Tukuk-OS📅 January 23
20 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 23? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2003 — The final signal was detected from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10, then about 12 billion kilometres (7.5 billion miles) from Earth.
- 2002 — American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and later murdered by al-Qaeda agents in Karachi, Pakistan.
- 2001 — Five people attempted to set themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, an act that many later claimed to have been staged by the Chinese Communist Party to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
2001 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incidentTiananmen SquareChinese Communist Party
- 1997 — Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the first female United States Secretary of State, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government at that time.
- 1993 — The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser.
- 1968 — USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had violated their territorial waters while spying.
- 1957 — American inventor Fred Morrison sold the rights to his "flying disc" to the Wham-O toy company, who later renamed it the "Frisbee"
- 1942 — World War II: Japan began an invasion of the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.
- 1915 — Rebels led by John Chilembwe attacked local plantation owners, beginning an uprising regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi.
- 1909 — Two men committed an armed robbery in Tottenham, London, and led police on a two-hour chase, partially by tram, that ended in the perpetrators' suicides.
- 1902 — In the most fatal recorded mountaineering accident, 199 of the 210 members of an Imperial Japanese Army unit perished in a blizzard on the Hakkōda Mountains.
Imperial Japanese ArmyHakkōda Mountains disasterHakkōda Mountains
- 1870 — American Indian Wars: In the Marias Massacre, the United States Army killed about 200 Piegan Blackfeet, mostly women, children, and the elderly.
- 1849 — Elizabeth Blackwell (pictured) graduated from Geneva Medical College in New York, making her the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.
- 1793 — The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia partitioned the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth for the second time.
Russian EmpireKingdom of PrussiaPolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- 1789 — Bishop John Carroll purchased a plot of land that would become the home of the future Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic university in the United States.
John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore)Georgetown UniversityCatholic higher education
- 1571 — Queen Elizabeth I opened the Royal Exchange in London, giving it its royal title.
- 1570 — James Hamilton killed James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, in the first recorded assassination of a head of government using a firearm.
James Hamilton (assassin)James Stewart, 1st Earl of MorayFirearm
- 1556 — One of the deadliest earthquakes in history struck Shaanxi, China, resulting in at least 100,000 direct deaths.
- 1368 — The Hongwu Emperor (pictured) ascended the throne, initiating the Ming dynasty, which would rule China for three centuries.
- 1264 — King Louis IX of France issued the Mise of Amiens, a settlement between King Henry III of England and barons led by Simon de Montfort heavily favouring the former, which later led to the Second Barons' War.
Births
- 2004 — Julio Enciso, Paraguayan footballer
- 2002 — Joško Gvardiol, Croatian footballer
- 2002 — Nicola Zalewski, Polish footballer
- 2001 — Olga Danilović, Serbian tennis player
- 2000 — Fanni Pigniczki, Hungarian rhythmic gymnast
- 1999 — Alban Lafont, French footballer
- 1998 — XXXTentacion, American rapper (died 2018)
- 1996 — Keita Bates-Diop, American basketball player
- 1996 — Ruben Loftus-Cheek, English footballer
- 1994 — Addison Russell, American baseball player
- 1992 — Reina Triendl, Japanese model and actress
- 1991 — Steve Birnbaum, American soccer player
Deaths
- 2024 — Charles Osgood, American radio and television commentator, writer and musician (born 1933)
- 2024 — Melanie Safka, American Emmy winning singer-songwriter (born 1947)
- 2021 — Hal Holbrook, American actor and director (born 1925)
- 2021 — Larry King, American journalist and talk show host (born 1933)
- 2021 — Song Yoo-jung, South Korean actress and model (born 1994)
- 2019 — Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor (born 1990)
- 2019 — Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean Afro Jazz musician (born 1952)
- 2018 — Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, composer and singer (born 1939)
- 2018 — Wyatt Tee Walker, American civil rights activist and pastor (born 1928)
- 2015 — Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach (born 1931)
- 2015 — Prosper Ego, Dutch activist, founded the Oud-Strijders Legioen (born 1927)
- 2015 — Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (born 1924)
Observances & holidays
- Bounty Day (Pitcairn Islands)
- Christian feast day: Abakuh
- Christian feast day: Marianne of Molokai
- Christian feast day: Emerentiana
- Christian feast day: Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Christian feast day: Ildefonsus of Toledo
- Christian feast day: Phillips Brooks (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Assam, Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal, India)
- World Freedom Day (Taiwan and South Korea)
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