On This Day: January 23rd

Northwestern Air Flight 738 crashes after takeoff from Fort Smith Airport, Northwest Territories, Canada, killing six people.

Mutinying Burkinabè soldiers led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba depose and detain President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré amid widespread anti-government protests.

A 7.9 Mw earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.

A double car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, kills at least 33 people and wounds "dozens" of others. The victims include both military personnel and civilians, according to local officials.

The China–United States trade war begins when President Donald Trump places tariffs on Chinese solar panels and washing machines.

A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.

U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.

Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Chinese Communist Party to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.

Netscape announces Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source.

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