January 23rd, 1958

Born on January 23rd, 1958

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What happened on January 23rd, 1958?

January 23rd, 1958

After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Venezuelan_coup_d'état

What else 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.

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

Born on January 23rd, 1958

66

Ieke Moerdijk

Dutch mathematician

*January 23rd, 1958, Veenendaal

66

Éric Métayer

French comedian, actor and theater director

*January 23rd, 1958, 15th arrondissement of Paris

66

Christophe Dechavanne

French broadcaster

*January 23rd, 1958, 16th arrondissement of Paris

66

Bo Lidegaard

Danish author, political figure, historian

*January 23rd, 1958, Nuuk

66

Glenn Stevens

Australian banker

*January 23rd, 1958, Sydney

66

Laurent Boyer

French broadcaster

*January 23rd, 1958, 16th arrondissement of Paris

65

Irina Rozova

Lithuanian politician

*January 23rd, 1958, Klaipėda †July 19th, 2023

66

Kelly Tien Niu

Taiwanese actress

*January 23rd, 1958, Suzhou

66

Ayşe Sezgin

Turkish diplomat

*January 23rd, 1958, Ankara

66

Steve Lynex

English footballer (born 1958)

*January 23rd, 1958, West Bromwich

66

Peter Howey

English footballer (born 1958)

*January 23rd, 1958, Kinsley

66

Larry Friday

American football player

*January 23rd, 1958, Jackson

66

Gilles Bélanger

Canadian politician

*January 23rd, 1958, Saint-Laurent

66

Steve Christoff

American ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1958, Richfield

66

Chris Dunk

American tennis player

*January 23rd, 1958, San Francisco

66

Zaur Svanadze

Georgian footballer (born 1958)

*January 23rd, 1958, Kutaisi

66

Luciano Rabottini

Italian bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1958, Beyne-Heusay

66

Koji Sotomura

Olympic gymnast

*January 23rd, 1958, Onomichi

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

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

37

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

67

Caroline, Princess of Hanover

Eldest child of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly

*January 23rd, 1957, Prince's Palace of Monaco

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

32

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

62

Elvira Lindo

Spanish writer

*January 23rd, 1962, Cádiz

77

Megawati Soekarnoputri

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

*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta City

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

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

54

Moreno Torricelli

Italian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1970, Erba

91

Chita Rivera

American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)

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

65

Didier Bourdon

French actor and director

*January 23rd, 1959, Algiers

81

Miguel Ángel Revilla

Spanish politician

*January 23rd, 1943, Salceda

Same year
Born in 1958

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

65

Jane Wiedlin

American musician

*May 20th, 1958, Oconomowoc

65

Jon Cassar

Maltese-Canadian director and producer

*April 27th, 1958, Valletta

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

65

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

65

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

65

Olaf Scholz

German politician (SPD) and 9th Federal Chancellor of Germany (since 2021)

*June 14th, 1958, Osnabrück

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

65

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor, comedian and producer (born 1958)

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

66

Reinhard Wolters

German historian of classical history and numismatist

*March 14th, 1958, Duisburg

65

Achim Arbeiter

German archaeologist

*September 3rd, 1958, Dierdorf

65

Tim Butler

English songwriter and musician

*December 7th, 1958, Teddington

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No: With 365 days 1958 is a normal year and no leap year.

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