January 23rd, 2020

Born on January 23rd, 2020

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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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 23rd?

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

37

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

27

Cheam June Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*January 23rd, 1997, Penang

29

Linda Efler

German badminton player

*January 23rd, 1995, Emsdetten

32

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

30

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

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

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

43

Julia Jones

American actress

*January 23rd, 1981, Boston

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

27

Stefan O'Connor

English association football player (born 1997)

*January 23rd, 1997, Croydon

72

Heinrich Brunn

German classical archaeologist (1822-1894)

*January 23rd, 1822, Wörlitz †July 23rd, 1894, Schliersee

32

Keegan Messing

Canadian-American figure skater

*January 23rd, 1992, Girdwood

30

Merhawi Kudus

Eritrean cyclist

*January 23rd, 1994, Asmara

20

XXXTentacion

American rapper and singer-songwriter (1998–2018)

*January 23rd, 1998, Plantation †June 18th, 2018, Deerfield Beach

91

Chita Rivera

American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)

*January 23rd, 1933, Washington, D.C. †January 30th, 2024, New York City

54

Moreno Torricelli

Italian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1970, Erba

77

Megawati Soekarnoputri

5th president of Indonesia (2001-2004) and 8th vice-president of Indonesia (1999-2001)

*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta City

30

Hamish Schreurs

Cyclist

*January 23rd, 1994, Christchurch

34

Carina Bär

German rower

*January 23rd, 1990, Heilbronn

87

Derek Walcott

Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)

*January 23rd, 1930, Castries †March 17th, 2017, Cap Estate

29

Çağla Demirsal

Turkish figure skater

*January 23rd, 1995, Kocaeli

52

Jérôme Guedj

French politician

*January 23rd, 1972, Pantin

45

Benjamín Noval

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1979, Mieres

35

Danielle Montalbano

Pair skater

*January 23rd, 1989, Manhasset

39

Claudia Belderbos

Dutch rower

*January 23rd, 1985, Doorn

33

Hayley Anne Sacks

Figure skater

*January 23rd, 1991, New York City

55

Stefano Zanini

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1969, Varese

32

Charlotte Aiken

English figure skater

*January 23rd, 1992, Plymouth

81

Miguel Ángel Revilla

Spanish politician

*January 23rd, 1943, Salceda

62

Elvira Lindo

Spanish writer

*January 23rd, 1962, Cádiz

90

Lou Antonio

American actor (b. 1934)

*January 23rd, 1934, Oklahoma City

38

Benjamin Giraud

French bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1986, Marseille

51

Édouard Manet

French painter (1832–1883)

*January 23rd, 1832, former 10th arrondissement of Paris †April 30th, 1883, 8th arrondissement of Paris

57

Magdalena Andersson

Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist

*January 23rd, 1967, Vaksala församling

55

Jörgen Warborn

Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden

*January 23rd, 1969, Varbergs

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Yes: 2020 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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