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1556 : Earthquake in Shaanxi


On January 23, 1556, an earthquake occured in Shaanxi. It caused huge damage in different provinces. Approximately 830 000 people were killed. This is the deadliest earthquake in human history.

1849 : Elizabeth Blackwell


On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate in medicine in the United States.

1997 : Madeleine Albright


On January 23, 1997, Madeleine Albright became the first woman Secretary of State of the United States.

2003 : Pioneer 10


On January 23, 2003, the last tenuous signal from Pioneer 10 is received when the probe is 12 billion kilometers from earth. The probe was launched on March 2, 1972 by NASA to study Jupiter and interstellar space.

Cita del día : 23 Enero

George W Bush
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Cumpleaños : 23 Enero

Stendhal, Escritor (1783)
Camilla Collett, Escritora noruega (1813)
Edouard Manet, Pintor (1832)
John Moses Browning, Inventor estadounidense (1855)
Paul Langevin, Físico francés (1872)
Otto Diels, Químico alemán, premio Nobel (1876)
Sergei Eisenstein, Director de cine ruso (1898)
Randolph Scott, Actor (1898)
Dan Duryea, Actor (1907)
Django Reinhardt, Guitarrista belga (1910)
Jeanne Moreau, Actriz (1928)
John Charles Polanyi, Químico canadiense, Premio Nobel (1929)
Derek Walcott, Santa Lucía poeta, Premio Nobel (1930)
Rutger Hauer, Actor holandés (1944)
Anita Pointer, Cantante (Pointer Sisters) (1948)
Richard Dean Anderson, Actor (1950)
Caroline de Monaco, Princesa (1957)
Christophe Dechavanne, Presentador de televisión francés (1958)
Laurent Boyer, Presentador de televisión francés (1958)
Mariska Hargitay, Actriz (1964)
Petr Korda, Jugador de tenis checo (1968)
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Actriz estadounidense (1974)

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Matthew Stewart, Matemático escocés (1785)
Arthur Guinness, Fábrica de cerveza irlandesa (1803)
William Pitt the Younger, Primer ministro del Reino Unido (1806)
Charles Kingsley, Escritor Inglés (1875)
Gustave Doré, Ilustrador francés (1883)
Anna Pavlova, Bailarina rusa (1931)
Edvard Munch, Pintor noruego (1944)
Alexander Korda, Director de cine (1956)
Salvador Dalí, Pintor español (1989)
Freddie Bartholomew, Actor (1992)
Helmut Newton, Fotógrafo (2004)
Roger Pierre, Actor francés (2010)
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