Important Events From This day in History – 23rd January

Today in History

• 1986 The first artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

  Among the first inductees were Ray Charles, James Brown, and Elvis Presley.

• 1960 The Trieste dives to a record depth of 10,911 meters (35,797 ft)

  Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh reached the bottom of the Earth’s deepest known point, Challenger Deep.

• 1957 Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company

  Today, the Frisbee is used as a toy as well as a component of flying disc games such as Ultimate.

• 1950 Israel claims Jerusalem as its capital

  Despite international outrage, the Knesset approved a resolution designating the divided city as the country’s capital.

• 1556 The deadliest earthquake on record kills some 830,000 people

  The epicenter was in the Wei River Valley in Shaanxi Province, China.