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 23^rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 10, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 473,880 hours 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.

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 18 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 4,050 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 23 Historical Events

• 3102 BCE –
  Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga.
• 1510 –
  Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity.
• 1556 –
  The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
• 1793 –
  Second Partition of Poland: Russia and Prussia partition Poland for the second time.
• 1920 –
  The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
• 1941 –
  Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
• 1943 –
  Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
• 1943 –
  World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. This turning point in the Pacific War marks the beginning of the end of Japanese aggression.
• 1986 –
  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
• 2012 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dragon in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on January 23?

• 1898 –
  Randolph Scott, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1913 –
  Jean-Michel Atlan, French painter (d. 1960)
• 1919 –
  Frances Bay, Canadian actress (d. 2011)
• 1947 –
  Thomas R. Carper, American politician, senior senator of Delaware
• 1953 –
  Robin Zander, American singer (Cheap Trick)
• 1957 –
  Lou Schuler, American fitness journalist
• 1960 –
  Jean-François Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 –
  Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player
• 1975 –
  Tito Ortiz, American UFC fighter
• 1976 –
  Nigel McGuinness, English professional wrestler

Who died on January 23?

• 1199 –
  Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)
• 1812 –
  Robert Craufurd, British general (b. 1764)
• 1875 –
  Charles Kingsley English writer (b. 1819)
• 1883 –
  Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832)
• 1944 –
  Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b. 1863)
• 1944 –
  Viktor Gusev, Russian poet (b. 1909)
• 1981 –
  Samuel Barber, American composer (b. 1910)
• 1999 –
  Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949)
• 2005 –
  Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)
• 2007 –
  E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (b. 1918)