412 Historic Events for January 23
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Laurie Mayne, cricketer (Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70)
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| 1942 |
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Willy Bogner Jr, Munich, director (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
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Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain
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Birth |
Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin, cosmonaut
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66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
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Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured
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Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
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British 8th army marches into Tripoli
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Gil Gerard, Little Rock Ark, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century)
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Birth |
William E "Bill" Gibb, Scottish fashion designer
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| 1943 |
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Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend)
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Sergey Belov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
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Birth |
Marty Russo, (Rep-D-IL, 1975- )
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Jerry Lawson, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk)
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| 1944 |
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Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80
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| 1944 |
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Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon," premieres in NYC
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| 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
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| 1945 |
Death |
Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37
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| 1945 |
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Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation
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| 1946 |
Death |
Feliks Nowowiejski, composer, dies at 68
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| 1946 |
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Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Asif Masood, cricketer (Pakistani quick with long and erratic run-up)
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| 1946 |
Death |
Matteo Giulio Bartoli, linguist, dies at 72
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| 1947 |
Death |
Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79
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