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| January 23rd, 2006 (January 23 2006) | Death | Chris McKinstry, Canadian scientist (born in 1967) | |
| January 23rd, 1996 (January 23 1996) | Event | The first version of the Java programming language was released. | |
| January 23rd, 1986 (January 23 1986) | Event | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. | Ray Charles Quotes |
| January 23rd, 1986 (January 23 1986) | Birth | Steven Taylor, English footballer | |
| January 23rd, 1986 (January 23 1986) | Death | Joseph Beuys, German artist (born in 1921) | |
| January 23rd, 1976 (January 23 1976) | Birth | Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player | |
| January 23rd, 1976 (January 23 1976) | Birth | Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress and singer | Ang Lee Quotes |
| January 23rd, 1976 (January 23 1976) | Birth | Nigel McGuinness, English professional wrestler | |
| January 23rd, 1976 (January 23 1976) | Death | Paul Dupuis, French Canadian film and television actor (born in 1913) | |
| January 23rd, 1976 (January 23 1976) | Death | Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and social activist (born in 1898) | Paul Robeson Quotes |
| January 23rd, 1956 (January 23 1956) | Death | Alexander Korda, Hungarian/British film director (born in 1893) | |
| January 23rd, 1946 (January 23 1946) | Birth | Arnoldo Aleman, ex-president of Nicaragua | |
| January 23rd, 1946 (January 23 1946) | Birth | Don Whittington, American businessman, car & airplane racer and convicted felon | |
| January 23rd, 1936 (January 23 1936) | Birth | Jerry Kramer, American football player | |
| January 23rd, 1936 (January 23 1936) | Birth | Bob Moses, American educator and 1960s Civil Rights Movement activist | |
| January 23rd, 1916 (January 23 1916) | Birth | Airey Neave, British Major, politician and indictment server at the Nuremberg Trials (died in 1979) | |
| January 23rd, 1916 (January 23 1916) | Birth | David Douglas Duncan, American photo-journalist | |
| January 23rd, 1896 (January 23 1896) | Birth | Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (died in 1985) | |
| January 23rd, 1876 (January 23 1876) | Birth | Otto Diels, German chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1954) | |
| January 23rd, 1866 (January 23 1866) | Death | Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (born in 1785) | |
| January 23rd, 1806 (January 23 1806) | Death | William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1759) | William King Quotes |
| January 23rd, 1786 (January 23 1786) | Birth | Auguste de Montferrand, French architect (died in 1858) | |
| January 23rd, 1656 (January 23 1656) | Event | Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales. | Blaise Pascal Quotes |
| January 23rd, 1556 (January 23 1556) | Event | The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. | |
| January 23rd, 1546 (January 23 1546) | Event | Having published nothing for eleven years, Francois Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel. | Francois Rabelais Quotes |
