Today is Wednesday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2013. There are 342 days left in the year.
Highlights in History
• On Jan. 23, 1973, President Richard Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War, and would be formally signed four days later in Paris.
• In 1789, Georgetown University was established in what is now Washington.
• In 1845, Congress decided all national elections would take place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
• In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
• In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the so-called “Lame Duck Amendment,” was ratified as Missouri approved it.
• In 1968, North Korea seized the Navy intelligence ship USS Pueblo, charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was released 11 months later.)
• In 1977, the TV miniseries Roots, based on the Alex Haley novel, began airing on ABC.
• Ten years ago: The government of Kuwait said a Kuwaiti had confessed to the shootings of two U.S. defense workers that left one dead. (The assailant, Sami al-Mutairi, was convicted and sentenced to death, but an appeals court commuted the sentence to life in prison.)
• Five years ago: Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from Gaza after Palestinian militants used land mines to breach a barrier dividing the border town of Rafah.
• One year ago: Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed repeatedly in heated, personal terms in a crackling campaign debate in Tampa, Fla.
Thought for Today
“It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy.” — Chinese proverb
Source: Associated Press