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Friday, 23 January 2026

2009

Dendermonde nursery attack occurred in Dendermonde, Belgium.

2003

Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10

2002

"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody.

Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and is subsequently murdered .

1997

Antonis Daglis, a 23-year-old Greek truck driver is sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others.

Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.

1986

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

1985

O.J. Simpson becomes the first Heisman Trophy winner elected to the Football Hall of Fame.

1973

A volcanic eruption devastates Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar chain of islands off the south coast of Iceland.

President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.

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