23 January
Notable Births
Julio Enciso (footballer, born 2004)
b. 2004
Paraguayan footballer (born 2004)
Joško Gvardiol
b. 2002
Croatian footballer (born 2002)
Nicola Zalewski
b. 2002
Polish footballer (born 2002)
Olga Danilović
b. 2001
Serbian tennis player (born 2001)
Fanni Pigniczki
b. 2000
Hungarian rhythmic gymnast
Alban Lafont
b. 1999
Footballer (born 1999)
XXXTentacion
b. 1998
American rapper and singer-songwriter (1998–2018)
Keita Bates-Diop
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
b. 1996
English footballer (born 1996)
Addison Russell
b. 1994
American baseball player (born 1994)
Steve Birnbaum
b. 1991
American soccer player (born 1991)
Leo Komarov
b. 1987
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1987)
Gelete Burka
b. 1986
Ethiopian runner
José Enrique (footballer, born 1986)
b. 1986
Spanish footballer (born 1986)
Steven Taylor (footballer)
b. 1986
English footballer (born 1986)
Sandro Viletta
b. 1986
Swiss alpine skier (born 1986)
San E
b. 1985
South Korean rapper (born 1985)
Dong Fangzhuo
b. 1985
Chinese footballer (born 1985)
Doutzen Kroes
b. 1985
Dutch fashion model (born 1985)
Tanya Savicheva
b. 1930
Russian diarist and victim of the Siege of Leningrad
Notable Deaths
Charles Osgood
d. 2024
American television news anchor (1933–2024)
Melanie (singer)
d. 2024
American musician (1947–2024)
Hal Holbrook
d. 2021
American actor (1925–2021)
Larry King
d. 2021
American TV and radio host (1933–2021)
Song Yoo-jung
d. 2021
South Korean actress and model (1994–2021)
Aloysius Pang
d. 2019
Singaporean actor (1990–2019)
Oliver Mtukudzi
d. 2019
Zimbabwean musician (1952–2019)
Hugh Masekela
d. 2018
South African musician and composer (1939–2018)
Ernie Banks
d. 2015
American baseball player (1931–2015)
Prosper Ego
d. 2015
Dutch activist
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
d. 2015
King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015
Yuri Izrael
d. 2014
Russian scientist (1930–2014)
Elmira Nazirova
d. 2014
Azerbaijani composer (1928–2014)
Józef Glemp
d. 2013
Polish cardinal
Robert W. Scott
d. 2009
American politician (1929–2009)
Syed Hussein Alatas
d. 2007
Malaysian academic, sociologist and politician
Johnny Carson
d. 2005
American comedian and television host (1925–2005)
Helmut Newton
d. 2004
German-Australian photographer (1920–2004)
Nell Carter
d. 2003
American singer and actress (1948–2003)
Salvador Dalí
d. 1989
Spanish surrealist artist (1904–1989)
On This Day in History
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2024
Northwestern Air Flight 738 crashes after takeoff from Fort Smith Airport, Northwest Territories, Canada, killing six people.
Northwestern Air Flight 738
2022
Mutinying Burkinabè soldiers led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba depose and detain President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré amid widespread anti-government protests.
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
2018
A 7.9 Mw earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake
2018
A double car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, kills at least 33 people and wounds "dozens" of others. The victims include both military personnel and civilians, according to local officials.
Benghazi
2018
The China–United States trade war begins when President Donald Trump places tariffs on Chinese solar panels and washing machines.
China–United States trade war
2003
A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
Pioneer 10
2002
U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
Daniel Pearl
2001
Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Chinese Communist Party to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
2001 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident
1998
Netscape announces Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source.
Netscape
1997
Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
Madeleine Albright
1987
Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan sends a "letter of death" to Somali President Siad Barre, proposing the genocide of the Isaaq people.
Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan
1986
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1982
World Airways Flight 30 overshoots the runway at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, and crashes into Boston Harbor. Two people are missing and presumed dead.
World Airways Flight 30
1968
USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by the Korean People's Navy.
USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
1967
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
Diplomacy
1967
Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty-one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age.
Milton Keynes
1964
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1963
The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese Army stationed in Tite.
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
1960
The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
Bathyscaphe
1958
After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
1958 Venezuelan coup d'état