TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 On this day in history:

1556 - An earthquake in Shanxi Province, China, was thought to have killed about 830,000 people.

1571 - The Royal Exchange in London, founded by financier Thomas Gresham, was opened by Queen Elizabeth I.

1830 - Charles Sturt’s exploration party narrowly avoids a confrontation with hostile Aborigines.

1920 - The Dutch government refused the demands from the Allies to hand over the ex-kaiser of Germany.

1924 - The first Labour government was formed, under Ramsay MacDonald.

1937 - In Moscow, seventeen people went on trial during Josef Stalin’s “Great Purge.” 1939 - The waterside Workers’ Strike, which earns Robert Menzies the nickname of ‘PigIron Bob’, finally ends after nine weeks.

1942 - Japanese troops land on Rabaul, New Guinea, bringing the threat of World War II much closer to Australia.

1943 - The British captured Tripoli from the Germans. 1950 - The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

1978 - Sweden banned aerosol sprays because of damage to environment. They were the first country to do so.

1983 - The A-Team debuted on TV.

1985 - The proceedings of the House of Lords were televised for the first time.

1989 - Surrealist artist Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84. 2003 - North Korea announced that it would consider sanctions an act of war for North Korea’s reinstatement of its nuclear program.

Birthdays

Edouard Manet 1832 Joseph Nathan Kane 1899 Randolph Scott 1903

Dan Duryea 1907

Ernie Kovacs 1919

Ray Abrams 1920

Marty Paich 1925 Jeanne Moreau 1928

Ken Errair (The Four Freshmen) 1928

Chita Rivera 1933

Lou Antonio 1934 Eugene Church 1938 Johnny Russel 1940