On This Day:
Thursday January 23, 2014 This is the 23rd day of the year, with 342 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: Maine Maine is located at the northeastern tip of the United States and is one of the New England states. It was admitted to the Union as the 23rd state on March 15, 1820. Eastport, Maine is the easternmost city and the first place to receive the rays of morning sun in the United States. More than 80% of Maine is covered with trees. It only borders one other state, New Hampshire; the other borders are the Atlantic Ocean and the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick. Maine is also the only state with a one-syllable name.
Holidays Feast day of St. Bernard of Vienne, Saints Clement and Agathangelus, St. Asclas, St. John the Almsgiver, St. Emerentiana, St. Maimbod, St. Ildephonsus, and St. Lufthidis.
Bulgaria: Babin Den.
Brazil: Festa do Bonfim.
National Handwriting Day
Events 1556 - An earthquake in Shanxi Province, China, was thought to have killed some 830,000 people.
1789 - Georgetown University was established in present-day Washington D.C.
1845 - The U.S. Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
1849 - English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive a Doctor of Medicine degree, from the Geneva College in New York.
1918 - The Soviet government officially severed relations with the Orthodox Church.
1950 - The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
1960 - The U.S. Navy bathyscaphe Trieste, designed by Dr. Auguste Piccard, descended to a record depth of 35,820 ft in the Pacific Ocean.
1964 - The 24th amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, eliminating poll taxes for voting in federal elections.
1968 - North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship "Pueblo," charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was released 11 months later.)
1973 - President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
1977 - Alex Haley's "Roots" began a record-breaking eight-night broadcast on television.
1978 - Sweden banned aerosol sprays because of damage to environment; it was the first country to do so.
2002 - Daniel Pearl, a reporter working in Pakistan, for The Wall Street Journal, was reported missing after he failed to return from a meeting with sources the previous day; on January 27 news organizations received an e-mail saying that Pearl had been kidnapped. On February 20, A videotape that was delivered to Pakistani officials showed that he has been killed.
2006 - Stephen Harper's Conservative Party wins the most seats in the Canadian federal election becoming the 22nd Prime Minister with a minority government.
Births 1832 - Édouard Manet, French impressionist artist.
1919 - Ernie Kovacs, American comedian, television pioneer.
1928 - Jeanne Moreau, French actress.
1948 - Anita Pointer, American singer and songwriter, and member of The Pointer Sisters.
1950 - Danny Federici, American musician.
Deaths 1875 - Charles Kingsley, English novelist.
1977 - Toots Shor, New York restaurateur.
1989 - Salvador Dali, Spanish artist and one of the most important painters of the 20th century.
2003 - Nell Carter (born Nell Ruth Hardy), American singer and actress.
2004 - Bob Keeshan, American television personality "Captain Kangaroo."
2005 - Johnny Carson, American television talk show host.
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