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 thePOWs 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. |
No comments:
Post a Comment