January 23rd, 1971

Born on January 23rd, 1971

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, 1971

53

Julie Foudy

American soccer player

*January 23rd, 1971, San Diego

53

Sandeep Das

Indian musician

*January 23rd, 1971, Patna

53

Dan Hubbs

Baseball coach

*January 23rd, 1971, Bellevue

53

Ann Cathrin Lübbe

Norwegian Paralympic equestrian

*January 23rd, 1971, Hamar

53

Katja Centomo

Italian writer, cartoonist, and entrepreneur

*January 23rd, 1971, Aosta

53

Adam Parore

New Zealand cricketer

*January 23rd, 1971, Auckland

53

Scott Gibbs

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

*January 23rd, 1971, Bridgend

53

Kevin Mawae

Former American football center

*January 23rd, 1971, Savannah

53

Claire Rankin

Canadian actress

*January 23rd, 1971, Prince Edward Island

53

Diana Barrows

American actress

*January 23rd, 1971, New York City

53

Andriy Kuptsov

Ukrainian footballer (born 1971)

*January 23rd, 1971, Kryvyi Rih

53

Rinat Chamsoutdinov

Russian rugby league footballer

*January 23rd, 1971, Russia

53

Leroy Thompson

American football player and coach, defensive line coach for Atlanta Legends

*January 23rd, 1971, Camden

53

Dejan Pavlovic

Swedish footballer

*January 23rd, 1971, Helsingborg

53

Víctor Bonilla

Colombian footballer

*January 23rd, 1971, Tumaco

53

Marc Nelson

American musician

*January 23rd, 1971, Philadelphia

53

Brian Idalski

American ice hockey coach

*January 23rd, 1971, Warren

53

Ilya Makiyenko

Russian footballer

*January 23rd, 1971, Komsomolsk-on-Amur

53

Jordan Eftimov

Bulgarian poet, literary critic and scholar

*January 23rd, 1971, Razgrad

53

Leonel Gancedo

Argentine footballer

*January 23rd, 1971, Buenos Aires

53

Rinat Fatakhetdinov

Russian association football player

*January 23rd, 1971, Moscow

53

Yuri Evseitchik

Olympic wrestler

*January 23rd, 1971, Ukraine

53

Kyle Krpata

American soccer player

*January 23rd, 1971, Santa Clara

53

Nirosha

Indian actress

*January 23rd, 1971, Colombo

53

Mark Grimmette

American luger

*January 23rd, 1971, Ann Arbor

53

Carlos Hernández

American boxer

*January 23rd, 1971, Los Angeles

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Who's birthday is on January 23rd?

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

54

Moreno Torricelli

Italian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1970, Erba

52

Jérôme Guedj

French politician

*January 23rd, 1972, Pantin

37

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

55

Stefano Zanini

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1969, Varese

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

55

Jörgen Warborn

Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden

*January 23rd, 1969, Varbergs

29

Linda Efler

German badminton player

*January 23rd, 1995, Emsdetten

30

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

27

Cheam June Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*January 23rd, 1997, Penang

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

43

Julia Jones

American actress

*January 23rd, 1981, Boston

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

57

Magdalena Andersson

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

*January 23rd, 1967, Vaksala församling

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

45

Benjamín Noval

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1979, Mieres

Same year
Born in 1971

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

52

Billy Bush

American radio and television host (born 1971)

*October 13th, 1971, Los Angeles

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

52

Stephan Groth

Danish-Norwegian singer

*August 10th, 1971, Odense

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

52

Elon Musk

Businessman (born 1971)

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

53

Susi Susanti

Indonesian badminton player

*February 11th, 1971, Tasikmalaya City

52

Chen Ying

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

53

Ricky Subagja

Badminton player

*January 27th, 1971, Bandung City

52

Zarinah Abdullah

Badminton player

*July 12th, 1971, Singapore

52

Mario Abdo Benítez

50st President of Paraguay

*November 10th, 1971, Asunción

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

52

Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada since 2015

*December 25th, 1971, Ottawa

52

Valentina Polkhanova

Russian racing cyclist

*August 15th, 1971, Saransk

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

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No: With 365 days 1971 is a normal year and no leap year.

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