What are the important events that happened on January 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 23: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 23 is the 23rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 342 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 10, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,959,840 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icositrigon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 6 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,416 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 23 Historical Events
- 971 –In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops.
- 1849 –Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States’ first female doctor.
- 1920 –The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
- 1942 –World War II: The Battle of Rabaul begins, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign.
- 1943 –World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends.
- 1943 –World War II: Troops of Montgomery’s 8th Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army.
- 1963 –Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
- 1968 –North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying.
- 1974 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- 2002 –“American Taliban” John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody.
Who were born on January 23?
- 1813 –Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (d. 1895)
- 1862 –David Hilbert, German mathematician (d. 1943)
- 1897 –Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian independence fighter (d. 1945)
- 1910 –Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist (d. 1953)
- 1912 –Boris Pokrovsky, Russian operatic stage director (d. 2009)
- 1929 –Myron Cope, American sports announcer
- 1954 –Franco De Vita, Venezuelan singer and songwriter
- 1964 –Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana
- 1986 –Benjamin Griesert, German footballer
- 1988 –Alan Power, Irish footballer
Who died on January 23?
- 1548 –Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (b. 1490)
- 1800 –Edward Rutledge, American statesman (b. 1749)
- 1810 –Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
- 1837 –John Field, Irish composer (b. 1782)
- 1943 –Alexander Woollcott, American actor, author, and bon vivant (b. 1887)
- 1981 –Samuel Barber, American composer (b. 1910)
- 1983 –Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (b. 1908)
- 1999 –Joe D'Amato, Italian director (b. 1936)
- 1999 –Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949)
- 2006 –Chris McKinstry, Canadian scientist (b. 1967)
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