Today in History- 23rd January

International Events: 23rd January
Year	Event
1556	830,000 killed in Shansi, China due to earthquake.
1849	Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S.
1957	V. K. Krishna Menon give longest ever speech of eight-hour in UN on Kashmir issue.
1973	US president Richard Nixon announces Vietnam peace deal.
2002	Reporter Daniel Pearl kidnapped from Karachi, Pakistan by Taliban.
1972	East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh after independence.