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01/23/1930
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WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions
Type: Event
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01/23/1930
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Derek Walcott, St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1930
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Ken Errair, rocker (Four Freshmen)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1930
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William Reid Pogue, Okemah Okla, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Skylab 4)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1931
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Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies
Type: Death
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01/23/1932
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El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers
Type: Event
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01/23/1932
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Bud Shuster, (Rep-R-PA, 1973- )
Type: Birth
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01/23/1933
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20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20
Type: Event
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01/23/1933
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Arlene Golonka, Chicago Ill, actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1933
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Chita Rivera, Wash DC, actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1933
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Joel Spiegelman, composer
Type: Birth
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01/23/1934
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Lou Antonio, Okla City, actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin' It)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1936
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Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Cura‡ao forms
Type: Event
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01/23/1936
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Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packer, author (Instant Replay)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1936
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Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope and Glory), dies at 62
Type: Death
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01/23/1937
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Karl Radek and 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge
Type: Event
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01/23/1938
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Anatoly Marchenko, Siberia, Soviet dissident
Type: Birth
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01/23/1939
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Ernst Blaá, writer, dies
Type: Death
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01/23/1939
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Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide
Type: Death
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01/23/1940
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Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish govt in exile
Type: Event
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01/23/1940
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Johnny Russell, country singer
Type: Birth
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01/23/1941
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Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center
Type: Event
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01/23/1941
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WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to NYC
Type: Event
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01/23/1941
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Dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death
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01/23/1942
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Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain
Type: Event
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01/23/1942
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Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army
Type: Event
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01/23/1942
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Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin, cosmonaut
Type: Birth
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01/23/1942
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Laurie Mayne, cricketer (Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1942
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Willy Bogner Jr, Munich, director (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1943
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66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
Type: Event
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01/23/1943
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British 8th army marches into Tripoli
Type: Event
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01/23/1943
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Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
Type: Event
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01/23/1943
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Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured
Type: Event
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01/23/1943
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Gil Gerard, Little Rock Ark, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1943
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William E "Bill" Gibb, Scottish fashion designer
Type: Birth
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01/23/1943
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Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56
Type: Death
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01/23/1944
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Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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01/23/1944
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Det Red Wings score 15 goals against NY Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0
Type: Event
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01/23/1944
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Jerry Lawson, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1944
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Marty Russo, (Rep-D-IL, 1975- )
Type: Birth
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01/23/1944
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Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1944
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Sergey Belov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1944
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Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80
Type: Death
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01/23/1945
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Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation
Type: Event
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01/23/1945
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Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37
Type: Death
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01/23/1946
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Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA
Type: Event
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01/23/1946
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Asif Masood, cricketer (Pakistani quick with long and erratic run-up)
Type: Birth
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01/23/1946
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Feliks Nowowiejski, composer, dies at 68
Type: Death
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01/23/1946
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Matteo Giulio Bartoli, linguist, dies at 72
Type: Death
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01/23/1947
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Thomas R Carper, (Rep-D-DE, 1983- )
Type: Birth
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