January 23rd, 1969

Born on January 23rd, 1969

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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, 1969

55

Stefano Zanini

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1969, Varese

55

Jörgen Warborn

Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden

*January 23rd, 1969, Varbergs

55

Cezary Jędrzycki

Polish rower

*January 23rd, 1969, Warsaw

55

Thomas Askebrand

Swedish association football manager

*January 23rd, 1969, Åsa

55

Ariadna Gil

Spanish actress

*January 23rd, 1969, Barcelona

55

Philippe Gasparini

French yacht racer

*January 23rd, 1969, Évian-les-Bains

55

Olivier Peyon

French film director and screenwriter

*January 23rd, 1969, L'Haÿ-les-Roses

55

Hardeep Singh Kohli

Scottish broadcaster

*January 23rd, 1969, London

55

Andy Gardiner

Florida State Senate

*January 23rd, 1969, Orlando

55

Christophe Épalle

French athlete

*January 23rd, 1969, Saint-Étienne

55

Nikola Ristanovski

Actor

*January 23rd, 1969, Ostrava

55

Andrei Kanchelskis

Russian association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1969, Kropyvnytskyi

55

Valérie Tasso

French writer, lecturer, research worker and sex therapist

*January 23rd, 1969, France

55

Lasse Samström

German writer

*January 23rd, 1969, Gerolstein

55

Thomas Kumm

German speed skater

*January 23rd, 1969, East Berlin

55

Susen Tiedtke

German long jumper

*January 23rd, 1969, East Berlin

55

Brendan Shanahan

Ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1969, Mimico

55

François-Frédéric Guy

French pianist

*January 23rd, 1969, Vernon

55

J. P. Cormier

Canadian musician

*January 23rd, 1969, London

55

Juan José Maqueda

Spanish footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1969, Madrid

55

Darren Rumble

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1969, Barrie

55

Willie Carne

Australian rugby league footballer

*January 23rd, 1969, Roma

55

Vitaliy Mykolayovych Ponomarenko

Ukrainian footballer

*January 23rd, 1969, Kyiv

55

Mike Poge

German darts player

*January 23rd, 1969, Reutlingen

55

Jean Loup Wolfman

American film actor

*January 23rd, 1969, Greenwich Village

55

Zlatan Nalić

Bosnian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1969, Banja Luka

55

Lyudmila Prokasheva

Kazakhstani speed skater

*January 23rd, 1969, Pavlodar

55

María de Alva

Mexican writer

*January 23rd, 1969, Monterrey

55

Max Sauco

Photographer

*January 23rd, 1969, Irkutsk

55

Enkelejda Shehu

Albanian sports shooter

*January 23rd, 1969, Tirana

55

Andre Plitkin

Russian canoeist

*January 23rd, 1969, Tver

55

Ileana Ianoșiu-Hangan

Romanian biathlete

*January 23rd, 1969, Bistrița

55

Lee Jin-woo

South Korean actor

*January 23rd, 1969, South Korea

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54

Moreno Torricelli

Italian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1970, Erba

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

52

Jérôme Guedj

French politician

*January 23rd, 1972, Pantin

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

57

Magdalena Andersson

Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist

*January 23rd, 1967, Vaksala församling

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

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

27

Cheam June Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*January 23rd, 1997, Penang

30

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

43

Julia Jones

American actress

*January 23rd, 1981, Boston

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

59

Catherine Guillouard

French businesswoman (born 1965)

*January 23rd, 1965, Cannes

56

James Altucher

American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, and author

*January 23rd, 1968, New York City

62

Elvira Lindo

Spanish writer

*January 23rd, 1962, Cádiz

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55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

54

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

54

Thomas Vinterberg

Danish film director

*May 19th, 1969, Copenhagen

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

54

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

54

Jens Eriksen

Danish badminton player

*December 30th, 1969, Copenhagen

55

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

54

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

54

Brad Beven

Triathlete

*September 18th, 1969, Mirriwinni

54

Catrine Bengtsson

Badminton player

*September 21st, 1969, Gothenburg

54

Jyri Aalto

Finnish badminton player

*July 11th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

54

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer

*December 28th, 1969, Helsinki

54

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress

*July 24th, 1969, The Bronx

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

55

Bettina Stucky

Swiss actress

*January 1st, 1969, Bern

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1969 is a normal year and no leap year.

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