On This Day:
Monday January 23, 2012
This is the 23rd day of the year, with 343 days remaining
in 2012.
Fact of the Day: boiling water
Salt raises the boiling point of water so it takes longer to
boil the water, but since it makes the water hotter, foods
cook faster. In general, solutes (materials that are soluble
in liquids) raise the boiling point of the liquid since the
solute can bind or hold the water or liquid molecules
together ever so slightly. This action does not allow those
molecules to change their form to the gaseous state as
easily resulting in a higher boiling point.
Holidays
Feast day of St. Bernard of Vienne, Saints Clement and
Agathangelus, St. Asclas, St. John the Almsgiver, St.
Emerentiana, St. Maimbod, St. Ildephonsus, and St.
Lufthidis.
Bulgaria:
Babin Den.
Brazil:
Festa do Bonfim.
National Handwriting Day
Events
1556
- An earthquake in Shanxi
Province, China,
was thought to have killed some 830,000 people.
1789
- Georgetown
University was established in present-day Washington
D.C.
1845
- The U.S. Congress
decided all national elections would be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
1849
- English-born Elizabeth
Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive
a Doctor of Medicine degree, from the Geneva
College in New
York.
1918
- The Soviet government officially severed relations with
the Orthodox Church.
1950
- The Israeli Knesset
approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem
the capital of Israel.
1960
- The U.S.
Navy bathyscaphe Trieste,
designed by Dr. Auguste
Piccard, descended to a record depth of 35,820 ft in
the Pacific
Ocean.
1964
- The 24th
amendment to the Constitution
of the United States of America was ratified,
eliminating poll taxes for voting in federal elections.
1968
- North
Korea seized the U.S.
Navy ship "Pueblo," charging its crew with being on a
spying mission. (The crew was released 11 months later.)
1973
- President Richard
Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the
Vietnam
War.
1977
- Alex
Haley's "Roots"
began a record-breaking eight-night broadcast on television.
1978
- Sweden
banned aerosol sprays because of damage to environment; it
was the first country to do so.
2002
- Daniel
Pearl, a reporter working in Pakistan,
for The Wall
Street Journal, was reported missing after he failed
to return from a meeting with sources the previous day; on
January 27 news organizations received an e-mail saying that
Pearl had been kidnapped. On February 20, A videotape that
was delivered to Pakistani officials showed that he has been
killed.
2006
- Stephen
Harper's Conservative Party wins the most seats in the
Canadian federal election becoming the 22nd Prime Minister
with a minority government.
Births
1832
- Édouard
Manet, French impressionist artist.
1919
- Ernie
Kovacs, American comedian, television pioneer.
1928
- Jeanne
Moreau, French actress.
1948
- Anita
Pointer, American singer and songwriter, and member of
The
Pointer Sisters.
1950
- Danny
Federici, American musician.
Deaths
1875
- Charles
Kingsley, English novelist.
1977
- Toots
Shor, New
York restaurateur.
1989
- Salvador
Dali, Spanish artist and one of the most important
painters of the 20th century.
2003
- Nell
Carter (born Nell Ruth Hardy), American singer and
actress.
2004
- Bob
Keeshan, American television personality "Captain
Kangaroo."
2005
- Johnny
Carson, American television talk show host.
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