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National Pie Day January 23 | ||
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National Handwriting Day January 23 | ||
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National Security Technician Day January 23 | ||
Also on January 23
✡️ Religious Observances
- Islamic: Birth of Sayyidina Abbas ibn `Ali (ر) major
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2003 — A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted. ↗
- 2002 — U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered. ↗
- 2001 — Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the... ↗
- 1998 — Netscape announced Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source. ↗
- 1997 — Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1995 — Luke Bateman, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 — Tuimoala Lolohea, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1994 — Addison Russell, American baseball player
- 1992 — Reina Triendl, Japanese model and actress
- 1990 — Şener Özbayraklı, Turkish footballer