On this day 23rd January

in #history7 years ago

Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com

Facts

971 War elephant corps of the Southern Han defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops; Southern Han state forced to submit to the Song Dynasty. 1st regular war elephant corps in Chinese army

1368 In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.

1556 Shaanxi Earthquake - deadliest ever recorded kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China

1950 Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel

1973 US President Richard Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War

1978 Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays, believed to be damaging to earth's ozone layer.

Deaths

1002 Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21

1806 William Pitt the Younger, British Prime Minister (Tory: 1783-1801, 1804-06), dies of a suspected peptic ulceration of his stomach or duodenum at 46

1866 Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785)

1944 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80, bequeathing all of his work to the city of Oslo

1981 Samuel Barber, American composer (School for Scandal), dies of cancer at 70

1989 Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist artist (Crucifixion), dies of heart failure at 84

2005 Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)

2017 Gorden Kaye, British actor (Allo Allo), dies at 75

Sport

1948 Bradman scores 201 in 272 mins v India, 21 fours 1 six

1979 Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1983 Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis

1993 Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack

Films and TV

1948 Huston's "Treasure of Sierra Madre" starring Humphrey Bogart opens

1983 "A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC

2000 57th Golden Globes: American Beauty, Denzel Washington, & Hilary Swank win

2005 "Numbers", starring Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz, debuts on CBS

Born on this day

1964 Mariska Hargitay, American actress (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit), born in Santa Monica, California

1968 Petr Korda, tennis star (1993 Doubles-Cincinnati), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia

A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us


Johnny Carson


Gorden Kaye

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