January 23
1556 - The deadliest earthquake ever recorded struck the Shanxi area in China, killing an estimated 830,000 people.
1789 - Georgetown University was established in Washington, D.C.
1812 - The second of the New Madrid Earthquakes struck, with an estimated magnitude of 7.5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
1845 - Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female physician in the United States when she received her medical degree from the Medical Institution of Geneva, New York.
1932 - New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1937 - Seventeen people went on trial in Moscow during Soviet leader Josef Stalin's Great Purge.
1950 - The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
1964 - The 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, barring poll taxes, was ratified after South Dakota became the 38th state to approve it.
1968 - North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo. (The crew was released 11 months later.)
1973 - President Richard Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
1977 - The TV mini-series "Roots," based on the Alex Haley novel, began airing on ABC.
1989 - Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84.
1991 - Allied forces in the Persian Gulf War announced that they had achieved air superiority after some 12,000 sorties.
1993 - Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, died.
1997 - A judge in Fairfax, Virginia, sentenced a Pakistani man to death for an assault rifle attack outside CIA headquarters in 1993 that killed two people and wounded three.
2002 - Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. (He was later killed.)
2002 - John Walker Lindh, a U.S.-born Taliban fighter, was returned to the United States to face criminal charges that he’d conspired to kill fellow Americans. (Lindh was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to providing support for the Taliban; he was released in May, 2019, after serving more than 17 years.)
2005 - Former "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson died at age 79.
2009 - President Barack Obama quietly ended the Bush administration’s ban on giving federal money to international groups that performed abortions or provided information on the option.
2020 - Chinese state media said the city of Wuhan would be shutting down outbound flights and trains, trying to halt the spread of a new virus that had sickened hundreds of people and killed at least 17. The World Health Organization said the viral illness in China was not yet a global health emergency, though the head of the U.N. health agency added that “it may yet become one.”
2020 - In a second day of opening arguments at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, Democratic prosecutors made the case that Trump had abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a “completely bogus” theory about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
Birthdays
20 - Ren Taylor (singer)
23 - Rachel Crow (singer/actress)
36 - Doutzen Kroes (model)
40 - Shallon Lester (reality star)
41 - Lindsey Kraft (actress)
47 - Tiffani Thiessen (actress)
47 - Norah O'Donnell (news anchor)
57 - Mariska Hargitay (actress)
58 - Gail O'Grady (actress)
59 - Boris McGiver (actor)
60 - Peter Mackenzie (actor)
63 - Anita Baker (singer)
71 - Bill Cunningham (musiican)
71 - Richard Dean Anderson (actor)
73 - Anita Pointer (singer)
78 - Gil Gerard (actor)
87 - Lou Antonio (actor)
88 - Chita Rivera (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 23
1944 - The Detroit Red Wings set record for the most goals, most consecutive goals and most points in a game. The Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 15-0 and had a total of 37 assists.
1950 - NFL owners approve a rule change on substitution opening the way for the 2-plattoon system (separate players for offense and defense).
1953 - The NFL's Dallas Texans become the Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts).
1962 - Jackie Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
1975 - Ralph Kiner is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1979 - Willie Mays is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1981 - Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders becomes the first in NHL history to score 50 goals in 50 games.
1984 - Hulk Hogan defeats the Iron Sheik to win his first WWF championship at Madison Square Garden.
1985 - O.J. Simpson became the first Heisman Trophy winner elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
1988 - At the Quaker State Open, Bob Benoit won a $100,000 bonus and became the first bowler to win a televised tournament by rolling a perfect 300 game.
1998 - The Denver Nuggets tie the NBA single-season record of 23 consecutive losses set by the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995-96. (They end the streak the next day with a 99-81 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.)
1998 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls sets an NBA record by scoring in double figures for his 800th consecutive game.
2000 - Dallas' Don Nelson becomes the 6th coach in NBA history to win 900 career games when the Mavericks defeat the Detroit Pistons, 99-91 at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
2015 - Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson sets an NBA record for most points in a quarter with 37 and most 3-pointers in a quarter with nine in a 126-101 win over the Sacramento Kings.
1556 - The deadliest earthquake ever recorded struck the Shanxi area in China, killing an estimated 830,000 people.
1789 - Georgetown University was established in Washington, D.C.
1812 - The second of the New Madrid Earthquakes struck, with an estimated magnitude of 7.5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
1845 - Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female physician in the United States when she received her medical degree from the Medical Institution of Geneva, New York.
1932 - New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1937 - Seventeen people went on trial in Moscow during Soviet leader Josef Stalin's Great Purge.
1950 - The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
1964 - The 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, barring poll taxes, was ratified after South Dakota became the 38th state to approve it.
1968 - North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo. (The crew was released 11 months later.)
1973 - President Richard Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
1977 - The TV mini-series "Roots," based on the Alex Haley novel, began airing on ABC.
1989 - Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84.
1991 - Allied forces in the Persian Gulf War announced that they had achieved air superiority after some 12,000 sorties.
1993 - Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, died.
1997 - A judge in Fairfax, Virginia, sentenced a Pakistani man to death for an assault rifle attack outside CIA headquarters in 1993 that killed two people and wounded three.
2002 - Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. (He was later killed.)
2002 - John Walker Lindh, a U.S.-born Taliban fighter, was returned to the United States to face criminal charges that he’d conspired to kill fellow Americans. (Lindh was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to providing support for the Taliban; he was released in May, 2019, after serving more than 17 years.)
2005 - Former "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson died at age 79.
2009 - President Barack Obama quietly ended the Bush administration’s ban on giving federal money to international groups that performed abortions or provided information on the option.
2020 - Chinese state media said the city of Wuhan would be shutting down outbound flights and trains, trying to halt the spread of a new virus that had sickened hundreds of people and killed at least 17. The World Health Organization said the viral illness in China was not yet a global health emergency, though the head of the U.N. health agency added that “it may yet become one.”
2020 - In a second day of opening arguments at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, Democratic prosecutors made the case that Trump had abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a “completely bogus” theory about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
Birthdays
20 - Ren Taylor (singer)
23 - Rachel Crow (singer/actress)
36 - Doutzen Kroes (model)
40 - Shallon Lester (reality star)
41 - Lindsey Kraft (actress)
47 - Tiffani Thiessen (actress)
47 - Norah O'Donnell (news anchor)
57 - Mariska Hargitay (actress)
58 - Gail O'Grady (actress)
59 - Boris McGiver (actor)
60 - Peter Mackenzie (actor)
63 - Anita Baker (singer)
71 - Bill Cunningham (musiican)
71 - Richard Dean Anderson (actor)
73 - Anita Pointer (singer)
78 - Gil Gerard (actor)
87 - Lou Antonio (actor)
88 - Chita Rivera (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 23
1944 - The Detroit Red Wings set record for the most goals, most consecutive goals and most points in a game. The Red Wings beat the New York Rangers 15-0 and had a total of 37 assists.
1950 - NFL owners approve a rule change on substitution opening the way for the 2-plattoon system (separate players for offense and defense).
1953 - The NFL's Dallas Texans become the Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts).
1962 - Jackie Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
1975 - Ralph Kiner is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1979 - Willie Mays is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1981 - Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders becomes the first in NHL history to score 50 goals in 50 games.
1984 - Hulk Hogan defeats the Iron Sheik to win his first WWF championship at Madison Square Garden.
1985 - O.J. Simpson became the first Heisman Trophy winner elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
1988 - At the Quaker State Open, Bob Benoit won a $100,000 bonus and became the first bowler to win a televised tournament by rolling a perfect 300 game.
1998 - The Denver Nuggets tie the NBA single-season record of 23 consecutive losses set by the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995-96. (They end the streak the next day with a 99-81 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.)
1998 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls sets an NBA record by scoring in double figures for his 800th consecutive game.
2000 - Dallas' Don Nelson becomes the 6th coach in NBA history to win 900 career games when the Mavericks defeat the Detroit Pistons, 99-91 at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
2015 - Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson sets an NBA record for most points in a quarter with 37 and most 3-pointers in a quarter with nine in a 126-101 win over the Sacramento Kings.