January 23
1556
The deadliest earthquake on record killed 830,000 in Shansi, China.
1789
Georgetown University established in what is now Washington, DC.
1849
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S.
1964
The 24th Amendment to the Constitution, barring poll taxes, was ratified.
1968
North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo (the crew was released 11 months later.)
1973
President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
1989
Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84.
1993
The first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, died.
2002
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty.
2004
Bob Keeshan, “Captain Kangaroo,” died at age 76.
Birthdays
Edouard Manet
1832–1883, French Painter.
Stendhal
writer (1783)
Camilla Collett
novelist, essayist, and literary critic (1813)
Sergei Eisenstein
filmmaker (1898)
Django Reinhardt
jazz musician (1910)
Potter Stewart
Associate Justice (1915)
Gertrude B. Elion
pharmacologist (1918)
Ernie Kovacs
actor, comedian (1919)
Jeanne Moreau
actress (1928)
Derek Walcott
dramatist and poet (1930)
Princess Caroline of Monaco
royalty (1957)
Tiffani Thiessen
actor (1974)