January 23rd, 1973

Born on January 23rd, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

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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, 1973

51

Shinichi Shinohara

Japanese judoka

*January 23rd, 1973, Hiranai

51

Nicholas Pettas

Danish actor and martial artist

*January 23rd, 1973, Mykonos

51

Zurab Gegenava

Georgian businessman

*January 23rd, 1973, Tbilisi

51

Mark Boal

American journalist, screenwriter and film producer

*January 23rd, 1973, New York City

51

Youddiph

Russian singer

*January 23rd, 1973, Moscow

51

Steven Craig Zahler

American filmmaker

*January 23rd, 1973, Miami

51

Attila Bátky

Olympic wrestler

*January 23rd, 1973, Dunajská Streda

51

Kjell Lindgren

American astronaut

*January 23rd, 1973, Taipei

51

Tomas Holmström

Swedish ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1973, Piteå

33

Aleksey Voropayev

Gymnast

*January 23rd, 1973, Moscow †November 5th, 2006, Moscow

51

Dee Caffari

British yacht racer

*January 23rd, 1973, Chorleywood

51

François Groleau

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1973, Longueuil

51

Sean Palmer

American actor

*January 23rd, 1973, Reno

51

Nelson Paulino

Dominican baseball player

*January 23rd, 1973, Salcedo

51

Meshach Wade

Bermudian footballer (born 1973)

*January 23rd, 1973, Bermuda

51

Mark Kolesar

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1973, Neepawa

51

Karen Abbott

American writer

*January 23rd, 1973, Philadelphia

51

Federico de Beni

Italian racing cyclist

*January 23rd, 1973, Verona

51

Epi Quizon

Filipino actor

*January 23rd, 1973, Manila

51

Dmitry Isayev

Russian actor

*January 23rd, 1973, Saint Petersburg

51

Lisa Wu

American actress

*January 23rd, 1973, Inglewood

51

Lanei Chapman

American actress

*January 23rd, 1973, Los Angeles

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Who's birthday is on January 23rd?

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

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

54

Moreno Torricelli

Italian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1970, Erba

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

30

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

43

Julia Jones

American actress

*January 23rd, 1981, Boston

27

Cheam June Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*January 23rd, 1997, Penang

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

55

Stefano Zanini

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1969, Varese

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

50

Tiffani Thiessen

American actress

*January 23rd, 1974, Long Beach

45

Benjamín Noval

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1979, Mieres

55

Jörgen Warborn

Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden

*January 23rd, 1969, Varbergs

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

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Born in 1973

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Chinese badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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