January 23rd

Today's Highlight in History:
On January 23rd, 1968, North Korea seized the US Navy ship %26quot;Pueblo%26quot; charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was released eleven months later.)

On this date:
In 1789, Georgetown University was established in present-day Washington DC.

In 1845, Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

In 1849, English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive a Doctor of Medicine degree, from the Medical Institution of Geneva, New York.

In 1920, the Dutch government refused demands from the victorious Allies to hand over the ex-kaiser of Germany.

In 1932, New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.