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On this day: January 23

POSTED: 02:26 PM PST Jan 22, 2013 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 22, 2013

The deadliest earthquake in recorded history hits China, Duke Ellington plays Carnegie Hall, North Korea captures a U.S. Navy ship, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first class, all on this day.

OTD January 23 - Edouard Manet — 5 / 38

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1832: Painter Édouard Manet, a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism, is born in Paris, France. Some of Manet's masterworks include "The Luncheon on the Grass" and "Olympia."

OTD January 23 - Shaanxi 1556 earthquake

OTD January 23 - John Hancock

OTD January 23 - Georgetown University

OTD January 23 - Arthur Guinness

OTD January 23 - Edouard Manet

OTD January 23 - Elizabeth Blackwell

OTD January 23 - Hennepin Avenue Bridge

OTD January 23 - Sergei Eisenstein

OTD January 23 - Randolph Scott

OTD January 23 - RMS Republic

OTD January 23 - Marie Curie

OTD January 23 - Charles Lindbergh

OTD January 23 - Duke Ellington

OTD January 23 - Rutger Hauer

OTD January 23 - Richard Dean Anderson

OTD January 23 - Chesley Sullenberger

OTD January 23 - Baltimore Colts

OTD January 23 - Princess Caroline

OTD January 23 - Bathyscaphe Trieste

OTD January 23 - 24th Amendment

OTD January 23 - Mariska Hargitay

OTD January 23 - USS Pueblo

OTD January 23 - Tiffani Thiessen

OTD January 23 - Barney Miller

OTD January 23 - Paul Robeson

OTD January 23 - Roots

OTD January 23 - Tapestry

OTD January 23 - The A Team

OTD January 23 - Rock and Roll HOF 1986

OTD January 23 - Salvador Dali

OTD January 23 - James Brown

OTD January 23 - John Walker Lindh

OTD January 23 - Daniel Pearl

OTD January 23 - Pioneer 10

OTD January 23 - Nell Carter

OTD January 23 - Bob Keeshan

OTD January 23 - Johnny Carson

OTD January 23 - Jack LaLanne

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