Historical Events In January - 23

1988  On this day in history sandinista missiles downed a cargo plane that was dropping U.S.-financed supplies to Contra rebels in southeastern Nicaragua. Four crewmen were killed.   

1989  Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court on this day in history.   

1989  On January - 23 surrealist painter Salvador Dali dies at age 84.   

1990  On January - 23 dean Jones scores twin Test tons vs Pakistan at Adelaide Oval   

1990  Albert Collins, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of pneumonia at 57 on January - 23.   

1991  On January - 23 "Seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV   

1991  On January - 23 high-denomination banknotes withdrawn in USSR   

1991  World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait on January - 23.   

1992  On this day in history in Ottawa the Supreme Court of Canada rules that the federal government can conduct environmental reviews on any projects under its jurisdiction   

1992  Freddie Bartholomew, child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history 50th Golden Globes Scent of a Woman, wins   

1993  Convicted diet doc killer Jean Harris was freed, discharged from a New York state hospital after heart surgery and with a grant of clemency from the governor on January - 23.   

1993  Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack on January - 23.   

1993  On January - 23 indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die   

1993  New York Newsday reports Oregon's Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women on January - 23.   

1993  On January - 23 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan   

1993  Dudley Stevens, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57 on this day in history.   

1994  Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76   

1995  British Columbia blocks Alcan's $1.3-billion (Canadian) Kemano power dam development, citing the threat to its salmon fishery on January - 23.   

1995  Defence Minister David Collenette disbands the Canadian Airborne Regiment, effective March 5; after some of its soldiers were found to be involved in the death of a Somali boy during the UN mission on this day in history.   

1995  In Toronto Ontario surgeons at The Hospital for Sick Children perform a 17 hour operation to separate Pakistani Siamese twins Hira and Nida Jamal; Nida will died a month later on January - 23.   

1995  The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), a nationally funded watchdog organization, warned Internet users about sophisticated new hacker techniques on January - 23.   

1995  Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist, dies at 100 on January - 23.   

1996  On this day in history chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand vs Zimbabwe   

1996  General Electric threw in the towel in the struggle to keep its Genie online service competitive in the growing battle with the Web. The company announced it would sell the service to Yovelle Renaissance Corporation, which would turn Genie into a Web site on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history john Mackin, programmer, dies at 36   

1997  Madeline Albright was sworn into office to become the first woman secretary of state on January - 23.   

1998  On January - 23 pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba   

1999  Monica Lewinsky is ordered by a federal judge to submit to an interview in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Bill Clinton on this day in history.   

2004  On this day in history senate Democrats demanded an investigation of U.S. government dealings with Halliburton Co. following revelations of kickbacks on Iraq contracts.   

2006  On January - 23 stephen Harper wins the federal election in Canada, forming a minority government.   

2009  On this day in history dendermonde nursery attack occurred in Dendermonde, Belgium.   

2012  On January - 23 european Union agrees to embargo Iranian oil in protest against Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program   

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1350  Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419) was born on this day in history.   

1574  On this day in history birth of lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter   

1582  On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)   

1688  Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741) was born on January - 23.   

1719  On this day in history birth of john Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790)   

1730  Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer) was born on January - 23.   

1745  William Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814) was born on January - 23.   

1752  On January - 23 birth of muzio Clementi, Italian composer   

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  On this day in history margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies   

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

1548  On this day in history bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57   

1549  Death of Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498) on January - 23.   

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

1622  On January - 23 william Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38