History for January 23

History for January 23 - On-This-Day.com:
John Hancock 1737 Served as president of the First and Second Continental Congresses (1775-1777). He was the first signer of the United States' Declaration of Independence., Edouard Manet 1832, Ernie Kovacs 1919 


Chita Rivera 1933, Rutger Hauer 1944, Princess Caroline of Monaco 1957 


1845 - The U.S. Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. 


1943 - The British captured Tripoli from the Germans. 


1950 - The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 


1960 - The U.S. Navy bathyscaphe Trieste descended to a record depth of 35,820 feet (10,750 meters) in the Pacific Ocean. 


1968 - North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the nation's territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was released 11 months later. 


1971 - In Prospect Creek Camp, AK, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was reported as minus 80 degrees. 


1985 - O.J. Simpson became the first Heisman Trophy winner to be elected to pro football’s Hall of Fame in Canton, OH. 


2003 - North Korea announced that it would consider sanctions an act of war for North Korea's reinstatement of its nuclear program.