January 23rd, 1643

Born on January 23rd, 1643

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 23rd?

January 23rd, 2002

American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and later murdered by al-Qaeda agents in Karachi, Pakistan.

January 23rd, 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.

January 23rd, 1993

The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser.

January 23rd, 1968

USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had violated their territorial waters while spying.

January 23rd, 1967

The English new town of Milton Keynes was founded in Buckinghamshire, incorporating four towns and fifteen villages as well as planned new developments on intervening farmland.

January 23rd, 1957

American inventor Fred Morrison sold the rights to his "flying disc" to the Wham-O toy company, who later renamed it the "Frisbee" (example pictured).

January 23rd, 1942

World War II: Japan began an invasion of the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.

January 23rd, 1915

Rebels led by John Chilembwe attacked local plantation owners, beginning an uprising regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi.

January 23rd, 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.

January 23rd, 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.

January 23rd, 1870

American Indian Wars: The United States Army massacred a friendly band of Piegan Blackfeet in the Montana Territory, resulting in about 200 deaths.

January 23rd, 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.

January 23rd, 1793

The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia partitioned the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth for the second time.

January 23rd, 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.

January 23rd, 1570

James Hamilton killed James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, in the first recorded assassination of a head of government using a firearm.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 23rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 23rd?

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

*January 23rd, 1814, London †November 28th, 1893, London

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

37

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

72

Heinrich Brunn

German classical archaeologist (1822-1894)

*January 23rd, 1822, Wörlitz †July 23rd, 1894, Schliersee

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

32

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

29

Linda Efler

German badminton player

*January 23rd, 1995, Emsdetten

27

Cheam June Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*January 23rd, 1997, Penang

30

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

59

Stendhal

19th century French writer

*January 23rd, 1783, Grenoble †March 23rd, 1842, Paris

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

51

Édouard Manet

French painter (1832–1883)

*January 23rd, 1832, former 10th arrondissement of Paris †April 30th, 1883, 8th arrondissement of Paris

66

Johann Jakob Schalch

Swiss artist (1723–1789)

*January 23rd, 1723, Schaffhausen †August 21st, 1789, Schaffhausen

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

91

Chita Rivera

American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)

*January 23rd, 1933, Washington, D.C. †January 30th, 2024, New York City

87

Derek Walcott

Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)

*January 23rd, 1930, Castries †March 17th, 2017, Cap Estate

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

77

Megawati Soekarnoputri

5th president of Indonesia (2001-2004) and 8th vice-president of Indonesia (1999-2001)

*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta City

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Born in 1643

51

Ahmed II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695

*February 25th, 1643, Constantinople †February 6th, 1695, Edirne

43

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America

*November 21st, 1643, Rouen †March 19th, 1687, Texas

89

Giacomo Amato

Italian architect (1643-1732)

*May 14th, 1643, Palermo †December 26th, 1732, Palermo

74

Jeremiah Dummer

American silversmith (1643-1718)

*September 14th, 1643, Newbury †May 24th, 1718, Boston

74

Fabrizio Spada

Italian cardinal

*March 17th, 1643, Rome †June 15th, 1717, Rome

60

Lorenzo Bellini

Italian anatomist (1643-1704)

*September 3rd, 1643, Florence †January 8th, 1704, Florence

80

Maeda Tsunanori

Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period

*December 26th, 1643, Edo †June 29th, 1724

68

Bahadur Shah I

Eighth Mughal emperor (1643-1712)

*October 14th, 1643, Burhanpur †February 27th, 1712, Lahore

40

Afonso VI of Portugal

King of Portugal and the Algarves

*August 21st, 1643, Ribeira Palace †September 12th, 1683, Sintra National Palace

47

Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

Austrian warrior

*April 3rd, 1643, Vienna †April 18th, 1690, Wels

87

Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado

Spanish Dominican lay sister and mystic

*March 23rd, 1643, El Sauzal †February 15th, 1731, San Cristóbal de La Laguna

28

Fran Krsto Frankopan

Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician (1643-1671)

*March 4th, 1643, Bosiljevo †April 30th, 1671, Wiener Neustadt

52

Juan de Sevilla Romero

Spanish painter (1643-1695)

*January 1st, 1643, Granada †January 1st, 1695, Granada

63

Johannes Eisenhart

German jurist (1643-1707)

*October 18th, 1643, Erxleben (Osterburg) †May 9th, 1707, Helmstedt

85

Johann Martin Gumpp the Elder

Austrian architect

*November 7th, 1643, Innsbruck †July 3rd, 1729, Innsbruck

68

Christian Demelius

German composer (1643-1711)

*April 1st, 1643, Schlettau †November 1st, 1711, Nordhausen

29

Laurent Fauchier

French painter

*March 11th, 1643, Aix-en-Provence †March 25th, 1672, Aix-en-Provence

69

Jean Chardin

French jeweler, traveler and author (1643-1713)

*November 16th, 1643, Paris †January 5th, 1713, Chiswick

83

Nicolaus Christoph Lyncker

German jurist

*April 2nd, 1643, Marburg †May 28th, 1726, Vienna

38

Alessandro Stradella

Italian composer

*July 3rd, 1643, Bologna †February 25th, 1682, Genoa

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1643 is a normal year and no leap year.

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