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 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.
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January 23 Historical Events
- 393 –Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight year old son Honorius co-emperor.
- 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.
- 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 –World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends.
- 1950 –The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
- 1963 –Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
- 1973 –President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
- 2031 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on January 23?
- 1745 –William Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814)
- 1786 –Auguste de Montferrand, French architect (d. 1858)
- 1896 –Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1985)
- 1897 –Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian independence fighter (d. 1945)
- 1900 –William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (d. 1988)
- 1915 –Potter Stewart, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1985)
- 1916 –Airey Neave, British Major, politician and indictment server at the Nuremberg Trials (d. 1979)
- 1924 –Bal Thackeray, founder and president of Indian political party Shiv Sena
- 1954 –Franco De Vita, Venezuelan singer and songwriter
- 1972 –Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer
Who died on January 23?
- 1866 –Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785)
- 1893 –Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1825)
- 1977 –Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (b. 1903)
- 1992 –Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (b. 1924)
- 1999 –Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949)
- 2002 –Paul Aars, American racecar driver (b. 1934)
- 2007 –E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (b. 1918)
- 2007 –Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and writer (b. 1932)
- 2007 –Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian Politician (b. 1928)
- 2011 –Jack LaLanne, American fitness and nutritional expert (b. 1914)
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