January
23
Friday
2026

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World League for Freedom and Democracy

World Freedom Day (Taiwan and South Korea)

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Netaji Jayanti

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Assam, Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal, India)

Holiday

January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day:
January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Holiday

Phillips Brooks

Christian feast day:
Phillips Brooks (Episcopal Church (USA))

Holiday

Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Christian feast day:
Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Holiday

Marianne Cope

Christian feast day:
Marianne of Molokai

2024 2 yrs ago
Died 2024

Melanie (singer)

Melanie Safka, American Emmy winning singer-songwriter (born 1947)

Died 2024

Charles Osgood

Charles Osgood, American radio and television commentator, writer and musician (born 1933)

On This Day 2024

Northwestern Air Flight 738

Northwestern Air Flight 738 crashes after takeoff from Fort Smith Airport, Northwest Territories, Canada, killing six people.

2022 4 yrs ago
On This Day 2022

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba

Mutinying Burkinabè soldiers led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba depose and detain President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré amid widespread anti-government protests.

2021 5 yrs ago
Died 2021

Song Yoo-jung

Song Yoo-jung, South Korean actress and model (born 1994)