Sunday January 23, 2011: on this day

January 23, 2011 was a Sunday and it was the 23rd day of the year 2011 in the Gregorian calendar.

January 23, 2011 can also be written as 1/23/2011 in the US and as 23/1/2011 in UK and Europe.

January 23, 2011 in January 2011 calendar

Here's what happened on January 23, 2011:

• U.s. drone strikes on pakistan
• Four insurgents were killed when a suspected u.s. drone fired two missiles at a vehicle in northwest pakistan's militant stronghold.
• These attacks are the first us-led attacks on the region since friday's protest rally, which highlighted civilian deaths.
• The second march of tribesmen in three days, mir ali, north waziristan, was a demonstration demanding an end to u.s. drone strikes in that area.
• Egyptian authorities accuse the gaza-based army of islam of attacking a coptic christian church in alexandria on january 1.
• Australian sas corporal ben roberts smith is awarded the victoria cross in recognition of his gallantry during the offensive in shah wali kot, afghanistan in june 2010.
• In retaliation for south korean pirates' deaths, somali pirates are threatening to kill all south korean hostages.
• Zsa zsa zsa gabriel, actress, is allowed to leave the hospital and return home eight days after she had her right leg amputated.
• Philippe henri dacoury–tabley, the head of the west african economic and monetary union (waemu), announces his resignation.
• Google will give $100 million to eric schmidt, the outgoing ceo.
• 800 people have been killed in brazil's worst floods.
• Officially, the dominican republic has registered its first cholera victim since the outbreak of the 2010 haiti cholera epidemic.
• Talks between iran, the five permanent members and germany of the un security council collapse without an agreement to end an eight-year-old impasse about iran's nuke program. this was after iranian officials refused negotiations unless un sanctions were lifted immediately.
• Wikileaks revelations
• The palestine papers
• These files represent the largest ever release of confidential information in the history of conflict between israel and palestine.
• Al- jazeera is condemned by the palestinian authority for releasing these documents. the palestinian authority also denies that it had made any concessions regarding jerusalem, as the documents purport to reveal.
• Israeli investigation into gaza flotilla raid
• A israeli inquiry has found that its army acted legally under international law during the may flotilla raid on gaza in which 9 turkish activists died. another united nations inquiry also found that there was an unacceptable level of brutality. in addition, the inquiry declares israel's naval blocade of gaza legal.
• Six members of albania's republican guard are arrested for the deaths of three unrest-related victims.
• Two tunisian politicians were arrested by police in connection to zine el abidine ben ali (ex-president), who was ousted during a popular uprising.
• Reused needles may have infected 430,000 people with hepatitis b. they are now being paid in the largest medical dispute in japan.
• In brussels, thousands of people from all walks of life march in a protest against nationalism and the absence of a proper government over the past seven months. the protest was initially initiated by students, but quickly spreads to other sections of society.
• Bangkok, thailand: around 27,000 protestors wearing red shirts against the government march to demand the release of their leaders.
• Arab world political discontent:
• After organizing a demonstration of 2,500 at sana'a university, a female islamic activist was arrested in yemen.
• Tunisians travel hundreds of kilometers in a "liberation caravan" to join protestors in tunis and voice dissatisfaction with the government that overthrew zine el abidine ben ali.
• One of the apparent copies of events in tunisia, a man sets himself ablaze in protest in southwestern saudi arabia and dies.
• Situation in ireland
• Taoiseach brian cowen meets ireland's green party to discuss whether or not to leave the coalition and hold early elections.
• The historic dominant fianna fail party's support drops to 8 percent, compared to 17% previously.
• Following yesterday's resignation by brian cowen, minister for finance brian lenihan, jr. and minister for tourism, culture, and sport mary hanafin, they officially announced their candidacies to lead fianna fail.
• The green party has withdrawn from the coalition government in ireland.
• Portugal's voters vote in a presidential election. the current president anibal cavaco silva is reelected. (bbc) (afp via google news),
• Voting in the central african republic: the country's electoral process is stalled.
• David bartlett is resigning as premier of the australian state tasmania.
• President of iran mahmoud ahmedinejad appointed ali akbar salehi to replace manouchehr motteki, who was fired on december.
• Asif ali zardari, president of pakistan, launches an emergency polio vaccination programme for 32 million children below the age of 5.
• Sky sports soccer commentators richard keys and andy gray are embroiled in controversy over multiple sexist comments about ampquothopelessampquot women they had a discussion about during a live television broadcast. one target describes the comments made at her as "absolutely abhorrent" and a spokesperson states that they are "not acceptableampquot.
• After completing his final race in australia, lance armstrong has ended his international cycling career.
• 2010-11 nfl playoffs
• The green bay packers defeat the chicago bears 21-14 in the national football conference championship game.
• The american football conference championship game was won by the pittsburgh steelers, who defeat the new york jets 24-9.
• After offending japanese viewers, the bbc apologized for broadcasting jokes about tsutomu yoguchi, who was able to survive both the atomic bomb attacks by the united states in hiroshima (and nagasaki) in 1945.
• An "spy computer" was found in the office of birgitta jonsdottir, an icelandic mp. this is the same computer that was used in the wikileaks case against the united states department of justice/twitter.
• Two months ago, wikileaks launched the release u.s. diplomatic cable cables. the total amount of the cables has been released just slightly more than 1% of the trove.
• Julian assange, spokesperson for wikileaks, criticizes the arrest of a swiss bank worker who disclosed details about tax evasion on the website. he suggests that instead the swiss authorities should investigate the tax fraud that has been revealed. rudolf elmer was taken into custody for the weekend.
• The palestine papers are the largest ever release confidential files in the history the israeli-palestinian conflict. (al jazeera), (the guardian)(the jerusalem post) the palestinian authority denies al- jazeera's release of the documents, and denies that it had made any concessions regarding jerusalem.
• An israeli inquiry found that its army acted "legally pursuant to international law" during the may flotilla raid on gaza, in which 9 turkish activists died. a separate united nations inquiry also concluded that there was an "unacceptable degree of brutality". in addition, the inquiry declares israel's naval blocus of gaza legal.
• Turkey's prime minister has stated that the israeli raid investigation results are not credible or of any value.
• John gormley, green party minister, and eamon ryan, green party minister, have resigned: taoiseach brian cowen has assigned their responsibilities to fianna fail cabinet members eamon o cuiv, and pat carey. this gives each of them an unprecedented three portfolio because there are not enough ministers. the cabinet now has seven ministers, which is the minimum permitted by the constitution.
• Andy gray and richard keys, sky sports soccer commentators, are in hot water over multiple sexist comments they made about "hopeless women" during a live broadcast. a spokesperson for sky sports says the comments directed at her were "absolutely unacceptable" while another describes them as "absolutely disgusting".
• 2010-11 nfl playoffs - the green bay packers defeat the chicago bears 21-14 to win the national football conference championship game. (new york times). the pittsburgh steelers beat the new york jets 24-19 to win the american football conference championship game.

January 23, 2011: What were the main match results that day?

Serie A - Italian Football

• Bari - Napoli : 0 - 2
• Bologna - Lazio : 3 - 1
• Fiorentina - Lecce : 1 - 1
• Milan - Cesena : 2 - 0
• Sampdoria - Juventus : 0 - 0

Jupiler League - Football (Belgium)

• Anderlecht - Standard : 2 - 0
• Gent - Lokeren : 2 - 1

Bundesliga 1 - Football (Germany)

• Hoffenheim - St Pauli : 2 - 2
• M'gladbach - Leverkusen : 1 - 3

Bundesliga 2 - Football (Germany)

• Frankfurt FSV - Oberhausen : 4 - 0
• Greuther Furth - Union Berlin : 1 - 0
• Hertha - Fortuna Dusseldorf : 4 - 2

The Zodiac and Astrological sign for January 23rd is Aquarius.

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January 23, 2011: What is the Chinese Zodiac Sign for that day?

The Chinese Zodiac sign for January 23, 2011 is Rabbit and the associated element is Metal.

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Moon phase

The moon phase on January 23, 2011 was Last Quarter.

The moon phase refers to the appearance of the Moon in the night sky on January 23, 2011 and is determined by the portion of the Moon's illuminated surface that is visible from Earth.

An observer located in New York City on January 23, 2011 at 10pm, would see the moon, being 71% full, rising at 08:47 pm and setting at 09:36 am.

The previous full moon was on Jan 19, 2011 while the next full moon would come on Feb 18, 2011.

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Your place in the Universe on January 23, 2011

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Whose famous birthday is on January 23rd?

Famous individuals and celebrities born on January 23rd:

• Tito Ortiz

  Tito ortiz is an american retired ufc fighter known for his long and successful career in mixed martial arts.

• Jeanne Moreau

  French actress and director, moreau has appeared in more than 49 films.

• Mariska Hargitay

  American actress, recognized family.

• Rutger Hauer

  Dutch actor who excels in the role of villain in films like "blade runner," nighthawks, and "the hitcher.

• Chesley Sullenberger

  American commercial airline pilot who was celebrated for landing his usairways plane carrying 155 passengers and crew on the hudson river in...

• Dan Duryea

  Dan Duryea was a talented actor known for his roles in film noir and westerns.

• Jack Reynor

  Movie actor.

• Gail O'Grady

  Gail o'grady is an american actress known for her roles in television series such as nypd blue and american dreams.

• Richard Roxburgh

  Richard roxburgh is an australian actor and producer known for his roles in moulin rouge! and the sherlock holmes film series.

• Ariadna Gil

  Ariadna gil is a spanish actress known for her roles in films such as belle époque and pan's labyrinth.

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You are 13 years 3 months old,

or 159 months

or 691 weeks and 2 days old,

or 4839 days old,

How many days until your next birthday if you were born on January 23, 2011?

There are 275 days until your next birthday, which will occur on Thursday January 23rd 2025.

What generation do you belong to if you were born on January 23, 2011?

You belong to the Gen Z generation if you were born on January 23, 2011.

Famous people died on January 23, 2011:

• Jack LaLanne

  American nutritionist and fitness expert (born in 1914).

• Gian Franco Lami
• Aureliano Tapia Méndez
• André Pierdel (André Delepierre

What famous deaths happened on January 23rd?

Famous deaths on January 23rd:

• Hal Holbrook

  American actor on screen and stage, whose first film was "the group" (1966).

• Jack Oakie

  American comedian who appeared on more than 100 films, including charlie chaplin’s classic 1940 film "the great dictator".

• Freddie Bartholomew

  England, united kingdom -- actor (anna karenina, david copperfield).

• Gorden Kaye

  English singer and actor.

• Craig Charles

  English actor and tv presenter.

• Paul Robeson

  American actor and activist, singer (d. 1976).

• Hope Hampton

  Actress (star dust and lawful larcency), died at 83.

• Ian Wolfe

  Actor (houdini, thx-1138, homebodies), dies at 95.

• Franceen Dali

  Franceen Dali was a Spanish surrealist artist known for her dreamlike and visually striking paintings.

• Salvador Dalí

  Salvador Dalí was a renowned Spanish surrealist artist who also ventured into entrepreneurship, creating his own perfume line and other...

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Holidays on January 23, 2011:

• Pie Day
• The Saddest day of the year is January 23 according to a recent study completed by the Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales (a part of the Russell Group of British universities). [1]
• Roman Catholic Church: Feast of Blessed Marianne of Molokai

January 23, 2011: What was the number 1 song in the USA on that day?

The number 1 song in the USA on January 23, 2011 was Grenade by Bruno Mars, according to the music chart for the week January 17th and January 23rd.

January 23, 2011: What was the music chart in the USA on that day?

The music chart in the USA on January 23, 2011 is the list of the most popular songs across all genres for the week January 17th and January 23rd. It included the following Top 5 songs:

1. Bruno Mars - Grenade
2. Katy Perry - Firework
3. Rihanna - What's My Name?
4. Ke$ha - We R Who We R
5. P!nk - Raise Your Glass

January 23, 2011: What was the number 1 R&B song on that day?

The number 1 R&B song on January 23, 2011 was Can't Be Friends by Trey Songz, according to the R&B music chart for the week January 17th and January 23rd.

January 23, 2011: What was the R&B music chart on that day?

The R&B music chart on January 23, 2011 is the list of the most popular R&B songs for the week January 17th and January 23rd. It included the following Top 5 R&B songs:

1. Trey Songz - Can't Be Friends
2. Rihanna Featuring Drake - What's My Name?
3. Rick Ross Featuring Drake & Chrisette Michele - Aston Martin Music
4. Waka Flocka Flame Featuring Roscoe Dash & Wale - No Hands
5. Chris Brown - No BS

January 23, 2011: What was the number 1 Latin song on that day?

The number 1 Latin song on January 23, 2011 was Danza Kuduro by Don Omar & Lucenzo, according to the Latin music chart for the week January 17th and January 23rd.

January 23, 2011: What was the Latin music chart on that day?

The Latin music chart on January 23, 2011 is the list of the most popular Latin songs for the week January 17th and January 23rd. It included the following Top 5 Latin songs:

1. Don Omar & Lucenzo - Danza Kuduro
2. Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda - Ni Lo Intentes
3. Shakira Featuring El Cata - Loca
4. Pitbull - Bon, Bon
5. Prince Royce - Corazon Sin Cara