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Birthday January 23, 1730 Joseph Hewes, Decl of Ind signer |
Birthday January 23, 1756 Wolfgang A Mozart, musical prodigy |
Birthday January 23, 1783 Marie-Henri Beyle, aka Stendhal and French novelist |
Birthday January 23, 1832 Edouard Manet, French Impressionist painter |
Birthday January 23, 1857 Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity) |
Birthday January 23, 1862 David Hilbert, mathematician |
Birthday January 23, 1898 Sergei Eisenstein, Russian film maker (Battleship Potemkin) |
Birthday January 23, 1899 Humphrey Bogart, Actor |
Birthday January 23, 1903 Randolph Scott, Actor |
Birthday January 23, 1915 Potter Stewart, US Supreme Court justice |
Birthday January 23, 1919 Eisenstein |
Birthday January 23, 1930 William R Pogue, US astronaut (Skylab 4) |
Birthday January 23, 1930 Derek Walcott is born |
Birthday January 23, 1933 Arlene Golonka |
Birthday January 23, 1933 Chita Rivera, Actress (West Side Story) in Washington DC |
Birthday January 23, 1936 Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packer and author |
Birthday January 23, 1943 Gil Gerard |
Birthday January 23, 1958 Princess Caroline of Monaco |
History January 23, 1556 Deadliest earthquake in history rocks China |
History January 23, 1579 Union of Utrecht signed forming protestant Dutch Republic |
History January 23, 1775 London merchants petition for reconciliation with America |
History January 23, 1793 2nd partition of Poland between Prussia & Russia |
History January 23, 1849 First woman M.D. |
History January 23, 1856 Steamer Pacific lost |
History January 23, 1865 Hood removed from command |
History January 23, 1870 Soldiers massacre the wrong camp of Indians |
History January 23, 1909 1st radio rescue at sea |
History January 23, 1920 Netherlands refuses to extradite Kaiser Wilhelm to the Allies |
History January 23, 1922 Insulin injection aids diabetic patient |
History January 23, 1937 FDR writes letter to Baseball Writer's Association |
History January 23, 1941 Lindbergh to Congress: Negotiate with Hitler |
History January 23, 1944 Red Wings beat Rangers 15-0 |
History January 23, 1953 Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts) |
History January 23, 1960 Piccard & Walsh in bathyscaph reach 10 900 m in Mariana Trench |
History January 23, 1964 24th Amendment ratified Barred poll tax in federal elections |
History January 23, 1968 North Korea seizes U.S. ship Pueblo |
History January 23, 1968 USS Pueblo captured |
History January 23, 1973 Nixon announces peace settlement reached in Paris |
History January 23, 1976 Singer, actor, athlete, activist Paul Robeson dies |
History January 23, 1977 Miniseries Roots premiers |
History January 23, 1983 The A-Team debuts on NBC |
History January 23, 1983 A-Team with Mr T premiers |
History January 23, 1984 Hulk Hogan beats Iron Sheik to win first WWF title |
History January 23, 1991 Videotaped murder leads to convictions in Texas |
History January 23, 1992 Bush Sr. honors Women's World Cup soccer champions |
History January 23, 1997 Albright sworn in as secretary of state |
History January 23, 2006 Who Killed the Electric Car? debuts |