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January 23, 2006 Stephen Harper, wins the election in Canada and is the first conservative Prime Minister in 12 years January 23, 1998 Pope John Paul II condemns U.S. embargo against Cuba January 23, 1996 Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test NZ vs. Zim January 23, 1994 Bernie Kosar is 2nd QB to throw TD passes in AFC and NFC Champ games January 23, 1994 Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Hercegovina January 23, 1993 50th Golden Globes: Scent of a Woman, wins January 23, 1993 Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack January 23, 1993 Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die January 23, 1993 NY Newsday reports Ore Sen Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women January 23, 1993 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan January 23, 1992 "Visit" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances January 23, 1991 Seinfeld debuts on NBC-TV January 23, 1991 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait January 23, 1990 Dean Jones scores twin Test tons vs. Pakistan at Adelaide Oval January 23, 1989 Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court January 23, 1989 NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak January 23, 1988 45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas January 23, 1988 62nd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76) January 23, 1988 Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match January 23, 1988 Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands January 23, 1987 Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss) January 23, 1987 Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion) January 23, 1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 13 performances January 23, 1986 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB January 23, 1986 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, B Holly, J L Lewis and Elvis Presley) January 23, 1985 Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised January 23, 1984 Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game January 23, 1984 Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km January 23, 1984 Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ January 23, 1983 "A-Team" with Mr. T premieres on NBC January 23, 1983 Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis January 23, 1983 Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $14,700,000 January 23, 1983 In NBA, Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96 January 23, 1983 Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean January 23, 1983 Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:40.97) January 23, 1982 Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date) January 23, 1982 World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2 January 23, 1981 1st Richard Nixon museum opens in San Clemente, California January 23, 1981 Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin January 23, 1981 Mike Bossy becomes 1st in NHL to score 50 goals in 50 games January 23, 1981 Red Sox trade Fred Lynn to Angels for Frank Tanana and Joe Rudi January 23, 1979 Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 23, 1978 Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris January 23, 1978 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 14-13 January 23, 1977 $1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris January 23, 1977 Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC January 23, 1976 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide January 23, 1976 Washington Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat New York Rangers 7-5 January 23, 1975 "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV January 23, 1975 Ralph Kiner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame January 23, 1974 1st edition of women's magazine "Story" January 23, 1973 23rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 104-84 at Chicago January 23, 1973 Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs January 23, 1973 Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims January 23, 1973 President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War January 23, 1972 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13 January 23, 1972 Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champ January 23, 1972 Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi January 23, 1972 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest January 23, 1972 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-13 January 23, 1971 -80 degrees F (-62 degrees C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (US record) January 23, 1971 4th ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina January 23, 1971 UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row January 23, 1970 Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif) January 23, 1970 Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam January 23, 1970 U.S. launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1 January 23, 1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site January 23, 1969 Cream releases their last album "Goodbye" January 23, 1968 Joe Medwick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 23, 1968 Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea January 23, 1967 Stan Musial is named GM of Cards January 23, 1965 "King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV January 23, 1965 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Dick Weber January 23, 1965 Boston Celtic center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to Philadelphia Warriors led by Wilt Chamberlain January 23, 1964 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections January 23, 1964 Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in New York City January 23, 1962 Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 23, 1962 British spy Kim Philby defects to U.S.S.R. January 23, 1962 Libya, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb January 23, 1961 Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films January 23, 1961 Venezuela adopts constitution January 23, 1960 Bathosphere "Trieste" reach bottom of Pacific (10,900 m) January 23, 1958 "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 60 performances January 23, 1958 Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez flees Venezuela, Larrazabal takes power January 23, 1958 Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs. West Indies January 23, 1955 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open January 23, 1955 KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast January 23, 1954 Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP January 23, 1954 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games) January 23, 1953 Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for NSW 16 years 357 days January 23, 1953 NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts) January 23, 1953 NFL's National and American conference become Eastern and Western conf January 23, 1951 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg January 23, 1950 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published January 23, 1950 AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset January 23, 1950 Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel January 23, 1950 NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense and defense) January 23, 1950 Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung January 23, 1948 Bradman scores 201 in 272 mins vs. India, 21 fours 1 six January 23, 1948 Huston's "Treasure of Sierra Madre" starring Humphrey Bogart opens January 23, 1948 Test debut of Neil Harvey, vs. India at Adelaide January 23, 1946 Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA January 23, 1945 Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation January 23, 1944 Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon," premieres in New York City January 23, 1944 Det Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0 January 23, 1943 66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record) January 23, 1943 British 8th army marches into Tripoli January 23, 1943 Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period January 23, 1943 Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured January 23, 1942 Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain January 23, 1942 Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army January 23, 1941 Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center January 23, 1941 WOR-AM in Newark New Jersey moves to New York City January 23, 1940 Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile January 23, 1937 Karl Radek and 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge January 23, 1936 Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curacao forms January 23, 1933 20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20 January 23, 1932 El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers January 23, 1930 Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto January 23, 1930 George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia established January 23, 1930 WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia South Carolina begins radio transmissions January 23, 1928 "Abenteuer of brave Soldier Schwejk" premieres in Berlin January 23, 1926 Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in New York City January 23, 1924 Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour government in Britain January 23, 1923 Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) January 23, 1920 Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies January 23, 1916 Temp falls from 44 degrees F (7 degrees C) to -56 degrees F (49 degrees C) night of 23-24, Browning MT January 23, 1909 1st radio rescue at sea January 23, 1908 US and Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo January 23, 1907 Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American U.S. senator January 23, 1902 Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for Stanley Cup January 23, 1897 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange" January 23, 1896 Edward Macdowell's 2nd Suite in E, premieres January 23, 1894 G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min January 23, 1889 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams forms Provident Hospital in Chicago January 23, 1879 National Archery Association forms (Crawfordsville Ind) January 23, 1870 173 Blackfoot (140 women and children) killed in Montana by U.S. Army January 23, 1862 Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 10,000 January 23, 1856 Steamer Pacific lost January 23, 1849 Mrs Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in US January 23, 1849 Patent granted for an envelope-making machine January 23, 1845 Uniform U.S. election day for president and VP authorized January 23, 1833 Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation January 23, 1812 7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri January 23, 1796 Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500 January 23, 1793 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia January 23, 1793 Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized January 23, 1789 Georgetown, 1st U.S. Catholic college, founded January 23, 1779 Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra) January 23, 1723 Georg Friedrich Handel's opera "Ottone," premieres in London January 23, 1719 Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire January 23, 1668 England, Netherlands and Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French January 23, 1663 King Louis XIV affirms covenant with R˜nstaten January 23, 1647 Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament January 23, 1643 Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians January 23, 1637 Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil January 23, 1631 France and Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Barwald January 23, 1579 Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic January 23, 1571 Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London January 23, 1570 Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out January 23, 1556 Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China January 23, 1552 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England January 23, 1492 "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed January 23, 1490 1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul January 23, 1265 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) January 23, 638 Start of Islamic calendar |