Page 8: Historical Events In January - 23

1956  Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1957  On January - 23 the birth of Princess Caroline of Monaco   

1957  Willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25 on January - 23.   

1958  Dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez flees Venezuela, Larrazábal takes power on this day in history.   

1958  Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs West Indies on January - 23.   

1958  On January - 23 "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances   

1960  Piccard &Walsh in bathyscaph "Trieste" reach 10,900 meters in Mariana Trench on January - 23.   

1961  On this day in history supreme Court rules cities &states have right to censor films   

1961  Venezuela adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1962  British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR on January - 23.   

1962  Libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb on this day in history.   

1963  Kim Philby, the british/russian double agent, defects to Russia on January - 23.   

1964  On this day in history 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections   

1964  On January - 23 arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City NY   

1964  On this day in history louis Horst, composer, dies at 80   

1968  Spy ship USS Pueblo &83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea on this day in history.   

1968  The North Korean Navy seizes the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, detaining its crew on suspicion of espionage on this day in history.   

1968  The USS Pueblo was seized in the Sea of Japan by North Korea, which claimed the ship was on a spy mission. The crew was held for 11 months before being released on Dec. 22, 1968 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history cream releases their last album "Goodbye"   

1969  On January - 23 jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86   

1970  Australia's first amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California) on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history dolle Mina burns her bra in Amsterdam   

1970  US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1 on this day in history.   

1970  On January - 23 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1971  On January - 23 -80ºF (-62ºC), Prospect Creek Camp AK (US record)   

1971  The temperature at Prospect Creek, Alaska, dropped to 80 degrees below zero, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the United States on this day in history.   

1972  On January - 23 bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi   

1972  On this day in history entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest   

1973  Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for first time in 7,000 years on January - 23.   

1973  Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims on January - 23.   

1973  Neil Young interrupts his concert to read a message handed to him, announcing the signing of the Vietnam peace accord. "Peace has come," he says; after ten minutes of audience celebration, he launches into his single, Southern Man on January - 23.   

1973  On January - 23 president Nixon announced that U.S. troops would cease fighting in Vietnam at midnight Jan. 27.   

1973  U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam on January - 23.   

1974  On January - 23 the first edition of women's magazine "Story"   

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1350  Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419) was born on January - 23.   

1574  Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter was born on January - 23.   

1582  On January - 23 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)   

1688  On this day in history birth of queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741)   

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 this day in history.   

1752  Muzio Clementi, Italian composer was born on January - 23.   

1002  On this day in history otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21   

1199  Death of Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160) on January - 23.   

1356  On January - 23 margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies   

1516  Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1548  Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57 on January - 23.   

1549  On this day in history death of johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)   

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