January 23rd, 1970

Born on January 23rd, 1970

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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, 1970

54

Moreno Torricelli

Italian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1970, Erba

54

Jonathan Meese

German painter, sculptor, performance artist and installation artist

*January 23rd, 1970, Tokyo

54

Stéphane Barré

French rower

*January 23rd, 1970, Rouen

54

Anton Antonov

Russian journalist

*January 23rd, 1970, Chudovo

54

Constantina Diță

Athletics competitor

*January 23rd, 1970, Turburea

54

Alex Gaudino

Italian DJ and record producer

*January 23rd, 1970, Salerno

54

Nicola Beer

Vice President of the European Parliament

*January 23rd, 1970, Wiesbaden

54

Audra Smith

American basketball coach

*January 23rd, 1970, Milledgeville

54

Lee Jung-eun

South Korean actress, born 1970

*January 23rd, 1970, City of Brussels

54

Oleg Ovsyannikov

Russian ice dancer

*January 23rd, 1970, Moscow

54

Erik Wijmeersch

Belgian sprinter

*January 23rd, 1970, Sint-Niklaas

54

Arijan Komazec

Basketball player

*January 23rd, 1970, Zadar

54

Richard Šmehlík

Czech ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1970, Ostrava

54

Spiridon Vasdekis

Greek long jumper

*January 23rd, 1970, Volos

54

Houben R.T.

Bulgarian painter

*January 23rd, 1970, Kardzhali

54

Dana Savuica

Romanian model

*January 23rd, 1970, Bucharest

54

Sherman Obando

Panamanian baseball player

*January 23rd, 1970, Bocas del Toro Province

54

Nabil Al Busaidi

Omani explorer

*January 23rd, 1970, London

54

Masasa Moyo

Canadian television actress

*January 23rd, 1970, London

54

Gary O'Kane

Irish hurler

*January 23rd, 1970, Dunloy

54

Garry Chillingworth

Australian cricketer (1970-)

*January 23rd, 1970, Sydney

54

Efua Baker

British singer

*January 23rd, 1970, Ghana

54

Jim Schwantz

American football player and politician (born 1970)

*January 23rd, 1970, Arlington Heights

54

Alan Embree

American baseball player

*January 23rd, 1970, The Dalles

54

Jock Armstrong

Scottish rally driver

*January 23rd, 1970, Castle Douglas

54

Rishat Shafikov

Athletics competitor

*January 23rd, 1970, Chelyabinsk

54

Li Hongjun

Chinese football player

*January 23rd, 1970, Beijing

54

Martín Enrique Castillo Ruz

Mexican politician

*January 23rd, 1970, Umán

54

Michael Spielmann

German speed skater

*January 23rd, 1970, East Berlin

54

Francesco De Rubertis

Venture Capitalist

*January 23rd, 1970, Italy

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43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

55

Stefano Zanini

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1969, Varese

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

55

Jörgen Warborn

Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden

*January 23rd, 1969, Varbergs

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

32

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

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

57

Magdalena Andersson

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

*January 23rd, 1967, Vaksala församling

43

Julia Jones

American actress

*January 23rd, 1981, Boston

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

59

Catherine Guillouard

French businesswoman (born 1965)

*January 23rd, 1965, Cannes

77

Megawati Soekarnoputri

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

*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta City

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Born in 1970

53

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

54

Mia X

American rapper

*January 9th, 1970, New Orleans

53

Mehmet Scholl

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1970, Karlsruhe

54

Gil Young-ah

South Korean badminton player

*April 11th, 1970, Ansan

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

53

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

54

Lara Fabian

Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter

*January 9th, 1970, Etterbeek

53

Colin Lawrence

Actor

*September 7th, 1970, London

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

54

Ardy Wiranata

Badminton player

*February 10th, 1970, Jakarta

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

54

Rachel Weisz

British-American actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

53

Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro

53

Rhona Robertson

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1970, Auckland

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

53

Ted Cruz

United States Senator from Texas since 2013

*December 22nd, 1970, Calgary

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No: With 365 days 1970 is a normal year and no leap year.

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