January 23rd, 1920

Born on January 23rd, 1920

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What happened on January 23rd, 1920?

January 23rd, 1920

The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II

What else happened on January 23rd?

January 23rd, 2003

The final signal was detected from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10, then about 12 billion kilometres (7.5 billion miles) from Earth.

January 23rd, 1846

Ahmad Bey declared the legal abolition of slavery in Tunisia.

January 23rd, 1571

Queen Elizabeth I opened the Royal Exchange in London, giving it its royal title.

January 23rd, 1368

The Hongwu Emperor (pictured) ascended the throne, initiating the Ming dynasty, which would rule China for three centuries.

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"

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.

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

Born on January 23rd, 1920

101

Gottfried Böhm

German architect (1920-2021)

*January 23rd, 1920, Offenbach am Main †June 9th, 2021, Cologne

90

Walter Frederick Morrison

Inventor of the Frisbee (1920–2010)

*January 23rd, 1920, Richfield †February 9th, 2010, Monroe

79

Henry Eriksson

Athletics competitor (1920–2000)

*January 23rd, 1920, Avesta †January 8th, 2000, Gävle

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79

Juan de Arespacochaga

Spanish diplomat

*January 27th, 1920, Madrid †October 1st, 1999, Madrid

65

Yul Brynner

Russian-born actor (1920–1985)

*July 11th, 1920, Vladivostok †October 10th, 1985, New York City

87

Laraine Day

American actress (1920–2007)

*October 13th, 1920, Roosevelt †November 10th, 2007, Ivins

90

John Crawford

American actor (1920-2010)

*September 13th, 1920, Colfax †September 21st, 2010, Thousand Oaks

79

Walter Matthau

American actor, comedian and film director (1920–2000)

*October 1st, 1920, New York City †July 1st, 2000, Santa Monica

84

John Paul II

264th pope of the Catholic Church

*May 18th, 1920, Wadowice †April 2nd, 2005, Apostolic Palace

97

Heinz Kessler

German military officer, Armeegeneral in the former National People's Army of East Germany (1920-2017)

*January 26th, 1920, Lubań †May 2nd, 2017, Berlin

73

Federico Fellini

Italian filmmaker (1920–1993)

*January 20th, 1920, Rimini †October 31st, 1993, Rome

77

Toshirō Mifune

Japanese actor (1920–1997)

*April 1st, 1920, Qingdao †December 24th, 1997, Tokyo

86

Tige Andrews

American actor (1920-2007)

*March 19th, 1920, Brooklyn †January 27th, 2007, Encino

89

James von Brunn

American murderer

*July 11th, 1920, St. Louis †January 6th, 2010, Butner

85

Keith Andes

American actor (1920–2005)

*July 12th, 1920, Ocean City †November 11th, 2005, Santa Clarita

96

Edward Lunn Young

American politician (1920-2017)

*September 7th, 1920, Florence †May 9th, 2017, Florence

81

Peggy Lee

American singer (1920–2002)

*May 26th, 1920, Jamestown †January 21st, 2002, Los Angeles

95

Eva Henning

Swedish actress (1920-2016)

*May 10th, 1920, Newark †April 18th, 2016, Oslo

91

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter

*August 22nd, 1920, Waukegan †June 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

94

Richard von Weizsäcker

President of Germany from 1984 to 1994

*April 15th, 1920, New Palace †January 31st, 2015, Berlin

65

Michel Audiard

French screenwriter and film director (1920–1985)

*May 15th, 1920, 14th arrondissement of Paris †July 28th, 1985, Dourdan

84

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

*February 26th, 1920, Tulsa †May 17th, 2004, New York City

80

John Lewis

American jazz pianist, composer and arranger

*May 3rd, 1920, La Grange †March 29th, 2001, New York City

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Leap year

Yes: 1920 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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