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January 23: Day of the Week
January 23, 2024 was the 23rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 343 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.
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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
January 23 Historical Event(s)
1570
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.
1789
Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)
1849
Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States’ first female doctor.
1855
The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.
1912
The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
1943
World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends.
1963
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attacked the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
1968
North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated their territorial waters while spying.
1993
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
2002
“American Taliban” John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody.
Who were born on January 23?
1907
Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
1928
Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005)
1928
Jeanne Moreau, French actress
1939
Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist
1952
Omar Henry, South African cricketer
1960
Jean-François Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player
1973
Tomas Holmström, Swedish ice hockey player
1974
Rebekah Elmaloglou, Australian actress
1976
Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player
1990
Martyn Waghorn, English footballer
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