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, Dan Duryea 1907


Ernie Kovacs 1919, Chita Rivera 1933, Rutger Hauer 1944


1789 - Georgetown College was established as the first Catholic college in the U.S. The school is in Washington, DC.


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


1937 - In Moscow, seventeen people went on trial during Josef Stalin's "Great Purge."


1943 - The British captured Tripoli from the Germans.


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


1964 - Ratification of the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was completed. This amendment eliminated the poll tax in federal elections.


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.


1975 - "Barney Miller" made his debut on ABC-TV.