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What happened in history on this day: January 23?
On January 23 in ...
- 1789 - Georgetown, first US Catholic college, is founded.
- 1793 - Humane Society of Philadelphia (first aid society) is organized.
- 1812 - In New Madrid, Missouri, USA, a magnitude 7.0 - 7.8 earthquake occurs, one of the largest earthquakes in the United States.
- 1845 - Uniform US election day for President and Vice President authorized.
- 1861 - Agoston Haraszthy, first vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 100,000 cuttings of 350 grape varieties from Europe.
- 1865 - Battle of City Point, Virginia (James River, Trent's Reach).
- 1870 - 173 Blackfoot Indians (140 women and children) are killed in Montana by US Army.
- 1879 - US National Archery Association is formed, in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
- 1908 - US and Great Britain demand end of abuses in Congo.
- 1916 - Temperature falls from 44 degrees F (7 degrees C) to -56 degrees F (49 degrees C) night of January 23-24, in Browning, Montana, USA.
- 1930 - George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Virginia is established.
- 1933 - 20th Amendment changes date of US Presidential inaugurations to January 20.
- 1941 - Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center.
- 1943 - 66.34cm (26.12 inches) rain at Hoegees Camp, California (state precipitation record).
- 1946 - Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, US Navy Reserve, becomes first director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1960 - Jacques Piccard and Donald Walsh take Swiss-built US Navy bathyscaph Trieste to a record submersible depth of 10,911 metres underwater in Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean.
- 1961 - US Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films.
- 1968 - Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by North Korea.
- 1970 - Australia's first amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (from California).
- 1970 - US launches second generation weather satellite, ITOS 1.
- 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1971 - Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska, (north of Fairbanks) reaches a US record low temperature of -80 degrees F.
- 1973 - US President Richard Nixon announces an accord has been reach to end the Vietnam War.
- 1981 - First Richard Nixon museum opens (San Clemente, California).
- 1982 - World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing two.
- 1983 - Cerebral Palsy telethon raises US$14,700,000.
- 1986 - First induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is held in New York, USA. Inductees are Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
- 1986 - Space shuttle Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
- 1988 - 45th Golden Globes: The Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas.
- 1988 - Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completes first nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling.
- 1993 - 50th Golden Globes: Scent of a Woman wins.
- 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.
- 1998 - Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba.
- 2002 - Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Pakistan, accused of being a US Central Intelligence Agency agent by his captors.
- 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.
- 2009 - US President Barack Obama orders the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be closed within a year.
Births on January 23
- 1889 - Birth of Franklin Pangborn in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living).
- 1900 - Birth of Mary Philips in Connecticut, USA; actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde).
- 1900 - Birth of Ralph Graves in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street).
- 1905 - Birth of David Newell in Missouri, USA; actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves).
- 1906 - Birth of Bob Steele in Pendleton, Oregon, USA; actor (Duffy - F Troop, The Big Sleep).
- 1907 - Birth of Dan Duryea in White Plains, New York, USA; actor (Pride of the Yankees).
- 1915 - Birth of Potter Stewart in Michigan, USA; 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81).
- 1918 - Birth of Gertrude Belle Elion in New York City, New York, USA; biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel Prize 1988).
- 1919 - Birth of Ernie Kovacs in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show).
- 1923 - Birth of Florence Halop in Queens, New York, USA; actress (Florence - Night Court, St. Elsewhere).
- 1925 - Birth of Marty Paich in Oakland, California, USA; arranger, pianist, composer (Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé), orchestra leader (Sonny and Cher, Glenn Campbell).
- 1930 - Birth of William Reid Pogue in Okemah, Oklahoma, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (Skylab 4).
- 1933 - Birth of Arlene Golonka in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Millie - Mayberry RFD).
- 1933 - Birth of Chita Rivera in Washington DC, USA; actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity).
- 1934 - Birth of Lou Antonio in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Barney - Snoop Sisters, Makin' It).
- 1939 - Birth of Arlene Golonka in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Millie - Mayberry RFD).
- 1943 - Birth of Gil Gerard in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century).
- 1944 - Birth of Marty Russo; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Illinois, 1975-).
- 1948 - Birth of Anita Pointer in Oakland, California, USA; rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters - "She's So Shy").
- 1949 - Birth of Robert D Cabana in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Major US Marine Corp/astronaut (STS 41, 53, 68, 88).
- 1950 - Birth of Richard Dean Anderson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (MacGyver, Emerald Point NAS).
- 1950 - Birth of Richard Gilliland in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; actor (Jonesy - The Waltons, Tom - Heartland).
- 1951 - Birth of Margaret Johnson Bailes in the Bronx, New York, USA; 4X100 runner (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 1953 - Birth of Pat Haden in Westbury, New York, USA; NFL quarterback (Los Angeles Rams).
- 1959 - Birth of Tyrone Power Junior in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Shag).
- 1960 - Birth of Misha McK in East Orange, New Jersey, USA; actress (Gerri - Me and Mrs C).
- 1963 - Birth of Gail O'Grady in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Hitman, Nobody's Perfect, NYPD Blue).
- 1964 - Birth of Mariska Hargitay in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Jesse Smith - Downtown).
- 1966 - Birth of Scott Fortune in Newport Beach, California, USA; volleyball player (Olympics-Gold-1988, Bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Alan Embree in Vancouver, Washington, USA; pitcher (Cleveland Indians).
- 1970 - Birth of Mark Wohlers in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA; pitcher (Atlanta Braves).
- 1971 - Birth of Julie Foudy in San Diego, California, USA; soccer midfielder (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Mark Grimmette in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; doubles luger (Olympics-1994).
- 1973 - Birth of Mark Kolesar in Minnesota, USA; NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs).
- 1974 - Birth of Tiffani-Amber Thiessen in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Saved by the Bell, Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1980 - Birth of Theresa Kulikowski in Tacoma, Washington; gymnast (World-bronze-1995, Olympics-1996).
Deaths on January 23
- 1908 - Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at age 47.
- 1943 - American critic Alexander Woolcott suffers a heart attack during a radio show, and dies four hours later.
- 1978 - Death of Jack Oakie at age 74; American actor (The Great Dictator, Gang Buster) (born 1903).
- 1978 - Death of Terry Kath at age 32 of accidental gunshot wound; guitarist (Chicago) (born 1946).
- 1981 - Death of Bobby Sherwood at age 66 of cancer; orchestra leader, musical director, host (The Milton Berle Show (1952-53), The Red Buttons Show, Quick as a Flash, Stars on Parade, Masquerade Party, The Bert Parks Show).
- 1981 - Samuel Barber, US composer (School for Scandal), dies at age 70.
- 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.
- 1994 - Oliver Smith, US stage set designer (Guys and Dolls - seven Tony Awards), dies at age 75.
- 1997 - Laura "Dinky" Patterson dies during bungee jump at Super Bowl rehearsal at age 43.
- 2005 - Death of Johnny Carson at age 79 of emphysema; host (Tonight Show TV show for 29 years).
- 2007 - Death of David Aaron Shayman aka Disco D, American music producer and composer (born 1980).
- 2020 - Death of Clayton Christensen of leukemia at age 67; author ("The Innovator's Dilemma" (1997)), professor (Harvard Business School).
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