January 23 393 Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor.
1510 Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity.
1556 The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
1570 The assassination of regent James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war.
1849 Mrs Elizabeth Blackwell becomes first woman physician in US
1912 The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
1920 The Netherlands refuses to surrender ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
cause he was sick!! {(:{O}<<<<<<<<<< Kaiser Wilhelm Puking Emoticon1930 Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto
2long’s Hero!! 1935 Iroquois Falls Ontario the thermometer hits -60C, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Ontario.
It was a little colder in my bed on the last occasion of SF with Wayzilla1941 Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
What was he thinking? 1943 Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
man would I have loved to have been there! 1960 The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet)in the Pacific Ocean.
Imagine the pucker factor on that little vessel!!1968 The North Korean Navy seizes the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, detaining its crew on suspicion of espionage.
I even remember this. Man I am old 1970 Dolle Mina burns her bra in Amsterdam
Nuff Said1972 BIRTH OF SILENTLUCIDITY!!!!!!1972 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest
Is there a conection????1973 President Nixon announced that U.S. troops would cease fighting in Vietnam at midnight Jan. 27.
1986 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
Let It Be Me 1991 "Seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV
Ummmmm….. Not much else.