January 23 1556 The deadliest earthquake on record killed 830,000 in Shansi, China. 1737 John Hancock was born. 1783 Stendhal was born. 1789 Georgetown University was established in what is now Washington, DC. 1813 Camilla Collett was born. 1832 Edouard Manet was born. 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S. 1898 Sergei Eisenstein was born. 1950 The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem the capital of Israel. 1962 Tony Bennett recorded I Left My Heart in San Francisco in New York for Columbia Records. 1964 The 24th Amendment to the Constitution, barring poll taxes, was ratified. 1968 North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo (the crew was released 11 months later.) 1973 President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War. 1977 The TV mini-series Roots, based on the Alex Haley novel, began airing on ABC. 1989 Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84. 2002 Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. 2004 Bob Keeshan, Captain Kangaroo, died at age 76. 2005 Former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson died at age 79.
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