What day is January 23? Historical events that took place on January 23
This Day in History January 23rd. The most notable events that took place on January 23rd range from historical, political to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on January 23
January 23, 1916:Birthday of comrade Tran Quoc Hoan - the first Minister of the Ministry of Public Security. His real name is Nguyen Trong Canh, born into a poor farming family in Dinh village, Duong Lieu village, Nam Kim commune (now Nam Trung commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province).

January 23, 1952:Vo Thi Sau - the heroic daughter of Dat Do homeland, the youngest death row prisoner in Con Dao was executed by the enemy when she was not yet twenty years old.

January 23, 1961:The 3rd Conference of the Party Central Committee (term III) decided to establish the Central Office for the South. The Central Office for the South, with comrade Nguyen Van Linh as Secretary, was responsible for directing all Party work in the South and directly leading the resistance war in the South.

January 23, 1973:Comrade Le Duc Tho, Special Advisor to the Delegation of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Dr. Henry Kissinger, Security Advisor to the US President initialed the "Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam" in Paris (Paris Agreement).

International events taking place on January 23
January 23, 1368:Zhu Yuanzhang worshiped heaven and earth, declared himself emperor at Yingtian Palace, and named the country "Ming", that is, Ming Taizu, on the day of At Hoi (4) of the first month of the year Mau Than.

January 23, 1556:A massive earthquake struck Shaanxi Province, China, killing an estimated 830,000 people. It is considered one of the deadliest earthquakes in human history.

January 23, 1996:Java is a new programming language.

January 23, 1997:Madeleine Korbel Albright was officially sworn in as United States Secretary of State. She is the first female Secretary of State of the United States.
