WHAT HAPPENED ON 23. JANUARY
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Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style. (23. January 1904)

RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day. (23. January 1909)

The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague. (23. January 1912)

The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies. (23. January 1920)

In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. (23. January 1937)

Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler. (23. January 1941)

World War II: The Battle of Rabaul begins, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign. (23. January 1942)

World War II: Troops of Montgomery's 8th Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army. (23. January 1943)

World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. (23. January 1943)

Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. (23. January 1943)

World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends. (23. January 1943)

World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal. (23. January 1945)

The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. (23. January 1950)

American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee". (23. January 1957)

After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela. (23. January 1958)

The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean. (23. January 1960)

The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown. (23. January 1961)

The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese army stationed in Tite. (23. January 1963)

The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified. (23. January 1964)

Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Côte d'Ivoire are established. (23. January 1967)