Historical Events and Current Affairs on January 23

1265 : 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities)
1490 : 1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul
1492 : "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed
1552 : 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England
1556 : Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China
1570 : Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out
1571 : Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
1579 : Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic
1631 : France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of B„rwald
1637 : Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil
1643 : Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians
1647 : Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament
1663 : King Louis XIV affirms covenant with R˜nstaten
1668 : England, Netherlands & Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French
1719 : Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire
1723 : Georg Friedrich H„ndel's opera "Ottone," premieres in London
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
1856 : Steamer Pacific lost
1862 : Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 10,000
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 : National Archery Association forms (Crawfordsville Ind)
1889 : Dr Daniel Hale 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)
1902 : Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for Stanley Cup
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
1916 : Temp falls from 44øF (7øC) to -56øF (49øC) 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 govt 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 changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20
1936 : Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Cura‡ao forms
1937 : Karl Radek & 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge
1940 : Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish govt 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, African corps vs British army
1943 : 66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
1943 : British 8th army marches into Tripoli
1943 : Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured
1944 : Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon," premieres in NYC
1944 : points, also most consecutive goals & most lopsided game 15-0
1945 : Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation
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
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 : 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 P‚rez Jim‚nez flees Venezuela, Larraz bal 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 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 : Boston Celtic center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to
1965 : BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Dick Weber
1965 : 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 N Korea
1969 : Cream releases their last album "Goodbye"
1970 : Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
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 : -80øF (-62øC) 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
1972 : 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13
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 : Pres Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War
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
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
1979 : Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1981 : 1st Richard Nixon museum opens (San Clemente Calif)
1981 : Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin
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 : 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
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 : 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown,
1986 : Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
1986 : 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 (61 76)
1988 : Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match
1988 : complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands
1988 : Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager,
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
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
1998 : Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba
3268 : Beginning of 2nd Julian Period (1/1 OS)

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