óæå ïðîøëî 23 January

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.

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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.

Äíè ðîæäåíèÿ : 23 January

Stendhal, Writer (1783)
Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer (1813)
Edouard Manet, Painter (1832)
John Moses Browning, American inventor (1855)
Paul Langevin, French physicist (1872)
Otto Diels, German chemist, Nobel laureate (1876)
Sergei Eisenstein, Russian film director (1898)
Randolph Scott, Actor (1898)
Dan Duryea, Actor (1907)
Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist (1910)
Jeanne Moreau, Actress (1928)
John Charles Polanyi, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (1929)
Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet, Nobel laureate (1930)
Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (1944)
Anita Pointer, Singer (Pointer Sisters) (1948)
Richard Dean Anderson, Actor (1950)
Caroline de Monaco, Princess (1957)
Christophe Dechavanne, French TV presenter (1958)
Laurent Boyer, French TV presenter (1958)
Mariska Hargitay, Actress (1964)
Petr Korda, Czech tennis player (1968)
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, American actress (1974)

Ils nous ont quitté un 23 January

Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (1785)
Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (1803)
William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1806)
Charles Kingsley, English writer (1875)
Gustave Doré, French illustrator (1883)
Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (1931)
Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (1944)
Alexander Korda, Director (1956)
Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (1989)
Freddie Bartholomew, Actor (1992)
Helmut Newton, Photographer (2004)
Roger Pierre, French actor (2010)

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Test the freshness of an egg


To find out if an egg is fresh, immerse it in a container of cold water. If it stays at the bottom, it is fresh. If it rises to the surface, it is not good.

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