January, 23rd in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 23, 2005:
Viktor Yushchenko sworn in as the third President of Ukraine in Kiev, Ukraine.

Wednesday 23, 2002:
Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and subsequently murdered in Karachi, Pakistan.

Saturday 23, 1999:
1999 - Australian Christian missionary Graham Stewart Stains and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in eastern India.

Thursday 23, 1997:
Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.

Thursday 23, 1986:
The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley)

Wednesday 23, 1985:
O. J. Simpson becomes the first Heisman Trophy winner elected to the Football Hall of Fame.

Monday 23, 1984:
Hulk Hogan wins the World Wrestling Federation Championship from the Iron Sheik, in New York's Madison Square Garden. Hulkamania is born.

Sunday 23, 1983:
The A-Team debuts.

Monday 23, 1978:
Sweden becomes the first nation to ban aerosol sprays that are thought to damage earth's protective ozone layer.

Sunday 23, 1977:
The first segment of the Roots mini-series airs on ABC.

Thursday 23, 1975:
Barney Miller debuts on ABC.

Tuesday 23, 1973:
President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.

Tuesday 23, 1968:
North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated their territorial waters while spying.

Thursday 23, 1964:
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.

Saturday 23, 1960:
The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record when by descending to the deepest point in the Pacific Ocean. (The depth was measured to be 35,813 ft (10,916 m) but later measurements show it to be 35,798 ft (10,911 m))

Monday 23, 1950:
The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

Saturday 23, 1943:
Duke Ellington plays at New York City's Carnegie Hall for the first time.

Thursday 23, 1941:
Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.

Saturday 23, 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.

Friday 23, 1920:
The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.

Tuesday 23, 1912:
The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.

Wednesday 23, 1907:
Charles Curtis from Kansas, becomes the first Native American US Senator.

Saturday 23, 1904:
Ålesund Fire: Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless. German Kaiser Wilhelm helps rebuild the town in Jugendstil architecture.

Sunday 23, 1870:
Marias Massacre

Tuesday 23, 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.

Tuesday 23, 1849:
Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her MD by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York, thus becoming the United States' first woman doctor.

Monday 23, 1843:
The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning.

Friday 23, 1789:
Georgetown College becomes the first Catholic college in the United States (Washington, DC).

Monday 23, 1719:
The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.

Tuesday 23, 1579:
The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.

Saturday 23, 1571:
The Royal Exchange opens in London.

Friday 23, 1570:
The assassination of regent James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war.

Monday 23, 1556:
The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. 830,000 people may have been killed.

Wednesday 23, 1546:
Having published nothing for 11 years, Francois Rabelais brings out his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel: the Tiers Libre.

Monday 23, 1533:
Anne Boleyn, mistress of Henry VIII of England, discovers herself pregnant.

Sunday 23, 1510:
Henry VIII of England, 18, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals himself.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-january/on-this-day.html


People born on January 23

1984:
Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer (b: January 23, 1984) (Biography of Arjen Robben)

1974:
Tiffani Thiessen, American actress (b: January 23, 1974) (Biography of Tiffani Thiessen)

1972:
Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer (b: January 23, 1972) (Biography of Marcel Wouda)

1967:
Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter (b: January 23, 1967) (Biography of Naim Suleymanoglu)

1964:
Mariska Hargitay, American actress (b: January 23, 1964) (Biography of Mariska Hargitay)

1963:
Gail O'Grady, American actress (b: January 23, 1963) (Biography of Gail O'Grady)

1957:
Princess Caroline of Monaco (b: January 23, 1957) (Biography of Caroline, Princess of Hanover)

1954:
Franco De Vita, Venezuelan singer and songwriter (b: January 23, 1954) (Biography of Franco De Vita)

1950:
Richard Dean Anderson, American actor (b: January 23, 1950) (Biography of Richard Dean Anderson)
Danny Federici, American musician (Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band) (b: January 23, 1950) (Biography of Danny Federici)

1948:
Anita Pointer, American singer (b: January 23, 1948) (Biography of Pointer Sisters)

1947:
Megawati Sukarnoputri, President of Indonesia (b: January 23, 1947) (Biography of Megawati Sukarnoputri)

1944:
Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (b: January 23, 1944) (Biography of Rutger Hauer)

1943:
Gil Gerard, American actor (b: January 23, 1943) (Biography of Gil Gerard)

1938:
Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler (b: January 23, 1938) (Biography of Shohei Baba)
Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor (b: January 23, 1938) (Biography of Georg Baselitz)

1936:
Jerry Kramer, American football player (b: January 23, 1936) (Biography of Jerry Kramer)

1933:
Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican actress and dancer (b: January 23, 1933) (Biography of Chita Rivera)

1930:
Derek Walcott, West Indian author (b: January 23, 1930) (Biography of Derek Walcott)

1928:
Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (b: January 23, 1928 ; d: May 26, 2005) (Biography of Chico Carrasquel)
Jeanne Moreau, French actress (b: January 23, 1928) (Biography of Jeanne Moreau)

1923:
Walter M. Miller Jr., American writer (b: January 23, 1923) (Biography of Walter M. Miller Jr.)

1919:
Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (b: January 23, 1919 ; d: January 13, 1962) (Biography of Ernie Kovacs)
Hans Hass, Austrian zoologist and underwater scientist (b: January 23, 1919) (Biography of Hans Hass)

1915:
Potter Stewart, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b: January 23, 1915 ; d: December 7, 1985) (Biography of Potter Stewart)

1910:
Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist (b: January 23, 1910 ; d: May 16, 1953) (Biography of Django Reinhardt)

1907:
Dan Duryea, American actor (b: January 23, 1907) (Biography of Dan Duryea)
Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: January 23, 1907 ; d: September 8, 1981) (Biography of Hideki Yukawa)

1903:
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (b: January 23, 1903 ; d: April 9, 1948) (Biography of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán)

1898:
Sergei Eisenstein, Russian film director (b: January 23, 1898 ; d: February 11, 1948) (Biography of Sergei Eisenstein)
Randolph Scott, American actor (b: January 23, 1898 ; d: March 2, 1987) (Biography of Randolph Scott)

1897:
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b: January 23, 1897 ; d: January 18, 2000) (Biography of Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky)
Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian independence fighter (b: January 23, 1897) (Biography of Subhas Chandra Bose)

1896:
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b: January 23, 1896 ; d: July 9, 1985) (Biography of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg)

1884:
Ralph DePalma, Italian-born race car driver (b: January 23, 1884 ; d: March 31, 1956) (Biography of Ralph DePalma)

1872:
Goce Delchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b: January 23, 1872 ; d: May 4, 1903) (Biography of Goce Delchev)
Joze Plečnik, Slovenian architect (b: January 23, 1872) (Biography of Joze Plecnik)

1862:
David Hilbert, German mathematician (b: January 23, 1862 ; d: February 14, 1943) (Biography of David Hilbert)

1857:
Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist (b: January 23, 1857 ; d: December 18, 1936) (Biography of Andrija Mohorovicic)

1840:
Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b: January 23, 1840 ; d: January 14, 1905) (Biography of Ernst Abbe)

1832:
Edouard Manet, French artist (b: January 23, 1832 ; d: April 30, 1883) (Biography of Edouard Manet)

1786:
Auguste de Montferrand, French architect (b: January 23, 1786) (Biography of Auguste de Montferrand)

1783:
Stendhal, French writer (b: January 23, 1783 ; d: March 23, 1842) (Biography of Stendhal)

1745:
William Jessop, English canal engineer (b: January 23, 1745 ; d: November 18, 1814) (Biography of William Jessop)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-january/births.html

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They left us on January 23

2005:
Johnny Carson, American television host (b: October 23, 1925 ; d: January 23, 2005) (Biography of Johnny Carson)
Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare (d: January 23, 2005) (Biography of Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare)
Douglas Knight (d: January 23, 2005) (Biography of Douglas Knight)

2004:
Bob Keeshan (d: January 23, 2004) (Biography of Bob Keeshan)
Helmut Newton, German photographer (b: October 31, 1920 ; d: January 23, 2004) (Biography of Helmut Newton)

2003:
Nell Carter, American actress and singer (b: September 13, 1948 ; d: January 23, 2003) (Biography of Nell Carter)

2002:
Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b: August 1, 1930 ; d: January 23, 2002) (Biography of Pierre Bourdieu)
Robert Nozick, American philosopher (b: November 16, 1938 ; d: January 23, 2002) (Biography of Robert Nozick)

1999:
Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b: June 18, 1949 ; d: January 23, 1999) (Biography of Prince Lincoln Thompson)

1997:
Richard Berry, American singer, and composer (b: April 11, 1935 ; d: January 23, 1997) (Biography of Richard Berry)

1994:
Brian Redhead, English journalist and broadcaster (b: December 28, 1929 ; d: January 23, 1994) (Biography of Brian Redhead)

1993:
Thomas A. Dorsey, American father of gospel music (b: July 1, 1899 ; d: January 23, 1993) (Biography of Thomas A. Dorsey)

1992:
Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (b: March 28, 1924 ; d: January 23, 1992) (Biography of Freddie Bartholomew)

1991:
Northrop Frye, Canadian literary critic (b: July 14, 1912 ; d: January 23, 1991) (Biography of Northrop Frye)

1990:
Allen Collins (d: January 23, 1990) (Biography of Allen Collins)

1989:
Salvador Dalí, Catalan painter (b: May 11, 1904 ; d: January 23, 1989) (Biography of Salvador Dalí)

1983:
Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (b: November 2, 1908 ; d: January 23, 1983) (Biography of Fred Bakewell)

1981:
Samuel Barber, American composer (b: March 9, 1910 ; d: January 23, 1981) (Biography of Samuel Barber)

1978:
Jack Oakie, American actor (b: November 12, 1903 ; d: January 23, 1978) (Biography of Jack Oakie)
Terry Kath, American musician (b: January 31, 1946 ; d: January 23, 1978) (Biography of Terry Kath)

1976:
Paul Robeson, American singer and activist (b: April 9, 1898 ; d: January 23, 1976) (Biography of Paul Robeson)

1973:
Kid Ory, jazz musician (b: December 25, 1886 ; d: January 23, 1973) (Biography of Kid Ory)

1944:
Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b: December 12, 1863 ; d: January 23, 1944) (Biography of Edvard Munch)

1943:
Alexander Woollcott, American intellectual (b: January 19, 1887 ; d: January 23, 1943) (Biography of Alexander Woollcott)

1937:
Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b: November 8, 1898 ; d: January 23, 1937) (Biography of Marie Prevost)

1931:
Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (b: February 12, 1881 ; d: January 23, 1931) (Biography of Anna Pavlova)

1923:
Max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b: July 29, 1849 ; d: January 23, 1923) (Biography of Max Nordau)

1893:
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) (d: January 23, 1893) (Biography of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II))

1883:
Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (b: January 6, 1832 ; d: January 23, 1883) (Biography of Gustave Doré)

1875:
Charles Kingsley, English writer (b: July 12, 1819 ; d: January 23, 1875) (Biography of Charles Kingsley)

1837:
John Field, Irish composer (b: July 26, 1782 ; d: January 23, 1837) (Biography of John Field (composer))

1833:
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (b: April 9, 1757 ; d: January 23, 1833) (Biography of Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth)

1812:
Robert Craufurd, British general (b: May 5, 1764 ; d: January 23, 1812) (Biography of Robert Craufurd)

1805:
Claude Chappe, telecommunications pioneer (b: December 25, 1763 ; d: January 23, 1805) (Biography of Claude Chappe)

1800:
Edward Rutledge, U.S. statesman (b: November 23, 1749 ; d: January 23, 1800) (Biography of Edward Rutledge)

1789:
John Cleland (d: January 23, 1789) (Biography of John Cleland)

1744:
Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b: June 23, 1668 ; d: January 23, 1744) (Biography of Giambattista Vico)

1622:
William Baffin (d: January 23, 1622) (Biography of William Baffin)

1570:
James Stewart, Earl of Moray (d: January 23, 1570) (Biography of James Stewart, Earl of Moray)

1567:
Jiajing, Emperor of China (b: September 16, 1507 ; d: January 23, 1567) (Biography of Jiajing)

1548:
Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (b: October 12, 1490 ; d: January 23, 1548) (Biography of Bernardo Pisano)

1199:
Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (d: January 23, 1199) (Biography of Yaqub, Almohad Caliph)

1002:
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (d: January 23, 1002) (Biography of Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-january/deaths.html