This Day in History – January 23
1552 – 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes mandatory in England.
1789 – Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded.
1845 – Uniform US election day for president and VP authorized.
1849 – Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in US.
1855 – The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.
1889 – Daniel Williams forms Provident Hospital in Chicago.
1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator.
1909 – 1st radio rescue at sea.
1941 – Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center.
1950 – NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense & defense)
1955 – Babe Dickerson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
1961 – Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
1970 – US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1.
1973 – US President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War.
1983 – “A-Team” with Mr. T premieres on NBC.
1986 – 1st induction of Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, J.L. Lewis & Elvis Presley)
1987 – Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 point loss)
1993 – NY Newsday reports Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood sexually assaulted 23 women.
2003 – Final communication between earth and Pioneer 10.
2013 – US armed forces overturns 1994 ban on women serving in combat.
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