January 23

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 23. From 1900 until now. January 23 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Caroline Princess of Hanover (1957), Jeanne Moreau (1928) and Christophe Dechavanne (1958). Several movies were released around January 23 over the years, such as The Usual Suspects in 1995 directed by Bryan Singer and The Grapes of Wrath in 1940 directed by John Ford.
But much more happened on January 23 over the years: find out below

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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]
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Events

2019 Three residents of the U.S. state of Michigan are arrested at Gerald R. Ford International Airport for allegedly conspiring to support the Islamic State. (ABC News)
2018 Libyan Civil War (2014–present): A double car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, kills at least 33 people and wounds "dozens" of others. The victims include both military personnel and civilians, according to local officials. (Reuters)
2017 Yemeni Civil War: The Yemeni Army claims to have recaptured the port city of Mocha from Houthi rebels. (Al Jazeera)
2016 Syrian Civil War: Deir ez-Zor offensive (January 2016): Airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-controlled areas in Syria's eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate, leaves at least 47 civilians dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Sky News Australia)
2015 City officials of Glendive, Montana declare that the tap water is safe to consume following the January 17 oil spill in the Yellowstone River. (Mohave Daily News)
2014 A prominent currency trading platform launched by and for banks, ParFX, opens its doors to hedge fund participation. (Reuters)
2013 Iraqi insurgency:: A suicide bombing at a mosque in the Iraqi town of Tuz Khormato kills at least 23 people. (BBC)
2012 Iran–European Union relations: The European Union adopts an embargo against Iran in protest of that nation's continued effort to enrich uranium.
2011 U.S. drone attacks on Pakistan:
2010 Aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake:
2009 US President Barack Obama orders the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be closed within a year.
2008 At the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York, Virgin Galactic unveils the design of its next generation of space vehicles, named White Knight Two, and SpaceShipTwo, intending to take paying passengers into space on a regular basis next year.
2007 A rare eel-like creature identified as frilled shark is discovered in Japan by fishermen. (Weird News) (CNN)
2006 In the ongoing dispute between the United States and Venezuela, the US has tried to veto a sale of Embraer airplanes to Venezuela. Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim branded the US attempted veto as "indefensible nonsense". The US recently failed to block a large sale of Spanish military equipment to Venezuela. (El Universal), (Spain Herald).
2005 The Philadelphia Eagles win the 2004 NFC Championship game
2004 David Kay steps down from Iraq Survey Group. George Tenet names former UN weapons inspector Charles Duelfer to succeed Kay.
2003 Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10.
2002 Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Pakistan, accused of being a US Central Intelligence Agency agent by his captors.
2001 January 25 – United Nations war crimes prosecutor Del Ponte demands that Serbia hand over Slobodan Milošević.
2000 57th Golden Globe Awards: The Sopranos wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama; Sex and the City wins for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy,Toy Story 2 wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy while American Beauty wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama.
1998 Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba.
1997 Mir Aimal Kasi receives the death sentence for a 1993 assault rifle attack outside US Central Intelligence Agency headquarters that killed two and wounded three others.
1996 Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand versus Zimbabwe.
1994 Bernie Kosar is second quarterback to throw touchdown passes in AFC and NFC Championship games.
1993 50th Golden Globes: Scent of a Woman wins.
1992 Visit opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1991 Seinfeld debuts on NBC-TV
1990 Allen Larkin Collins, guitarist, dies of pneumonia at age 37. Collins was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern US rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
1989 Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court.
1988 45th Golden Globes: The Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas.
1987 Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)
1986 Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 13 performances
1984 Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become World Wrestling Federation champ.
1983 A-Team with Mr T premieres on NBC
1982 World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing two.
1981 First Richard Nixon museum opens (San Clemente, California).
1979 Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1978 Belgian industrialist Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris, France.
1977 Miniseries Roots premieres on ABC
1976 Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and social activist (Born 1898)
1975 Barney Miller premieres on ABC TV
1973 Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Muslim pilgrims.
1972 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13
1971 UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row
1970 US launches second generation weather satellite, ITOS 1.
1969 Cream releases their last album Goodbye
1968 Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by North Korea.
1967 Stan Musial is named general manager of Saint Louis Cardinals.
1965 King Family Show (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV
1964 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections
1963 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence offially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
1962 Libya, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb.
1961 US Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films.
1960 Bathosphere Trieste reach bottom of Pacific (10,900 m)
1958 Body Beautiful opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances
1957 Ku Klux Klan members force truck driver Willie Edwards to jump off a bridge into the Alabama River he drowns as a result.
1955 KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
1954 Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP.
1953 NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (later Indianapolis Colts).
1951 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg
1950 The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
1948 Test debut of Neil Harvey, versus India at Adelaide.
1946 Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, US Navy Reserve, becomes first director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
1945 Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation.
1944 Detroit Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0.
1943 66.34 cm (26.12), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
1942 Japanese troops occupy Rabaul, New Britain.
1941 WOR-AM in Newark New Jersey moves to New York City
1940 Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile.
1939 quotDutch War Scarequot: Admiral Wilhelm Canaris of the ''Abwehr'' leaks misinformation to the effect that Germany plans to invade the Netherlands in February, with the aim of using Dutch air-fields to launch a strategic bombing offensive against Britain. The quotDutch War Scarequot leads to a major change in British policies towards Europe.
1937 In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders.
1933 20th Amendment changes date of US Presidential inaugurations to January 20.
1932 El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers.
1930 WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions
1928 Abenteuer of brave Soldier Schwejk premieres in Berlin
1924 Ramsey MacDonald forms first Labour government in Britain.
1923 Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th)
1920 The Netherlands refuses to extradite the German Kaiser.
1919 The Uprising of Khotin breaks out in Khotyn, Ukraine.
1913 General election in Tasmania.
1912 The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
1908 US and Great Britain demand end of abuses in Congo.
1904 Alesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Alesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
1902 Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in two for the Stanley Cup.
1900 The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces during the Second Boer War resulted in a British defeat.
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