CoM Moderators Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Historical Events 1945 - World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal to evacuate German soldiers and civilians from Prussia by sea1961 - Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films1976 - Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide1994 - NFC Championship, Texas Stadium, Irving: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 38-212011 - NFC Championship, Soldier Field, Chicago: Green Bay Packers beat Chicago Bears, 21-142016 - 8 museum workers from Egyptian Museum, Cairo referred for prosecution for reattaching Tutankhamun's beard with inappropriate glueMore Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1719 - John Landen, English mathematician, born in England, United Kingdom (d. 1790)1872 - Joze Plečnik, Slovenian architect, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 1957)1928 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 2005)1929 - Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate1932 - James Rado [Radomski], American stage actor, playwright, director, and composer (Hair!; Rainbow), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)1959 - Sandra Pisani, Australian field hockey captain (Olympic gold 1988), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 2022)More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1888 - Eugène Marin Labiche, French playwright (The Italian Straw Hat), dies at 721944 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80, bequeathing all of his work to the city of Oslo1964 - Louis Horst, American dance choreographer and composer, dies at 801982 - Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 831992 - Simon Brand, South African banker and adviser to President F. W. de Klerk, dies1993 - Dudley Stevens, English entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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