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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1579 –
    The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
  • 1719 –
    The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
  • 1789 –
    Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)
  • 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.
  • 1907 –
    Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • 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.
  • 1958 –
    Overthrow in Venezuela of Marcos Pérez Jiménez
  • 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 –
    President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
  • 2002 –
    “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody.
  • 2009 –
    Dendermonde nursery attack in Dendermonde, Belgium.
  • 2031 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.

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