23 January History


Month:                           Date:     

  • 1901    -    A great fire ravages Montreal, resulting in $2.5 million in property lost.
  • 1913    -    The "Young Turks" revolt because they are angered by the concessions made at the London peace talks.
  • 1932    -    Franklin D. Roosevelt enters the presidential race.
  • 1948    -    The Soviets refuse UN entry into North Korea to administer elections.
  • 1949    -    The Communist Chinese forces begin their advance on Nanking.
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  • 1950    -    Jerusalem becomes the official capital of Israel.
  • 1951    -    President Truman creates the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, to monitor the anti-Communist campaign.
  • 1969    -    NASA unveils moon-landing craft.
  • 1973    -    President Richard Nixon claims that Vietnam peace has been reached in Paris and that the POWs would be home in 60 days.
  • 1977    -    Alex Haley's Roots begins a record-breaking eight-night broadcast on ABC.
  • 1981    -    Under international pressure, opposition leader Kim Dae Jung's death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment in Seoul.
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  • 1986    -    U.S. begins maneuvers off the Libyan coast.

  • 23 January Birthdays

  • 1832    -    Ă‰douard Manet, French impressionist painter best known for Luncheon in the Grass.
  • 1899    -    Humphrey Bogart, U.S. film actor (The African Queen, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon).
  • 1919    -    Ernie Kovacs, U.S. comedian and television personality.
  • 1957    -    Princess Caroline of Monaco.