Wednesday, January 23, 2013This will be 23rd day of the year and 342 days will remain in the year.
January 23 Birthdays
Edouard Manet
1832–1883, French Painter. Stendhal writer (1783) Camilla Collett novelist, essayist, and literary critic (1813) Sergei Eisenstein filmmaker (1898) Django Reinhardt jazz musician (1910) Potter Stewart Associate Justice (1915) Gertrude B. Elion pharmacologist (1918) Ernie Kovacs actor, comedian (1919) Jeanne Moreau actress (1928) Derek Walcott dramatist and poet (1930) Princess Caroline of Monaco royalty (1957) Tiffani Thiessen actor (1974) January 23 in History1556The deadliest earthquake on record killed 830,000 in Shansi, China. 1789Georgetown University established in what is now Washington, DC. 1849Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S. 1964The 24th Amendment to the Constitution, barring poll taxes, was ratified. 1968North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo (the crew was released 11 months later.) 1973President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War. 1989Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84. 2002Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. 2004Bob Keeshan, "Captain Kangaroo," died at age 76. Return to perpetual calendar Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date. 
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