412 Historic Events for January 23
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| 1947 |
Death |
Roy Park, cricketer (prolific Victorian bat and official), dies
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Thomas R Carper, (Rep-D-DE, 1983- )
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| 1948 |
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Test debut of Neil Harvey, v India at Adelaide
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Anita Pointer, Oakland, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy)
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| 1948 |
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Bradman scores 201 in 272 mins v India, 21 fours 1 six
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| 1948 |
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Huston's "Treasure of Sierra Madre" starring Humphrey Bogart opens
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Robert Cabana, Minneapolis, Mjr USMC/astronaut (STS 41, 53, 68, sk:88)
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| 1950 |
Event |
3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published
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| 1950 |
Birth |
William Cunningham, rock bassist/pianist (Box Tops-Letter)
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| 1950 |
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Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel
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| 1950 |
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NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense and defense)
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| 1950 |
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Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Bill Cunningham, rock keyboardist/bassist (Box Tops)
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Danny Federici, rocker (E Street Band)
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Patrick Simmons, guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute)
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Richard Dean Anderson, Minneapolis, actor (MacGyver, Emerald Pt NAS)
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Richard Gilliland, Ft Worth Tx, actor (Jonesy-Waltons, Tom-Heartland)
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| 1950 |
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AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset
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| 1951 |
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3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Michael Matz, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96)
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Margaret Johnson Bailes, Bronx NY, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
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| 1952 |
Birth |
Omar Henry, cricketer (1st colored player for South Africa 1992)
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| 1953 |
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Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for NSW 16 yrs 357 days
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| 1953 |
Birth |
Pat Haden, Westbury, NY, NFL quarterback (LA Rams)
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| 1953 |
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NFL's National and American conference become Eastern and Western conf
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