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
- 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.
- 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.
- 1533 –Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, discovers herself pregnant.
- 1546 –Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.
- 1556 –The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
- 1570 –James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.
- 1789 –Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)
- 1967 –Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
- 2002 –Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered .
- 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?
- 1872 –Paul Langevin, French physicist (d. 1946)
- 1884 –George McManus American cartoonist (d. 1954)
- 1936 –Jerry Kramer, American football player
- 1938 –Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
- 1950 –Danny Federici, American musician (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) (d. 2008)
- 1957 –Lou Schuler, American fitness journalist
- 1969 –Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress
- 1971 –Kevin Mawae, American football player
- 1974 –Richard T. Slone, British artist
- 1976 –Nigel McGuinness, English professional wrestler
Who died on January 23?
- 1789 –John Cleland, English novelist (b. 1709)
- 1800 –Edward Rutledge, American statesman (b. 1749)
- 1921 –Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer (b. 1877)
- 1943 –Alexander Woollcott, American actor, author, and bon vivant (b. 1887)
- 1981 –Samuel Barber, American composer (b. 1910)
- 1986 –Joseph Beuys, German artist (b. 1921)
- 1989 –Salvador Dalí, Catalan artist (b. 1904)
- 1990 –Allen Collins, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
- 1991 –Northrop Frye, Canadian writer and critic (b. 1912)
- 2005 –Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)
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