412 Historic Events for January 23
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| 1930 |
Birth |
William Reid Pogue, Okemah Okla, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Skylab 4)
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Ken Errair, rocker (Four Freshmen)
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| 1930 |
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Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto
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| 1930 |
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George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Va established
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| 1931 |
Death |
Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies
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| 1932 |
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El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Bud Shuster, (Rep-R-PA, 1973- )
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| 1933 |
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20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Arlene Golonka, Chicago Ill, actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Chita Rivera, Wash DC, actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Joel Spiegelman, composer
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Lou Antonio, Okla City, actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin' It)
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| 1936 |
Death |
Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope and Glory), dies at 62
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packer, author (Instant Replay)
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| 1936 |
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Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Cura‡ao forms
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| 1937 |
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Karl Radek and 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Anatoly Marchenko, Siberia, Soviet dissident
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| 1939 |
Death |
Ernst Blaá, writer, dies
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| 1939 |
Death |
Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Johnny Russell, country singer
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| 1940 |
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Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish govt in exile
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| 1941 |
Death |
Dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65
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| 1941 |
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Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center
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| 1941 |
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WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to NYC
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| 1942 |
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Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army
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