Historical Events In January - 23

1956  On this day in history alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62   

1957  The birth of Princess Caroline of Monaco on January - 23.   

1957  Willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25 on January - 23.   

1958  On this day in history dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez flees Venezuela, Larrazábal takes power   

1958  On January - 23 hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs West Indies   

1958  On this day in history "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances   

1960  On this day in history piccard &Walsh in bathyscaph "Trieste" reach 10,900 meters in Mariana Trench   

1961  On January - 23 supreme Court rules cities &states have right to censor films   

1961  On January - 23 venezuela adopts constitution   

1962  On this day in history british spy Kim Philby defects to USSR   

1962  On January - 23 libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb   

1963  On this day in history kim Philby, the british/russian double agent, defects to Russia   

1964  24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections on January - 23.   

1964  Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City NY on this day in history.   

1964  Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80 on January - 23.   

1968  On this day in history spy ship USS Pueblo &83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea   

1968  The North Korean Navy seizes the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, detaining its crew on suspicion of espionage on this day in history.   

1968  The USS Pueblo was seized in the Sea of Japan by North Korea, which claimed the ship was on a spy mission. The crew was held for 11 months before being released on Dec. 22, 1968 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history cream releases their last album "Goodbye"   

1969  On January - 23 jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86   

1970  Australia's first amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California) on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history dolle Mina burns her bra in Amsterdam   

1970  On January - 23 uS launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1   

1970  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on January - 23.   

1971  On January - 23 -80ºF (-62ºC), Prospect Creek Camp AK (US record)   

1971  On January - 23 the temperature at Prospect Creek, Alaska, dropped to 80 degrees below zero, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the United States.   

1972  Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest   

1973  Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for first time in 7,000 years on this day in history.   

1973  Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims on this day in history.   

1973  Neil Young interrupts his concert to read a message handed to him, announcing the signing of the Vietnam peace accord. "Peace has come," he says; after ten minutes of audience celebration, he launches into his single, Southern Man on January - 23.   

1973  On January - 23 president Nixon announced that U.S. troops would cease fighting in Vietnam at midnight Jan. 27.   

1973  U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam on January - 23.   

1974  On January - 23 the first edition of women's magazine "Story"   

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1350  Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419) was born on January - 23.   

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 January - 23.   

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 January - 23.   

1752  On this day in history birth of muzio Clementi, Italian composer   

1002  On this day in history 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  On January - 23 margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies   

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

1548  Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.