January 23

Thursday 23, 1997:

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

Wednesday 23, 1985:

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

Thursday 23, 1941:

Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.

Monday 23, 1556:

The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. 830,000 people may have been killed.

Monday 23, 1533:

Anne Boleyn, mistress of Henry VIII of England, discovers herself pregnant.