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Historical Events on January 23

  • Song dynasty

    971

    Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.

  • Ming dynasty

    1368

    In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.

  • Georgetown University

    1789

    Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)

  • Battle of Spion Kop

    1900

    Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.

  • Leon Trotsky

    1937

    The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.

  • Eighth Army (United Kingdom)

    1943

    World War II: Troops of Montgomery's Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army.

  • Jerusalem

    1950

    The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

  • History of Milton Keynes

    1967

    Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age.

  • Richard Nixon

    1973

    United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.

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