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, 482,664 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.
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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
- 3102 BCE –Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga.
- 393 –Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight year old son Honorius co-emperor.
- 1368 –In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.
- 1571 –The Royal Exchange opens in London.
- 1928 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- 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.
- 1964 –The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
- 1997 –Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
- 2002 –“American Taliban” John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody.
Who were born on January 23?
- 1923 –Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach
- 1924 –Frank Lautenberg, American politician
- 1938 –Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
- 1938 –Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
- 1946 –Arnoldo Alemán, ex-president of Nicaragua
- 1946 –Don Whittington, American businessman, car & airplane racer and convicted felon
- 1961 –Mas Selamat bin Kastari, Singapore’s most-wanted terror fugitive
- 1976 –Tony Lucca, actor, singer and musician
- 1979 –Larry Hughes, American basketball player
- 1984 –Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
Who died on January 23?
- 1548 –Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (b. 1490)
- 1622 –William Baffin, English explorer
- 1921 –Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer (b. 1877)
- 1988 –Charles Glen King, American biochemist (b. 1896)
- 1989 –Salvador Dalí, Catalan artist (b. 1904)
- 1999 –Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949)
- 2002 –Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b. 1930)
- 2004 –Helmut Newton, German-born photographer (b. 1920)
- 2005 –Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)
- 2007 –E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (b. 1918)
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