The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies. Date: January 23, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first successful treatment with insulin is given to 14-year-old diabetic Leonard Thompson. Date: January 23, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: January 23, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler. Date: January 23, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea. Date: January 23, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army. Date: January 23, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal, the evacuation of areas along the eastern Baltic coast. Date: January 23, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Date: January 23, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)
American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee". Date: January 23, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela. Date: January 23, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)