Notable Historical Events on January 23rd
January 23rd Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
393 |
Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor. |
909 |
John of Rila aka Saint Ivan and the fable of two pies. |
971 |
In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. The Southern Han state is forced to submit to the Song Dynasty, ending Southern Han rule, also first regular war elephant corps employed in Chinese army |
1265 |
1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) |
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. |
1490 |
1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul |
1546 |
Having published nothing for eleven years, Francois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel. |
1552 |
2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England |
1556 |
Shaanxi Earthquake - deadliest ever recorded kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China |
1570 |
Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out |
1571 |
Queen Elizabeth I of England opens Royal Exchange in London |
1579 |
Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic |
1631 |
France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Barwald |
1637 |
Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil |
1643 |
Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians in English Civil War |
1647 |
Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament |
1656 |
Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales. |
1663 |
King Louis XIV affirms covenant with Rÿnstaten |
1668 |
England, Netherlands & Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French |
1719 |
Liechtenstein became a sovereign member state of the Holy Roman Empire. |
1779 |
Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra) |
1789 |
Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded |
1793 |
2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia & Russia |
1793 |
Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized |
1796 |
Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500 |
1812 |
7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri |
1833 |
Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation |
1845 |
Uniform US election day for president & VP authorized |
1849 |
Mrs Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in US |
1849 |
Patent granted for an envelope-making machine |
1853 |
John Wilkes Booth is baptized at St. Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church |
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. |
1856 |
Steamer Pacific lost |
1859 |
Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii begins an eruption that lasts 300 days |
1862 |
Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, California imports 10,000 grape vine cuttings |
1865 |
-Jan 25th) Battle of City Point, VA (James River, Trent's Reach) |
1870 |
173 Blackfoot (140 women & children) killed in Montana by US Army |
1879 |
US National Archery Association forms (Crawfordsville, Ind) |
1889 |
Daniel Williams forms Provident Hospital in Chicago |
1894 |
G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min |
1896 |
Edward Macdowell's 2nd Suite in E, premieres |
1897 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange" (BG) |
1897 |
Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction. |
1899 |
Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic. |
1902 |
Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for Stanley Cup |
1904 |
Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund 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. |
1907 |
Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator |
1908 |
US & Great Britain demand end of abuses in Congo |
1909 |
1st radio rescue at sea |
1912 |
The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague. |
1913 |
The Young Turks lead a coup d'etat against the Turkish Government |
1916 |
Temp falls from 44°F (7°C) to -56°F (49°C) night of 23-24, Browning MT |
1920 |
Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies |
1923 |
Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) |
1924 |
Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour government in Britain |
1926 |
Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in NYC |
1928 |
"Abenteuer of brave Soldier Schwejk" premieres in Berlin |
1930 |
Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto |
1930 |
George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Va established |
1930 |
WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions |
1932 |
El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers |
1933 |
20th amendment ratified changed date of US presidential inaugurations to 1/20 |
1936 |
Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curacao forms |
1937 |
Karl Radek & 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge |
1940 |
Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile |
1941 |
Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center |
1941 |
WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to NYC |
1942 |
Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain |
1942 |
Tank battle at Adzjedabia, Africa Korp vs British 8th army |
1943 |
66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record) |
1943 |
British 8th army marches into Tripoli |
1943 |
Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period |
1943 |
Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured |
1943 |
Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. |
1944 |
Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon," premieres in NYC |
1944 |
Det Red Wings score 15 goals against NY Rangers & NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals & most lopsided game 15-0 |
1945 |
Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation |
1945 |
World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal. |
1946 |
Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA |
1948 |
Bradman scores 201 in 272 mins v India, 21 fours 1 six |
1948 |
Huston's "Treasure of Sierra Madre" starring Humphrey Bogart opens |
1948 |
Test debut of Neil Harvey, v India at Adelaide |
1950 |
3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published |
1950 |
AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset |
1950 |
Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel |
1950 |
NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense & defense) |
1950 |
Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung |
1951 |
3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young & Gertrude Berg win |
1953 |
Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for NSW 16 yrs 357 days |
1953 |
NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts) |
1953 |
NFL's National & American conference become Eastern & Western conf |
1954 |
Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP |
1954 |
Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games) |
1955 |
Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open |
1955 |
KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast |
1958 |
"Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances |
1958 |
Dictator Marcos Perez Jiménez flees Venezuela, Larrazabal takes power |
1958 |
Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes v West Indies |
1960 |
Bathosphere "Trieste" reach bottom of Pacific (10,900 m) |
1961 |
Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films |
1961 |
Venezuela adopts constitution |
1962 |
Bob Feller & Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
1962 |
British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR |
1962 |
Libya, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb |
1964 |
24th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections |
1964 |
Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in NYC |
1965 |
"King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV |
1965 |
BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Dick Weber |
1965 |
Boston Celtic center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to Philadelphia Warriors led by Wilt Chamberlain |
1967 |
Stan Musial is named GM of Cards |
1968 |
Joe Medwick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
1968 |
Spy ship USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by North Korea |
1969 |
Cream releases their last album "Goodbye" |
1970 |
Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California) |
1970 |
Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam |
1970 |
US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1 |
1970 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1971 |
-80°F (-62°C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (US record) |
1971 |
4th ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina |
1971 |
UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row |
1971 |
Riots break out in the Shankill Road area of Belfast, North Ireland |
1972 |
2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13 |
1972 |
Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champ |
1972 |
Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi |
1972 |
Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest |
1972 |
NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-13 |
1973 |
23rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 104-84 at Chicago |
1973 |
Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs |
1973 |
Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims |
1973 |
US President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War |
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 |
1974 |
1st edition of women's magazine "Story" |
1975 |
"Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV |
1975 |
Ralph Kiner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame |
1976 |
Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide |
1976 |
Wash Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat NY Rangers 7-5 |
1976 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army truce of February 1975 is officially brought to an end |
1977 |
$1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris |
1977 |
Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC |
1978 |
Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris |
1978 |
NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 14-13 |
1978 |
Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays, believed to be damaging to earth's ozone layer. |
1979 |
Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
1981 |
1st Richard Nixon museum opens (San Clemente California) |
1981 |
Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin |
1981 |
Mike Bossy becomes 1st in NHL to score 50 goals in 50 games |
1981 |
Red Sox trade Fred Lynn to Angels for Frank Tanana & Joe Rudi |
1982 |
Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date) |
1982 |
World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2 |
1983 |
"A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC |
1983 |
Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis |
1983 |
Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $14,700,000 |
1983 |
In NBA, Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96 |
1983 |
Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean |
1983 |
Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:40.97) |
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 |
1984 |
Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game |
1984 |
Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km |
1984 |
Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ |
1985 |
Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised |
1986 |
"Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 13 perfs |
1986 |
Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB |
1986 |
1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, B Holly, J L Lewis & Elvis Presley) |
1987 |
Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss) |
1987 |
Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion) |
1988 |
45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas |
1988 |
62nd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (6-1 7-6) |
1988 |
Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match |
1989 |
Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court |
1989 |
NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak |
1990 |
Dean Jones scores twin Test tons v Pakistan at Adelaide Oval |
1991 |
"seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV |
1991 |
World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait |
1992 |
"Visit" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances |
1993 |
50th Golden Globes: Scent of a Woman, wins |
1993 |
Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack |
1993 |
Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die |
1993 |
NY Newsday reports Ore Sen Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women |
1993 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan |
1994 |
Bernie Kosar is 2nd QB to throw TD passes in AFC & NFC Champ games |
1994 |
Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Hercegovina |
1996 |
Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test NZ v Zim |
1996 |
The first version of the Java programming language was released. |
1998 |
Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba |
2001 |
The Chinese Communist Party stages a self-immolation in Tiananmen Square to frame Falun Gong and escalate the persecution. |
2002 |
Reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan. He was subsequently murdered . |
2002 |
"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in Federal Bureau of Investigation custody. |
2003 |
Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10 |
2005 |
"Numbers", starring Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz, debuts on CBS |
2009 |
Dendermonde nursery attack occurred in Dendermonde, Belgium. |
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 131,000 to 1.92 million (6.1%) |
2012 |
European Union agrees to embargo Iranian oil in protest against Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program |
2013 |
23 people are killed in a mosque suicide bombing in Tuz Khormato, Iraq |
2013 |
18 people are killed in a market shooting in Damboa, Nigeria |
2013 |
US armed forces overturns 1994 ban on women serving in combat |
2016 |
Jacques Villeneuve leaves Venturi Formula E team |
2017 |
Tom Brady and Patriots Overwhelm Steelers and Advance to Super Bowl LI |
2017 |
Falcons beat Packers to reach Super Bowl |
2017 |
Samsung Electronics says battery defects caused Note 7 fires |
2017 |
Deadly storms kill 16, trigger tornado threat across US South |
2018 |
Netflix crosses $100 billion market cap on subscriber surge |
3268 |
Beginning of 2nd Julian Period (1/1 OS) |
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