Page 8: Historical Events In January - 23

1956  On January - 23 alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62   

1957  On this day in history the birth of Princess Caroline of Monaco   

1957  On this day in history willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25   

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

1958  On this day in history hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs West Indies   

1958  "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances on January - 23.   

1960  On January - 23 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  Venezuela adopts constitution on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1964  On January - 23 arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City NY   

1964  Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1968  Spy ship USS Pueblo &83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea on January - 23.   

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  Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1970  Australia's first amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California) on January - 23.   

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

1970  US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1 on January - 23.   

1970  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1971  On this day in history the temperature at Prospect Creek, Alaska, dropped to 80 degrees below zero, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the United States.   

1972  On January - 23 bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi   

1972  On January - 23 entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest   

1973  On this day in history helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for first time in 7,000 years   

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

1973  On January - 23 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   

1973  On this day in history president Nixon announced that U.S. troops would cease fighting in Vietnam at midnight Jan. 27.   

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

1974  The first edition of women's magazine "Story" on this day in history.   

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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 January - 23.   

1688  On this day in history birth of queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741)   

1719  John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790) was born on January - 23.   

1730  On this day in history birth of joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)   

1745  On this day in history birth of william Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814)   

1752  Muzio Clementi, Italian composer was born on January - 23.   

1002  On January - 23 otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21   

1199  On January - 23 death of yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)   

1356  Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies on January - 23.   

1516  On January - 23 ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63   

1548  Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57 on January - 23.   

1549  Death of Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498) on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history death of jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507)   

1622  William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 on January - 23.