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| January 23rd, 2007 (January 23 2007) | Death | E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (born in 1918) | |
| January 23rd, 2007 (January 23 2007) | Death | Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish journalist and writer (born in 1932) | Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes |
| January 23rd, 2007 (January 23 2007) | Death | Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian Politician (born in 1928) | |
| January 23rd, 1997 (January 23 1997) | Event | Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. | |
| January 23rd, 1997 (January 23 1997) | Event | Antonis Daglis, a 23 year old Greek truck driver is sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others. | |
| January 23rd, 1997 (January 23 1997) | Death | Richard Berry, American composer and musician (born in 1935) | |
| January 23rd, 1987 (January 23 1987) | Birth | Felicia Brandstrom, Swedish singer | |
| January 23rd, 1977 (January 23 1977) | Death | Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (born in 1903) | |
| January 23rd, 1967 (January 23 1967) | Event | The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast were established. | |
| January 23rd, 1967 (January 23 1967) | Birth | Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter | |
| January 23rd, 1957 (January 23 1957) | Birth | Princess Caroline of Monaco | |
| January 23rd, 1957 (January 23 1957) | Birth | Lou Schuler, American fitness journalist | |
| January 23rd, 1947 (January 23 1947) | Birth | Thomas R. Carper, American politician. | |
| January 23rd, 1947 (January 23 1947) | Birth | Megawati Sukarnoputri, 5th President of Indonesia | |
| January 23rd, 1937 (January 23 1937) | Event | In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin s regime and assassinate its leaders. | Leon Trotsky Quotes |
| January 23rd, 1937 (January 23 1937) | Death | Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (born in 1876) | |
| January 23rd, 1927 (January 23 1927) | Birth | Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer (died in 1994) | |
| January 23rd, 1907 (January 23 1907) | Event | Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator. | |
| January 23rd, 1907 (January 23 1907) | Birth | Dan Duryea, American actor (died in 1968) | |
| January 23rd, 1907 (January 23 1907) | Birth | Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1981) | |
| January 23rd, 1897 (January 23 1897) | Event | Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction. | |
| January 23rd, 1897 (January 23 1897) | Birth | Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian independence fighter (died in 1945) | |
| January 23rd, 1897 (January 23 1897) | Birth | Sir William Samuel Stephenson, Canadian soldier, W.W.II codename, Intrepidied in Inspiration for James Bondied in (died in 1989) | William James Quotes |
| January 23rd, 1897 (January 23 1897) | Birth | Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (died in 2000) | |
| January 23rd, 1897 (January 23 1897) | Birth | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Indian Leader and Freedom Fighter (died in Unknown, Disputed) | Subhash Chandra Bose Quotes |
| January 23rd, 1857 (January 23 1857) | Birth | Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian seismologist (died in 1936) | |
| January 23rd, 1837 (January 23 1837) | Death | John Field, Irish composer (born in 1782) | |
| January 23rd, 1827 (January 23 1827) | Birth | Takamori Saigo, Samurai, leader of Satsuma rebellion (died in 1877) | |
| January 23rd, 1737 (January 23 1737) | Birth | John Hancock, American statesman (died in 1793) | |
| January 23rd, 1567 (January 23 1567) | Death | Jiajing, Emperor of China (born in 1507) | |
