January 23rd, 1947

Born on January 23rd, 1947

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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, 1947

77

Megawati Soekarnoputri

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

*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta City

74

Basrief Arief

Attorney General of Indonesia (1947–2021)

*January 23rd, 1947, Tanjung Enim Selatan †March 23rd, 2021, Jakarta

77

Tom Carper

American politician (born 1947)

*January 23rd, 1947, Beckley

77

Joe Baca

American politician

*January 23rd, 1947, Belen

69

Jürg Frischknecht

Swiss journalist and writer (1947-2016)

*January 23rd, 1947, Herisau †July 18th, 2016, Zürich

77

Lasse Lehtinen

Finnish politician and television presenter

*January 23rd, 1947, Kotka

77

Ramesh Sippy

Indian film director

*January 23rd, 1947, Karachi

77

Winfried Stöcker

German medical specialist, entrepreneur and university teacher

*January 23rd, 1947, Rennersdorf/O.L

77

Gerhard Bäcker

German social scientist

*January 23rd, 1947, Wülfrath

77

Joel Douglas

American film producer

*January 23rd, 1947, Los Angeles

77

Bud Hedinger

Talk Radio Host

*January 23rd, 1947, Glen Rock

77

Peter Cameron

Australian mathematician

*January 23rd, 1947, Toowoomba

77

Ikuo Hayashi

Japanese terrorist

*January 23rd, 1947, Shinagawa-ku

77

Marek Muszyński

Polish politician

*January 23rd, 1947, Lublin

77

Kurt Bevacqua

American baseball player

*January 23rd, 1947, Miami Beach

77

Lena Saradnik

American politician

*January 23rd, 1947, Blairsville

77

Dene Davies

Australian speedway rider

*January 23rd, 1947, Hindmarsh

77

Vladimir Zhmudsky

Sovet water polo player

*January 23rd, 1947, Dubliany, Sambir Raion

77

Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim

Egyptian politician

*January 23rd, 1947, Egypt

77

Anand Bhatia

Indian cricketer

*January 23rd, 1947, Lucknow

77

Fred Tubby

Australian politician

*January 23rd, 1947, Morawa

77

Franco Mari

Italian actor

*January 23rd, 1947, Cremona

74

Alain Ménargues

French journalist (1947-2021)

*January 23rd, 1947, Baden-Baden †September 5th, 2021, Villejuif

71

Ann-Charlotte Alverfors

Swedish writer

*January 23rd, 1947, Eksjö †March 20th, 2018, Malmö

74

Rabindra Kumar Rana

Indian politician

*January 23rd, 1947, Bhagalpur †November 30th, 2021

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72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

37

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

81

Miguel Ángel Revilla

Spanish politician

*January 23rd, 1943, Salceda

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

75

Rutger Hauer

Dutch actor (1944–2019)

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

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

91

Chita Rivera

American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)

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

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

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

87

Derek Walcott

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

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

74

Richard Dean Anderson

American actor (born 1950)

*January 23rd, 1950, Minneapolis

30

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

90

Lou Antonio

American actor (b. 1934)

*January 23rd, 1934, Oklahoma City

76

Ron Jacks

Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist

*January 23rd, 1948, Winnipeg

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76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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