🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Friday, January 23. Today we're digging into the deadliest earthquake in history, the birth of Frisbees, the end of the Vietnam War, LeBron James' milestone, and much more — a journey packed with fast insights and clean sources!
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🚀 Time Machine
-1368
Zhu Yuanzhang, age 40, becomes the Hongwu Emperor and founds the Ming Dynasty, which lasted three centuries.
-1556
The Shaanxi Earthquake, the deadliest ever recorded, killed 830,000 people in China.
-1849
Elizabeth Blackwell received a medical degree from Geneva Medical College, becoming the first woman in the nation to do so.
-1973
US President Richard Nixon announces the end of the Vietnam War.
-1977
ABC premieres "Roots," one of the most-watched TV shows in US history.
-1978
Sweden becomes the first country in the world to ban aerosol sprays because they harm the ozone layer.
-2018
LeBron James becomes the seventh and youngest player in NBA history to reach the 30,000 points milestone.
-2020
China locks down Wuhan and its 9 million people to stop the COVID-19 outbreak.
📸 Snapshot
The first hairdryer was invented by French stylist Alexander Godefroy, 1890
🗨️ Last Words
“May I not seem to have lived in vain.”