WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013

Today is Wednesday, January 23, the 23rd day of 2013. There are 342 days left in the year.

638 ― Start of Islamic calendar

1265 ― First English Parliament formally convened (some authorities)

1556 ― Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shansi Province, China

1920 ― Dutch government refuses to turn over ex-Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to the allies

1968 ― Spy ship USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in East Sea by N. Korea

1973 ― President Nixon announces an accord has been reach to end the Vietnam War

1985 ― Britain’s House of Lords debate first televised

1986 ― First induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley)

1987 ― Japan first exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion)

1993 ― 50th Golden Globes, ``Scent of a Woman” wins