lou Schuler, American fitness journalist [category: Births]
  • 1957: Princess Caroline of Monaco [category: Births]
  • 1957: Willie Edwards, Murder victim/killed by KKK members (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
  • 1957: American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, who later rename it the "Frisbee". [category: Events]
  • 1958: Overthrow in Venezuela of Marcos Pérez Jiménez [category: Events]
  • 1959: Clive Bull, English radio talk show host [category: Births]
  • 1960: Jean-François Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1960: Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
  • 1960: The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean. [category: Events]
  • 1961: Mas Selamat bin Kastari, Singaporean fugitive [category: Births]
  • 1961: The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by foes of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar was overthrown. [category: Events]
  • 1962: Elvira Lindo, Spanish writer and journalist [category: Births]
  • 1963: Gail O'Grady, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1963: Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor and medallic artist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
  • 1963: Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite. [category: Events]
  • 1964: Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana [category: Births]
  • 1964: Mario Roberge, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1964: Mariska Hargitay, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1964: The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified. [category: Events]
  • 1965: Louie Clemente, American drummer (Testament) [category: Births]
  • 1965: Thomas Adler, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1966: Haywoode Workman, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1967: Naim Süleymanoğlu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter [category: Births]
  • 1967: Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Côte d'Ivoire are established. [category: Events]
  • 1968: Petr Korda, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1968: North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo (AGER-2), claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying. [category: Events]
  • 1969: Andrei Kanchelskis, Ukrainian-Russian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1969: Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress [category: Births]
  • 1969: Brendan Shanahan, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1970: Brendan O'Connor, Irish journalist, satirist [category: Births]
  • 1970: Spyridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper [category: Births]
  • 1970: Tracey Cherelle Jones, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1971: Adam Parore, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
  • 1971: Kevin Mawae, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1971: Marc Nelson, American R&B singer and lyricist [category: Births]
  • 1971: Scott Gibbs, Welsh rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1971: Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
  • 1972: Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor [category: Births]
  • 1972: Lisa Snowdon, British model and TV presenter [category: Births]
  • 1972: Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer [category: Births]
  • 1973: Lanei Chapman, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1973: Tomas Holmström, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1973: Alexander Onassis, Greek heir of the Onassis family (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
  • 1973: Kid Ory, American jazz trombonist (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
  • 1973: A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland. [category: Events]
  • 1973: President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam. [category: Events]
  • 1974: Joel Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1974: Rebekah Elmaloglou, Australian actress [category: Births]
  • 1974: Richard T. Slone, British artist [category: Births]
  • 1974: Sampsa Astala, Finnish musician (Lordi) [category: Births]
  • 1974: Tiffani Thiessen, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1974: Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1975: Phil Dawson, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1975: Tito Ortiz, American UFC fighter [category: Births]
  • 1976: Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress and singer [category: Births]
  • 1976: Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1976: Nigel McGuinness, English wrestler [category: Births]
  • 1976: Tony Lucca, American actor, singer, and musician [category: Births]
  • 1976: Paul Dupuis, French Canadian film and television actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
  • 1976: Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and social activist (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
  • 1977: Kamal Heer, Punjabi singer and musician [category: Births]
  • 1977: Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
  • 1978: Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
  • 1978: Terry Kath, American musician (Chicago) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
  • 1978: Vic Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers) (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 1979: Dawn Porter, British television presenter [category: Births]
  • 1979: Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1979: Larry Hughes, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1981: Julia Jones, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1981: Rob Friend, Canadian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1981: Sarai, American rapper, songwriter, and actress [category: Births]
  • 1981: Samuel Barber, American composer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
  • 1982: Patrick Levis, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1982: Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1983: Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
  • 1984: Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
  • 1984: Robbie Farah, Australian rugby league footballer [category: Births]
  • 1984: Mu'in Bseiso, Palestinian poet (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 1985: Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer [category: Births]
  • 1985: Doutzen Kroes, Dutch supermodel [category: Births]
  • 1986: Anne Foy, British children's television presenter [category: Births]
  • 1986: José Enrique Sánchez, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1986: Steven Taylor, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1986: Joseph Beuys, German artist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
  • 1986: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. [category: Events]
  • 1987: Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer [category: Births]
  • 1988: Alan Power, Irish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1988: Charles Glen King, American biochemist (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
  • 1989: April Pearson, British actress [category: Births]
  • 1989: Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
  • 1990: Martyn Waghorn, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1990: Allen Collins, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
  • 1991: Northrop Frye, Canadian writer and critic (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
  • 1992: Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
  • 1993: Thomas A. Dorsey, American singer (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
  • 1994: Wesley Jobello, French footballer [category: Births]
  • 1994: Brian Redhead, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 1994: Nikolai Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
  • 1997: Richard Berry, American composer and musician (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
  • 1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. [category: Events]
  • 1999: Jay Pritzker, American businessman (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 1999: Joe D'Amato, Italian director (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
  • 1999: Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Paul Aars, American racecar driver (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Robert Nozick, American philosopher (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: American Taliban John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody. [category: Events]
  • 2002: Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered . [category: Events]
  • 2003: Nell Carter, American singer and actress (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
  • 2003: Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10. [category: Events]
  • 2004: Bob Keeshan, American actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Helmut Newton, German-born photographer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, British politician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Chris McKinstry, Canadian scientist (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and writer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian Politician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Tatiana Mamaki, Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
  • 2009: Robert W. Scott, American politician, governor of North Carolina (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Kermit Tyler, American air force officer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Protests take place in 60 Canadian cities against the prorogation of the 40th Canadian Parliament. [category: Events]
  • 2011: Jack LaLanne, American fitness and nutritional expert (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
  • 3102_bce: Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga. [category: Events]
  • 393: Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight year old son Honorius co-emperor. [category: Events]
  • 971: In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. [category: Events]
  • _: Abakuh [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Blessed Marianne of Molokai [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Bounty Day (Pitcairn Island) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Emerentiana [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Ildephonsus of Toledo [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]