WHAT HAPPENED ON 23. JANUARY
Want to find out what all happened on 23. January

North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship had violated its territorial waters while spying. (23. January 1968)

President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam. (23. January 1973)

A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland. (23. January 1973)

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. (23. January 1986)

Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. (23. January 1997)

Greek Serial Killer Antonis Daglis is sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others (23. January 1997)

Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution. (23. January 2001)

"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody. (23. January 2002)

Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered . (23. January 2002)

Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10. (23. January 2003)

A group of Gaddafi loyalists take control of part of the town of Bani Walid and fly the green flag after a battle with NTC forces left 5 dead and 20 injured. (23. January 2012)