Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 23
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- 1556 - The deadliest earthquake in history killed 830,000 people in Shaanxi Province, China.
- 1719 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI established Liechtenstein, the only principality in the Holy Roman Empire still remaining today.
- 1912 - Twelve nations signed the International Opium Convention, the first international drug control treaty, to regulate the production and distribution of opiates.
- 1960 - The bathyscaphe Trieste reached the record depth of 10,916 m (35,813 feet) in Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench.
- 1968 - USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had violated their territorial waters while spying.
- 2006 - After 12 years of Liberal Party's rule, Stephen Harper's (pictured) Conservative Party won the most seats in the Canadian federal election.
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