January 23rd, 1949

Born on January 23rd, 1949

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

Born on January 23rd, 1949

75

Tutut Soeharto

Indonesian businesswoman and politician

*January 23rd, 1949, Indonesia

75

Rose de Freitas

Brazilian politician

*January 23rd, 1949, Caratinga

75

Dave Stahl

American trumpet player

*January 23rd, 1949, Reading

75

Charlie Papazian

American nuclear engineer, brewer and author

*January 23rd, 1949, Warren Township

75

Joan Walley

British politician (born 1949)

*January 23rd, 1949, Stoke-on-Trent

75

Jim Skipper

American football coach (born 1949)

*January 23rd, 1949, Breaux Bridge

75

Howard Maxwell

American politician

*January 23rd, 1949, Douglasville

75

Jorge Zermeño Infante

Mexican politician

*January 23rd, 1949, Mexico City

75

Hugh Logue

Northern Irish politician, academic and activist (born 1949)

*January 23rd, 1949, Derry

75

Raúl Llanos

Cuban sports shooter

*January 23rd, 1949, Havana

75

Jose Romeo Lazo

Filipino Roman Catholic archbishop

*January 23rd, 1949, San Jose de Buenavista

75

Aída Abella

Colombian politician

*January 23rd, 1949, Sogamoso

75

Gerlinde Stobrawa

German politician

*January 23rd, 1949, Angermünde

71

Tom Forsyth

Scottish footballer (1949-2020)

*January 23rd, 1949, Glasgow †August 14th, 2020, Strathaven

67

Pádraig Duggan

Irish guitarist and co-founder of Clannad

*January 23rd, 1949, Gweedore †August 9th, 2016, Dublin

70

Ron Sweed

Actor from the United States of America

*January 23rd, 1949, Euclid †April 1st, 2019

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77

Megawati Soekarnoputri

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

*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta City

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

74

Richard Dean Anderson

American actor (born 1950)

*January 23rd, 1950, Minneapolis

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

81

Miguel Ángel Revilla

Spanish politician

*January 23rd, 1943, Salceda

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

74

Basrief Arief

Attorney General of Indonesia (1947–2021)

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

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

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

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

75

Rutger Hauer

Dutch actor (1944–2019)

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

30

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

87

Derek Walcott

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

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

72

Françoise Vergès

French political scientist, historian and feminist

*January 23rd, 1952, 11th arrondissement of Paris

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

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Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

74

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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Born on January 23rd, 1949
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No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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