About January 23

January 23, 2025 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.

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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 6 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 23

  • 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.
  • 1571 –
    The Royal Exchange opens in London.
  • 1719 –
    The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
  • 1793 –
    Second Partition of Poland: Russia and Prussia partition Poland for the second time.
  • 1870 –
    In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in the Marias Massacre.
  • 1879 –
    Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke’s Drift ends.
  • 1920 –
    The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
  • 1943 –
    Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
  • 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.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.
  • 1950 –
    The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
  • 1960 –
    The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean.
  • 1963 –
    Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
  • 1964 –
    The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
  • 1968 –
    North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying.
  • 1973 –
    A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland.
  • 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.

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