January 23
1789
Georgetown University is established in what is now Washington, DC.
1849
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman physician in the U.S.
1906
Simone McLeod arrives to America. She is momentarily detained in Ellis Island due to flea controls.
1958
In Venezuela, a coup d'etat puts an end to General Marcos Pérez Jiménez regime.
The South-American dictator had taken over in 1952.
1973
President Nixon announces that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
1994
Rebecca Soper is born in Bloomington, Illinois.
2004
Bob Keeshan, "Captain Kangaroo," dies at age 76.
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