January 23rd (1897) was a Saturday. It's the 22nd day of the year (23rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 23rd January, 1897
» Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction.
Famous Birthdays on January 23 in 1897
» Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (d. 1945)
» Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (d. 2000)