January 23rd, 1974

Born on January 23rd, 1974

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, 1974

50

Tiffani Thiessen

American actress

*January 23rd, 1974, Long Beach

50

Richard T. Slone

British artist

*January 23rd, 1974, Newton

50

Glen Chapple

English cricketer (born 1974)

*January 23rd, 1974, Skipton

50

Jack D. Fischer

American astronaut

*January 23rd, 1974, Louisville

50

Derek Cianfrance

American film director and screenwriter

*January 23rd, 1974, Lakewood

50

Chris Corner

English producer and musician

*January 23rd, 1974, Middlesbrough

50

Patricia Sosa

Argentine singer, songwriter and actress

*January 23rd, 1974, Buenos Aires

50

Jack Michaels

American ice hockey sportscaster

*January 23rd, 1974, Meadville

50

Sampsa Astala

Finnish musician

*January 23rd, 1974, Vantaa

50

Funky

Puerto Rican rapper and Reggaeton Christian artist

*January 23rd, 1974, San Juan

50

Anne Marivin

French actress

*January 23rd, 1974, Senlis

50

Bernard Diomède

French association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1974, Saint-Doulchard

50

Joël Bouchard

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1974, Montreal

50

Rebekah Elmaloglou

Australian actress

*January 23rd, 1974, Australia

50

Linda Estelle

Dutch singer

*January 23rd, 1974, Arnhem

50

Mikkel Nørgaard

Danish film director

*January 23rd, 1974, Aarhus

50

Stephanie Elam

American television journalist

*January 23rd, 1974, California

50

Jackie Billet

American soccer player

*January 23rd, 1974, United States of America

50

Umang Singhar

Politician

*January 23rd, 1974, Dhar

50

Chen Jeng-i

Taiwanese footballer

*January 23rd, 1974, Kaohsiung

50

Dmitri Lvovich Proshin

Russian footballer

*January 23rd, 1974, Temnikov

50

Norah O'Donnell

American television journalist who is currently anchor of the CBS Evening News

*January 23rd, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Vitaly Valentinovich Milonov

Russian politician

*January 23rd, 1974, Saint Petersburg

50

Yuki Urushibara

Japanese manga artist

*January 23rd, 1974, Yamaguchi Prefecture

50

Suzy Shortland

New Zealand rugby union player

*January 23rd, 1974, Auckland

50

Sara Eriksson

Olympic wrestler

*January 23rd, 1974, Luleå

44

Dean Francis

English boxer

*January 23rd, 1974, Leeds †May 25th, 2018

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Who's birthday is on January 23rd?

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

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

32

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

54

Moreno Torricelli

Italian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1970, Erba

43

Julia Jones

American actress

*January 23rd, 1981, Boston

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

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

48

Marsha de Cordova

British politician (born 1976)

*January 23rd, 1976, Bristol

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

55

Stefano Zanini

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1969, Varese

45

Benjamín Noval

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1979, Mieres

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

55

Jörgen Warborn

Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden

*January 23rd, 1969, Varbergs

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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