January 23rd, 1997

Born on January 23rd, 1997

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What happened on January 23rd, 1997?

January 23rd, 1997

Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Albright

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Albright

What else happened on January 23rd?

January 23rd, 2003

The final signal was detected from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10, then about 12 billion kilometres (7.5 billion miles) from Earth.

January 23rd, 1846

Ahmad Bey declared the legal abolition of slavery in Tunisia.

January 23rd, 1571

Queen Elizabeth I opened the Royal Exchange in London, giving it its royal title.

January 23rd, 1368

The Hongwu Emperor (pictured) ascended the throne, initiating the Ming dynasty, which would rule China for three centuries.

January 23rd, 2002

American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and later murdered by al-Qaeda agents in Karachi, Pakistan.

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"

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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 23rd

Born on January 23rd, 1997

29

Stefan O'Connor

English association football player (born 1997)

*January 23rd, 1997, Croydon

29

Chiara Rebagliati

Italian archer

*January 23rd, 1997, Savona

29

Javier Núñez Mendoza

Association football player

*January 23rd, 1997, Lima

29

Shaheen Jafargholi

British actor

*January 23rd, 1997, Swansea

29

Sophie Hahn

English athlete (1997-)

*January 23rd, 1997, Nottingham

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Born in 1997

29

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

28

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

28

Zara Larsson

Swedish singer and songwriter

*December 16th, 1997, Solna Municipality

29

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

28

Young Miko

Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter and former footballer

*November 8th, 1997, Añasco

29

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer, songwriter, DJ and model

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

28

Apache 207

German rapper

*October 23rd, 1997, Ludwigshafen

29

Victor Leksell

Swedish singer

*April 4th, 1997, Torslanda

28

Megan Moroney

American country music singer

*October 9th, 1997, Savannah

28

Dardan

German rapper

*October 2nd, 1997, Stuttgart

29

Bella Poarch

American singer and social media personality

*February 9th, 1997, Philippines

28

Marion Borras

French bicycle racer

*November 24th, 1997, Pontcharra

29

Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Thai badminton player

*May 20th, 1997, Chonburi

29

Li Yinhui

Chinese badminton player

*March 11th, 1997, Wuhan

29

Omah Lay

Nigerian singer

*May 19th, 1997, Rivers State

29

Princesa Alba

Chilean singer

*February 16th, 1997, Santiago

28

Leony

German singer-songwriter

*June 25th, 1997, Chammünster

29

Chloë Grace Moretz

American actress (born 1997)

*February 10th, 1997, Atlanta

28

Charles Leclerc

Monegasque racing driver

*October 16th, 1997, Monte Carlo

28

Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani children's education activist

*July 12th, 1997, Mingora

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No: With 365 days 1997 is a normal year and no leap year.

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