more events on January 23
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1986
U.S. begins maneuvers off the Libyan coast.
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1981
Under international pressure, opposition leader Kim Dae Jung’s death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment in Seoul.
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1977
Alex Haley’s Roots begins a record-breaking eight-night broadcast on ABC.
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1973
President Richard Nixon claims that Vietnam peace has been reached in Paris and that the POWs would be home in 60 days.
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1969
NASA unveils moon-landing craft.
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1957
Princess Caroline of Monaco.
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1951
President Truman creates the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, to monitor the anti-Communist campaign.
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1950
Jerusalem becomes the official capital of Israel.
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1949
The Communist Chinese forces begin their advance on Nanking.
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1948
The Soviets refuse UN entry into North Korea to administer elections.
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1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt enters the presidential race.
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1919
Ernie Kovacs, U.S. comedian and television personality.
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1913
The “Young Turks” revolt because they are angered by the concessions made at the London peace talks.
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1901
A great fire ravages Montreal, resulting in $2.5 million in property lost.
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1899
Humphrey Bogart, U.S. film actor (The African Queen, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon).
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1832
Édouard Manet, French impressionist painter best known for Luncheon in the Grass.