January 23rd, 1977

Born on January 23rd, 1977

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, 1977

47

Tomáš Sedláček

Czech economist and university educator

*January 23rd, 1977, Roudnice nad Labem

47

Tim Brabants

British sprint kayaker

*January 23rd, 1977, Chertsey

47

Gustavo Morínigo

Paraguayan footballer

*January 23rd, 1977, Asunción

47

Joséphine de Meaux

French actress

*January 23rd, 1977, Boulogne-Billancourt

47

Nebojša Golić

Bosnian handball player

*January 23rd, 1977, Banja Luka

47

Olga Philippova

Russian actor

*January 23rd, 1977, Dolgoprudny

47

Zsolt Füzesi

Hungarian footballer

*January 23rd, 1977, Budapest

47

Wellington Gonçalves Amorim

Brazilian footballer

*January 23rd, 1977, Belo Horizonte

47

Rory Ginty

Irish footballer

*January 23rd, 1977, Galway

47

Ian Capon

Cricketer

*January 23rd, 1977, Haverfordwest

47

Cristian Durant

English cricketer (born 1977)

*January 23rd, 1977, Leicester

47

Hamdi Marzouki

Tunisian association football player

*January 23rd, 1977, Mégrine

47

Veljko Petković

Volleyball player

*January 23rd, 1977, Novi Sad

47

Phil Sanderson

Lacrosse player

*January 23rd, 1977, Orangeville

47

Javier di Gregorio

Argentine footballer

*January 23rd, 1977, Mendoza

47

Osman Pashayev

Ukrainian journalist

*January 23rd, 1977, Angren

47

Mason Bates

American composer

*January 23rd, 1977, Richmond

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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

43

Julia Jones

American actress

*January 23rd, 1981, Boston

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

32

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

46

Walter Samuel

Argentine association football player

*January 23rd, 1978, Firmat

45

Benjamín Noval

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1979, Mieres

48

Marsha de Cordova

British politician (born 1976)

*January 23rd, 1976, Bristol

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

52

Jérôme Guedj

French politician

*January 23rd, 1972, Pantin

54

Moreno Torricelli

Italian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1970, Erba

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

48

Alex Wubbels

American Olympic alpine skier; nurse

*January 23rd, 1976, Aspen

55

Stefano Zanini

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1969, Varese

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Born in 1977

46

Zhang Jun

Chinese badminton player

*November 26th, 1977, Suzhou

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

46

Carsten Linnemann

German economist, politician

*August 10th, 1977, Paderborn

46

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

46

Emmanuel Macron

President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017

*December 21st, 1977, Amiens

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

46

Gong Zhichao

Badminton player

*December 15th, 1977, Anhua County

46

Paul Kalkbrenner

German electronic musician

*June 11th, 1977, Leipzig

46

Ji Xinpeng

Chinese badminton player

*December 30th, 1977, Shashi District

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

46

Gail Emms

Badminton player

*July 23rd, 1977, Hitchin

46

Pernille Harder

Badminton player

*September 3rd, 1977, Odder Municipality

46

Melanie Lynskey

New Zealand actress

*May 16th, 1977, New Plymouth

46

José Antonio Crespo

Spanish badminton player

*June 24th, 1977, Arroyo de la Miel

46

Dave McCullen

Musician, music producer

*December 28th, 1977, Bonheiden

47

Shakira

Colombian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 2nd, 1977, Barranquilla

47

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

Danish politician

*January 17th, 1977, Zealand

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

47

Sverre Rotevatn

Norwegian Nordic combined skier

*January 17th, 1977, Lillehammer Municipality

46

Anthony Clark

English badminton player

*November 1st, 1977, Derby

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No: With 365 days 1977 is a normal year and no leap year.

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