Today in History for 23rd January 2023

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Historical Events

1945 - World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal to evacuate German soldiers and civilians from Prussia by sea
1961 - Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films
1976 - Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide
1994 - NFC Championship, Texas Stadium, Irving: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 38-21
2011 - NFC Championship, Soldier Field, Chicago: Green Bay Packers beat Chicago Bears, 21-14
2016 - 8 museum workers from Egyptian Museum, Cairo referred for prosecution for reattaching Tutankhamun's beard with inappropriate glue

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Famous Birthdays

1719 - John Landen, English mathematician, born in England, United Kingdom (d. 1790)
1872 - Joze Plečnik, Slovenian architect, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 1957)
1928 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 2005)
1929 - Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate
1932 - James Rado [Radomski], American stage actor, playwright, director, and composer (Hair!; Rainbow), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
1959 - Sandra Pisani, Australian field hockey captain (Olympic gold 1988), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 2022)

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Famous Deaths

1888 - Eugène Marin Labiche, French playwright (The Italian Straw Hat), dies at 72
1944 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80, bequeathing all of his work to the city of Oslo
1964 - Louis Horst, American dance choreographer and composer, dies at 80
1982 - Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83
1992 - Simon Brand, South African banker and adviser to President F. W. de Klerk, dies
1993 - Dudley Stevens, English entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57

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