January 23rd, 1940

Born on January 23rd, 1940

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

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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

Born on January 23rd, 1940

75

Alan Cheuse

Novelist, short story writer, critic

*January 23rd, 1940, Perth Amboy †July 31st, 2015, San Jose

84

Shirley Gomes

American politician

*January 23rd, 1940, Harwich

84

Rudolf Kučera

Czech soccer player

*January 23rd, 1940, Spytihněv

84

Yves Patenôtre

French archbishop

*January 23rd, 1940, Troyes

84

Areski Belkacem

French singer, multi-instrumentalist, comedian and composer

*January 23rd, 1940, Versailles

84

Egon Oehri

Liechtenstein middle distance runner

*January 23rd, 1940, Mauren

61

Johnny Russell

American country singer, songwriter, and comedian

*January 23rd, 1940, Moorhead †July 3rd, 2001, Nashville

70

Werner Krämer

German footballer (1940-2010)

*January 23rd, 1940, Duisburg †February 12th, 2010, Duisburg

67

Jürgen Grasmück

German writer (1940-2007)

*January 23rd, 1940, Hanau †August 7th, 2007, Altenstadt, Hesse

76

Joe Dowell

American singer

*January 23rd, 1940, Bloomington †February 4th, 2016, Bloomington

84

Linda K. Kerber

American historian and professor

*January 23rd, 1940, New York City

84

Jag Bhaduria

Canadian politician

*January 23rd, 1940, New Delhi

84

Helmuth Baumann

German athletics competitor

*January 23rd, 1940, Oelsnitz

37

Patrecia Scott

Actor

*January 23rd, 1940, Canada †March 31st, 1977, Los Angeles

81

Stjepan Lamza

Yugoslavian footballer (1940–2022)

*January 23rd, 1940, Sisak †January 12th, 2022

83

Dick Burwell

American baseball player

*January 23rd, 1940, Alton †May 1st, 2023

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81

Miguel Ángel Revilla

Spanish politician

*January 23rd, 1943, Salceda

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

91

Chita Rivera

American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)

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

37

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

77

Megawati Soekarnoputri

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

*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta City

82

Sonny Chiba

Japanese actor and martial artist (1939–2021)

*January 23rd, 1939, Fukuoka †August 19th, 2021, Kimitsu

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

87

Derek Walcott

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

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

90

Lou Antonio

American actor (b. 1934)

*January 23rd, 1934, Oklahoma City

75

Rutger Hauer

Dutch actor (1944–2019)

*January 23rd, 1944, Breukelen †July 19th, 2019, Beetsterzwaag

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

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

86

Georg Baselitz

German artist

*January 23rd, 1938, Kamenz

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83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

83

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Yes: 1940 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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