January 23rd, 1976

Born on January 23rd, 1976

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, 1976

48

Marsha de Cordova

British politician (born 1976)

*January 23rd, 1976, Bristol

48

Alex Wubbels

American Olympic alpine skier; nurse

*January 23rd, 1976, Aspen

48

Hal Koerner

American ultramarathon runner

*January 23rd, 1976, Ashland

48

Carsten Schneider

German politician (born 1976)

*January 23rd, 1976, Erfurt

48

Nigel McGuinness

British professional wrestler

*January 23rd, 1976, London

48

Christian Stofer

Swiss rower

*January 23rd, 1976, Sursee

48

Brandon Duckworth

American professional baseball player

*January 23rd, 1976, Salt Lake City

48

Nan Whaley

American mayor

*January 23rd, 1976, Mooresville

48

Harmen Fraanje

Jazz musician

*January 23rd, 1976, Roosendaal

48

Krzysztof Gierczyński

Polish volleyball player

*January 23rd, 1976, Gubin

48

Delta Work

US drag performer and fashion stylist

*January 23rd, 1976, Norwalk

48

Nikolai Bardin

Russian ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1976, Perm

48

Lisen Bratt Fredricson

Swedish equestrian

*January 23rd, 1976, Stockholm

48

Bima Sakti

Indonesian footballer

*January 23rd, 1976, Balikpapan

48

Sharon Gesthuizen

Dutch politician, businesswoman and trade unionist

*January 23rd, 1976, Nijmegen

48

Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg

Norwegian orienteering competitor

*January 23rd, 1976, Karmøy Municipality

48

Angelica Lee

Malaysian-Chinese actress and singer

*January 23rd, 1976, Kedah

48

Kieran Lalor

American lawyer, politician and teacher

*January 23rd, 1976, Wappingers Falls

48

Tony Lucca

American musician

*January 23rd, 1976, Pontiac

48

Svetlan Kondev

Bulgarian footballer

*January 23rd, 1976, Sliven

48

Ignacio Hirigoyen

Tennis player

*January 23rd, 1976, Bahía Blanca

48

Byron Hanspard

All-American college football player, professional football player, running back

*January 23rd, 1976, Dallas

48

Lars Hallström

Swedish ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1976, Stockholm

48

Takehiro Hayashi

Japanese association football player

*January 23rd, 1976, Abiko

48

Byron Briske

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 23rd, 1976, Humboldt

48

Rick McCrank

Canadian skateboarder

*January 23rd, 1976, Peterborough

48

Michiel van Kampen

Dutch baseball player

*January 23rd, 1976, Haarlem

48

Fabiana Berto

Brazilian volleyball player

*January 23rd, 1976, São Paulo

48

Shahrol Yuzy

Malaysian motorcycle racer

*January 23rd, 1976, Kuala Lumpur

48

Tsuyoshi Muro

Japanese actor

*January 23rd, 1976, Kanagawa Prefecture

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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

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

32

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

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

52

Jérôme Guedj

French politician

*January 23rd, 1972, Pantin

45

Benjamín Noval

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1979, Mieres

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

54

Moreno Torricelli

Italian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1970, Erba

46

Walter Samuel

Argentine association football player

*January 23rd, 1978, Firmat

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

55

Stefano Zanini

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1969, Varese

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

49

Michael Olheiser

Cyclist

*January 23rd, 1975, Forest Lake

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47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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