Sunday, January 23, 2011

January 23

TrackYearEventArtistSongAlbum
1971In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops.Yo La TengoHow to Make a Baby Elephant FloatSummer Sun
21510Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appears incognito in the lists at Richmond, and is applauded for his jousting before he reveals his identity.Saturday Looks Good to MeNo Good with SecretsAll Your Summer Songs
31556The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.The TemptationsShakey GroundA Song for You
41656Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.SekiSelected LettersBefore the Last Song at Wounded Hill
51849Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor.The OutsidersDoctorComplete Polydor Tapes
61897Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction.The UnicornsTuff GhostWho Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
71941Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.The Get Up KidsThe Worst IdeaOn a Wire
81960The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean.SportswearIt Runs DeepIt Runs Deep

(Historical facts about January 23 are from Wikipedia.)

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