Today in History : January 23
1901 : A great fire ravages Montreal, resulting in $2.5 million in property lost.
1913 : The “Young Turks” revolt because they are angered by the concessions made at the London peace talks.
1932 : Franklin D. Roosevelt enters the presidential race.
1948 : The Soviets refuse UN entry into North Korea to administer elections.
1949 : The Communist Chinese forces begin their advance on Nanking.
1950 : Jerusalem becomes the official capital of Israel.
1951 : President Truman creates the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, to monitor the anti-Communist campaign.
1969 : NASA unveils moon-landing craft.
1973 : President Richard Nixon claims that Vietnam peace has been reached in Paris and that the POWs would be home in 60 days.
1977 : Alex Haley’s Roots begins a record-breaking eight-night broadcast on ABC.
1981 : Under international pressure, opposition leader Kim Dae Jung’s death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment in Seoul.
1986 : U.S. begins maneuvers off the Libyan coast.
Born on January 23
1832 : Édouard Manet, French impressionist painter best known for Luncheon in the Grass.
1899 : Humphrey Bogart, U.S. film actor (The African Queen, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon).
1919 : Ernie Kovacs, U.S. comedian and television personality.
1957 : Princess Caroline of Monaco.
1901 : A great fire ravages Montreal, resulting in $2.5 million in property lost.
1913 : The “Young Turks” revolt because they are angered by the concessions made at the London peace talks.
1932 : Franklin D. Roosevelt enters the presidential race.
1948 : The Soviets refuse UN entry into North Korea to administer elections.
1949 : The Communist Chinese forces begin their advance on Nanking.
1950 : Jerusalem becomes the official capital of Israel.
1951 : President Truman creates the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, to monitor the anti-Communist campaign.
1969 : NASA unveils moon-landing craft.
1973 : President Richard Nixon claims that Vietnam peace has been reached in Paris and that the POWs would be home in 60 days.
1977 : Alex Haley’s Roots begins a record-breaking eight-night broadcast on ABC.
1981 : Under international pressure, opposition leader Kim Dae Jung’s death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment in Seoul.
1986 : U.S. begins maneuvers off the Libyan coast.
Born on January 23
1832 : Édouard Manet, French impressionist painter best known for Luncheon in the Grass.
1899 : Humphrey Bogart, U.S. film actor (The African Queen, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon).
1919 : Ernie Kovacs, U.S. comedian and television personality.
1957 : Princess Caroline of Monaco.
