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23 Jan 1265
1st English Parliament not summoned by the monarch formally convened (some authorities)
23 Jan 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.
23 Jan 1546
Having published nothing for eleven years Francois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.
23 Jan 1552
2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes mandatory in England
23 Jan 1556
Shaanxi Earthquake - deadliest ever recorded kills 830000 in Shensi Province China
23 Jan 1570
Earl of Moray regent of Scotland assassinated civil war breaks out
23 Jan 1579
Union of Utrecht signed forming protestant Dutch Republic
23 Jan 1631
France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Barwald
23 Jan 1637
Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil
23 Jan 1643
Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians in English Civil War
23 Jan 1668
England Netherlands & Sweden sign Triple Alliance against French
23 Jan 1719
Liechtenstein became a sovereign member state of the Holy Roman Empire.
23 Jan 1779
Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)
23 Jan 1793
2nd Partition of Poland between Prussia & Russia
23 Jan 1793
Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized
23 Jan 1796
Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500
23 Jan 1833
Joseph Pease a Quaker admitted to Parliament on his affirmation
23 Jan 1845
Uniform US election day for President & VP authorized
23 Jan 1849
US Patent granted for an envelope-making machine to Jesse K. Park and Cornelius S. Watson
23 Jan 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
23 Jan 1856
Steamer Pacific leaves Liverpool on final voyage (lost at sea 186 on board)
23 Jan 1859
Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii begins an eruption that lasts 300 days
23 Jan 1862
Agoston Haraszthy 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley California imports 10000 grape vine cuttings
23 Jan 1865
-Jan 25th) Battle of City Point VA (James River Trents Reach)
23 Jan 1870
173 Blackfoot (140 women & children) killed in Montana by US Army
23 Jan 1879
US National Archery Association forms in Crawfordsville Indiana
23 Jan 1894
G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min
23 Jan 1897
Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Abbey Grange (BG)
23 Jan 1897
Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County West Virginia. Resulting murder trial of her husband perhaps only case in US history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction.
23 Jan 1902
Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for Stanley Cup
23 Jan 1907
Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator
23 Jan 1908
US & Great Britain demand end of abuses in Congo
23 Jan 1912
The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague
23 Jan 1913
The Young Turks lead a coup detat against the Turkish Government
23 Jan 1916
Temperature falls from 44F (7C) to -56F (49C) night of 23-24 Browning MT
23 Jan 1920
Dutch refuse to turn over ex-Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany to allies
23 Jan 1923
Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th)
23 Jan 1926
Eugene ONeills Great God Brown premieres in NYC
23 Jan 1928
The Adventure of the Good Soldier Schweik premieres in Berlin
23 Jan 1930
George Washington Birthplace National Monument Virginia established
23 Jan 1930
WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions
23 Jan 1932
El Salvador army kills 4000 protesting farmers
23 Jan 1933
20th amendment which changed the date of US presidential inaugurations to 20th January is ratified
23 Jan 1934
New York Rangers left wing Murray Murdoch plays his 400th straight NHL game in a 5-2 win over Ottawa Senators at Madison Square Garden NYC streak reaches 508 consecutive games
23 Jan 1936
Catholic Peoples Party (KVP) of Curacao forms
23 Jan 1940
Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile
23 Jan 1941
Groundbreaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center
23 Jan 1942
Battle of Rabaul Japanese attack Australian air base in Rabaul New Britain
23 Jan 1942
Tank battle at Adzjedabia Africa Korp vs British 8th army
23 Jan 1943
Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
23 Jan 1944
Det Red Wings score 15 goals against NY Rangers & NHL record 37 points also most consecutive goals & most lopsided game 15-0
23 Jan 1945
Dutch Premier Gerbrandy exiled in London tenders his resignation
23 Jan 1946
Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers USNR becomes 1st director of CIA
23 Jan 1948
Test debut of Neil Harvey v India at Adelaide
23 Jan 1950
3rd edition of Joseph Kanes Famous 1st Facts published
23 Jan 1950
AP picks Miracle Braves of 1914 as greatest sports upset
23 Jan 1950
Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel
23 Jan 1950
NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense & defense)
23 Jan 1950
Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung
23 Jan 1951
3rd Emmy Awards Alan Young Show Alan Young and Gertrude Berg win
23 Jan 1953
Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for NSW 16 yrs 357 days
23 Jan 1953
NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts)
23 Jan 1953
NFLs National & American conference become Eastern & Western conference
23 Jan 1954
Equal longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history ends - 18 games 16 wins 2 ties
23 Jan 1955
KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas Nevada (NBC) 1st broadcast
23 Jan 1955
Express train travelling from York to Bristol derails killing 14 and injuring many other passengers
23 Jan 1957
Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee disc (originally called the Pluto Platter until 1958)
23 Jan 1957
Indian nationalist V. K. Krishna Menon begins the longest ever speech defending Indias stand on Kashmir at the UN - 8 hours over 2 days
23 Jan 1958
Body Beautiful opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances
23 Jan 1958
Dictator Marcos Perez Jimnez flees Venezuela Larrazabal takes power
23 Jan 1958
Pakistani cricketer Hanif Mohammad scores record 337 runs in 970 minutes v West Indies at Bridgetown longest innings in test history
23 Jan 1960
Bathosphere Trieste crewed by Jacques Piccard and US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh reaches bottom of Pacific (10900 m)
23 Jan 1961
Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films
23 Jan 1962
Libya Morocco Algeria & Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb
23 Jan 1962
Jules et Jim based on the novel by Henri-Pierre Roch directed by Franois Truffau and starring Jeanne Moreau is released
23 Jan 1964
24th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified barring poll tax in federal elections
23 Jan 1965
King Family Show (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV
23 Jan 1968
Spy ship USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by North Korea
23 Jan 1968
18th NBA All-Star Game Madison Square Garden NYC East beats West 144-124 MVP Hal Greer Philadelphia 76ers PG
23 Jan 1970
Australias 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California)
23 Jan 1970
Member of Dutch feminist group Dolle Mina burn their bras in Amsterdam
23 Jan 1970
US launches 2nd generation weather satellite ITOS 1
23 Jan 1971
-80F (-62C) in Prospect Creek Camp Alaska (US record)
23 Jan 1971
4th ABA All-Star Game East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina
23 Jan 1971
UCLA loses to Notre Dame UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row
23 Jan 1971
Riots break out in the Shankill Road area of Belfast North Ireland
23 Jan 1971
Britain allowed to sell arms to S. Africa after Commonwealth Conference in Singapore ends in compromise
23 Jan 1972
Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champion
23 Jan 1972
Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi
23 Jan 1972
Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest
23 Jan 1972
22nd NFL Pro Bowl LA Memorial Coliseum AFC beats NFC 26-13 MVPs Jan Stenerud Kansas City Chiefs PK Willie Lanier Kansas City Chiefs LB
23 Jan 1973
Helgafell island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7000 yrs
23 Jan 1973
Jordan Air crash at Kano Nigeria kills 176 Muslim pilgrims
23 Jan 1973
Shah of Iran announces that the 1954 operating agreement between a consortium of oil companies and Iran will not be renewed when it expires in 1979
23 Jan 1975
Ralph Kiner elected to baseballs Hall of Fame
23 Jan 1976
Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests v WI Adelaide
23 Jan 1976
Wash Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat NY Rangers 7-5
23 Jan 1976
The Provisional Irish Republican Army truce of February 1975 is officially brought to an end
23 Jan 1976
The results to U.S. advice columnist Ann Landers question (if they could do it all over would parents still become parents) state that 70% of 10000 responding parents were negative about being parents
23 Jan 1977
1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited Paris
23 Jan 1978
Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris
23 Jan 1978
NFL Pro Bowl Tampa Stadium NFC beats AFC 14-13 MVP Walter Peyton Chicago Bears RB
23 Jan 1978
Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays believed to be damaging to earths ozone layer.
23 Jan 1981
1st Richard Nixon museum opens in San Clemente California
23 Jan 1981
Red Sox trade Fred Lynn to Angels for Frank Tanana & Joe Rudi
23 Jan 1982
Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk Cuba (approx date)
23 Jan 1982
World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2
23 Jan 1983
In NBA Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96
23 Jan 1983
Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean
23 Jan 1983
Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (740.97)
23 Jan 1983
Mud Bowl Miami Dolphins beat the New York Jets 14-0 in the AFC Championship Game on a wet muddy field which negated the Jets significant speed and skill advantage
23 Jan 1983
AFC Championship Miami Orange Bowl Miami Dolphins beat New York Jets 14-0
23 Jan 1984
Buffalo Sabres become the first team in NHL history to win 10 straight road games with a 5-3 victory at Boston
23 Jan 1984
Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance F Moser (Italy) 51.15 km
23 Jan 1986
Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 13 performances
23 Jan 1986
Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
23 Jan 1987
Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)
23 Jan 1987
Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP (23 billion)
23 Jan 1988
Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match
23 Jan 1989
Challenge to who is a Jew law filed in Israeli Supreme Court
23 Jan 1989
NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32 game road losing streak
23 Jan 1989
100s feared dead after a powerful earthquake strikes the Soviet Central Asian republic of Tajikistan
23 Jan 1990
Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores twin test tons vs. Pakistan at Adelaide Oval
23 Jan 1991
Worlds largest oil spill caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait
23 Jan 1991
Bagogwe Massacre of Tutsi in and around Ruhengeri Northern Rwanda
23 Jan 1992
Visit opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
23 Jan 1993
Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad killing 61
23 Jan 1993
NY Newsday reports Oregan Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women
23 Jan 1993
US female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan
23 Jan 1994
Bernie Kosar is 2nd QB to throw TD passes in AFC & NFC Champ games
23 Jan 1994
AFC Championship Rich Stadium Orchard Park NY Buffalo Bills beat Kansas City Chiefs 30-13
23 Jan 1994
NFC Championship Texas Stadium Irving Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers 38-21
23 Jan 1996
Chris Cairns scores 120 96 balls 10x4 9x6 in Test NZ v Zimbabwe
23 Jan 1996
The first version of the Java programming language released
23 Jan 1998
Denver Nuggets tie the NBA single-season record of 23 consecutive losses set by the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995-96 streak ends with a 99-81 win the next day against the LA Clippers
23 Jan 2000
AFC Championship Alltel Stadium Jacksonville Tennessee Titans beat Jacksonville Jaguars 33-14
23 Jan 2000
NFC Championship Trans World Dome St. Louis St. Louis Rams beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11-6
23 Jan 2000
Dallas Don Nelson becomes the 6th coach in NBA history to win 900 career games when the Mavericks defeat the Detroit Pistons 99-91 at The Palace of Auburn Hills
23 Jan 2001
The Chinese Communist Party stages a self-immolation in Tiananmen Square to frame Falun Gong and escalate the persecution.
23 Jan 1796
Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of the Council of 500
23 Jan 1950
Rebel army of Dutch military officer Raymond Westerling occupies Bandung Java
23 Jan 1953
Future Australian cricket captain and coach Bobby Simpson makes his 1st-class debut for NSW at 16 years and 357 days
23 Jan 1975
Former Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Ralph Kiner is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
23 Jan 1981
Red Sox trade Fred Lynn to Angels for Frank Tanana and Joe Rudi
23 Jan 2002
Reporter Daniel Pearl kidnapped in Karachi Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
23 Jan 2002
American Taliban John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in Federal Bureau of Investigation custody.
23 Jan 2003
Final communication between Earth and NASA space probe Pioneer 10
23 Jan 1579
Union of Utrecht signed by Northern Habsburg counties of Holland and Zeeland and provinces of Utrecht and Groningen marking the beginning of protestant Dutch Republic
23 Jan 1556
Shaanxi Earthquake the deadliest ever recorded kills 830000 in Shaanxi Province China
23 Jan 1944
Detroit Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers with an NHL record 37 points also record consecutive goals & most lopsided game 15-0
23 Jan 1484
Parliament of English King Richard III opens passes Titulus Regis (Richards right to the throne)
23 Jan 1833
Joseph Pease becomes the first Quaker to be admitted to the UK Parliament on his affirmation
23 Jan 1855
1st bridge over the Mississippi River in what is now Minneapolis Minnesota opens today made by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge
23 Jan 1856
Steamer Pacific leaves Liverpool on final voyage (later lost at sea 186 on board)
23 Jan 1865
-Jan 25th) Battle of City Point Virginia (James River Trents Reach)
23 Jan 1870
Marias Massacre Approximately 200 Piegan Blackfeet Indians (mostly women children and elderly men) killed by US Army in Montana Territory spawning outrage and preventing the military from regaining control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs [1] [2]
23 Jan 1894
G. W. Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min
23 Jan 1909
1st radio rescue at sea during CQD distress code by the British Royal Mail steamship Republic off Nantucket Island
23 Jan 1916
Temperature falls from 44F (7C) to -56F (49C) night of 23-24 Browning Montana
23 Jan 1920
Dutch refuse to turn over ex-Emperor William II of Germany to allies
23 Jan 1928
A stage version of the Czech novel The Adventure of the Good Soldier Schweik produced and directed by Erwin Piscator with the help of Bertolt Brecht premieres in Berlin
23 Jan 1946
Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers USNR becomes 1st director of CIA
23 Jan 1958
Pakistani cricket batsman Hanif Mohammad scores record 337 runs in 970 minutes in drawn 1st Test v West Indies at Bridgetown longest innings in Test history
23 Jan 1962
Film Jules et Jim based on the novel by Henri-Pierre Roch directed by Franois Truffaut and starring Jeanne Moreau is released
23 Jan 1972
Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to a wedding party killing 100 in New Delhi
23 Jan 1781
Niccol Piccinnis tragdie lyrique opera Iphignie en Tauride (Iphigeneia in Tauris) first performed by Acadmie royale de musique at the Paris Opra
23 Jan 1846
Tunisia becomes the first Arab nation to outlaw slavery in decree issued by Ahmed I Bey [1]
23 Jan 1945
Dutch Premier Pieter Gerbrandy exiled in London tenders his resignation
23 Jan 1957
Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee flying disc (originally called the Pluto Platter - until 1958)
23 Jan 1965
Musical variety program King Family Show featuring big band vocal group The King Sisters premieres on ABC TV
23 Jan 1986
Inaugural class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chuck Berry James Brown Ray Charles Sam Cooke Fats Domino The Everly Brothers Buddy Holly. Jerry Lee Lewis Elvis Presley Little Richard Robert Johnson Jimmie Rodgers Jimmy Yancey Alan Freed John Hammond and Sam Phillips
23 Jan 1793
Prussia and Russia sign the Treaty of Grodno later known as the 2nd Partition of Poland ceding large portions of Poland to their bigger neighbors
23 Jan 1856
American sidewheel steamer SS Pacific leaves Liverpool England on what becomes her final voyage lost at sea enroute to New York with 186 on board
23 Jan 1962
Libya Morocco Algeria. and Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb planning continues until an agreement is reached in 1989
23 Jan 1976
Washington Capitals end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat NY Rangers 7-5
23 Jan 1978
Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays due to their harmful effect on the earths ozone layer.
23 Jan 1265
First English Parliament not summoned by the monarch formally convenes
23 Jan 1552
Second version of the Book of Common Prayer becomes mandatory in England
23 Jan 1570
The Regent of Scotland the Earl of Moray is assassinated triggering a civil war
23 Jan 1631
France and Sweden sign the anti-German Treaty of Brwalde
23 Jan 1789
Georgetown the first US Catholic college is founded
23 Jan 1793
Humane Society of Philadelphia is organized (first aid society)
23 Jan 1855
First bridge over the Mississippi River in what is now Minneapolis Minnesota opens today known as the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge
23 Jan 1862
Agoston Haraszthy the first vintner in Sonoma Valley California imports 10000 grapevine cuttings
23 Jan 1908
US and Great Britain demand an end to atrocities in the Congo under King Leopold IIs rule prompting Belgium to annex it
23 Jan 1909
First radio rescue at sea using the CQD distress code by the British Royal Mail steamship Republic off Nantucket Island
23 Jan 1941
1st mass killing of Jews in Romania during three days of riots between 115 and 130 people are murdered
23 Jan 1943
The fall of Tripoli British 8th army and Commonwealth forces march into Tripoli as the German army is pushed back to Tunisia
23 Jan 1945
Dutch Prime Minister Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy exiled in London tenders his resignation
23 Jan 1950
Israeli Knesset declares Jerusalem the capital of Israel
23 Jan 1957
Wham-O Company acquires rights to the Pluto Platter plastic flying disc toy from inventor Walter Frederick Morrison they rename it Frisbee in 1958 as a nod to the Frisbie Pie Company whose empty tins were tossed by Yale University students (including Morrison) in the 1930s
23 Jan 1960
US Navy bathyscaphe Trieste crewed by Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard and USN Lieutenant Don Walsh becomes first manned vessel to reach bottom of Pacific Ocean (10916 m) in the Mariana Trench craft was designed by Auguste Piccard father of the pilot in 1953 for the French Navy [1]
23 Jan 1961
US Supreme Court rules cities and states have the right to censor films
23 Jan 1970
US launches second generation weather satellite ITOS 1
23 Jan 1971
Britain allowed to sell arms to South Africa after Commonwealth Conference in Singapore ends in compromise
23 Jan 1972
Entire population of Istanbul is placed under 24 hour house arrest
23 Jan 1973
Boeing 707 operated by Alia Royal Jordanian and chartered by Nigeria Airways crashes while trying to land at Kano International Airport in Nigeria killing 176 Muslim pilgrims and crew
23 Jan 1973
Helgafell volcano on island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7000 yrs
23 Jan 1987
Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)
23 Jan 2001
Cave-in at coal mine leads to two methane gas explosions kills 13 miners in Brookwood Alabama
23 Jan 2001
Five people set themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square CCP uses the incident to escalate the persecution of Falun Gong
23 Jan 2002
American Taliban John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody
23 Jan 2003
Final communication between Earth and NASA space probe Pioneer 10 then 7.6 billion miles (12.23 billion kilometers) from Earth
23 Jan 2009
Dendermonde nursery attack occurs in Dendermonde Belgium
23 Jan 2009
UK officially enters recession as GDP falls by 1.5% in the last quarter of 2008 following a 0.6% drop in the third quarter with unemployment growing by 131000 to 1.92 million (6.1%)
23 Jan 2012
European Union agrees to embargo Iranian oil in protest against Irans alleged nuclear weapons program
23 Jan 2013
18 people are killed in a market shooting in Damboa Nigeria
23 Jan 2013
23 people are killed in a mosque suicide bombing in Tuz Khormato Iraq
23 Jan 2013
US armed forces overturns 1994 ban on women serving in combat
23 Jan 2016
Category 5 blizzard delivers record 3ft of snow to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US killing 55 and incurring estimated 500m - 3bn economic losses
23 Jan 2016
Zika virus outbreak in Brazil prompts Colombia Ecuador El Salvador and Jamaica to recommend women delay pregnancies for up to 2 years
23 Jan 2017
Most expensive house in the US worth 250 million goes on the market in Bel Air Los Angeles
23 Jan 2017
Thunderstorms and tornadoes in Georgia and Mississippi leave at least 18 dead in the US
23 Jan 2018
Chinese researchers report they have cloned two monkeys using the same technology as Dolly the Sheep
23 Jan 2019
New record for most expensive US property 238 million for penthouse condominium overlooking Central Park NY bought by hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin
23 Jan 2020
75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp marked by an international forum in Jerusalem Israel
23 Jan 2018
Twelve camels disqualified from the King Abdulaziz Camel beauty contest Saudi Arabia after their owners used botox on their lips
23 Jan 2020
Voice of a 3000 year old Egyptian priest recreated by scientists 3D printing his vocal tract published in Scientific Reports
23 Jan 2022
Buffalo wide receiver Gabriel Davis scores an NFL playoff record 4 TDs in the Bills epic 42-36 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in their divisional-round playoff at Arrowhead Stadium
23 Jan 2023
American Richard Barnett who was pictured with his feet on Nancy Pelosis desk during the Jan 6 riots convicted on eight counts in a Washington court [1]
23 Jan 2024
The Doomsday Clock remains set 90 seconds to midnight by the by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists siting threat of a new nuclear arms race the Ukraine war and climate change [1]