About January 23
January 23, 2024 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.
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Aquarius is the sun 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.
What Happened On January 23
- 3102 BCE –Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga.
- 393 –Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight year old son Honorius co-emperor.
- 971 –In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops.
- 1556 –The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
- 1719 –The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1870 –In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in the Marias Massacre.
- 1899 –Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic.
- 1900 –The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces during the Second Boer War resulted in a British defeat.
- 1904 –Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
- 1907 –Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
- 1912 –The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
- 1937 –In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin’s regime and assassinate its leaders.
- 1943 –Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
- 1950 –The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
- 1958 –Overthrow in Venezuela of Marcos Pérez Jiménez
- 1973 –A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland.
- 1973 –President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
- 1986 –The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
- 1993 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- 1997 –Antonis Daglis, a 23-year-old Greek truck driver is sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others.
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