January 23rd, 1960

Born on January 23rd, 1960

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What happened on January 23rd, 1960?

January 23rd, 1960

The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.

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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, 1960

64

James L. Nederlander

American theatre director

*January 23rd, 1960, Detroit

64

Danny De Bie

Cyclist

*January 23rd, 1960, Beerzel

64

Wesley R. Elsberry

American marine biologist

*January 23rd, 1960, Lakeland

64

Greg Ritchie

Australian cricketer

*January 23rd, 1960, Stanthorpe

64

Eduardo Penido

Brazilian sailor

*January 23rd, 1960, Rio de Janeiro

64

Jean-François Sauvé

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1960, Montreal

64

Max Keiser

American-Salvadoran broadcaster

*January 23rd, 1960, New Rochelle

64

Reggie Ritter

American baseball player

*January 23rd, 1960, Malvern

64

Paul Blagg

British athlete

*January 23rd, 1960, Guildford

64

Peter Steiger

Swiss cyclist

*January 23rd, 1960, Schlatt

64

Masanobu Kimura

Professional golfer

*January 23rd, 1960, Osaka Prefecture

64

Irvin Phillips

American football player

*January 23rd, 1960, Leesburg

64

David Chartrand

Leader of the Manitoba Metis

*January 23rd, 1960, Duck Bay

64

Juan Manuel Oliva

Mexican politician

*January 23rd, 1960, León de Los Aldama

64

Leilani Kai

American professional wrestler

*January 23rd, 1960, Tampa

64

M.N. Reddi

Indian police commissioner

*January 23rd, 1960, Kurnool district

64

Raymonde Naigre

Olympic sprinter

*January 23rd, 1960, Les Abymes

64

Steve Peters

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1960, Peterborough

61

Güldal Akşit

Turkish politician

*January 23rd, 1960, Malatya †December 3rd, 2021, Ankara

59

Rob Garrison

American actor (1960-2019)

*January 23rd, 1960, Wheeling †September 27th, 2019, Wheeling

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

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

37

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

62

Elvira Lindo

Spanish writer

*January 23rd, 1962, Cádiz

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

66

Ieke Moerdijk

Dutch mathematician

*January 23rd, 1958, Veenendaal

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

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

77

Megawati Soekarnoputri

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

*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta City

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

54

Moreno Torricelli

Italian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1970, Erba

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

62

Olaf Heukrodt

East German canoe racer

*January 23rd, 1962, Magdeburg

59

Catherine Guillouard

French businesswoman (born 1965)

*January 23rd, 1965, Cannes

55

Stefano Zanini

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1969, Varese

Same year
Born in 1960

63

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

63

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

63

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

64

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

63

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

63

Friederike Seyfried

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*November 19th, 1960, Mosbach

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

63

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

63

Denyse Julien

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1960, Rouyn-Noranda

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Leap year

Yes: 1960 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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