📅 January 23 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on January 23? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
🎉 Special days
- 🥧 National Pie Day
⏳ On this day in history
- 1755Moscow University was founded
- 1849Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree
- 1957The rights to the flying disc were sold to the Wham-O toy company — it was soon named the "Frisbee"
- 1960The submarine Trieste dove nearly 36,000 feet deep in the Pacific Ocean — a record
- 1986The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first members, including Chuck Berry
🎂 Born on January 23
- 🎨 Édouard Manet (1832) — painter
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January 23 quiz
In what year? 🎓 Moscow University was founded
In what year? 👩⚕️ Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree
In what year? 🥏 The rights to the flying disc were sold to the Wham-O toy company — it was soon named the "Frisbee"
Which famous person was born on January 23?