We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. – Jesse Owens

If you look close, both of today’s NIOSH reports are from New York (FDNY) on the Same Date. Now referred to as Black Sunday and FireRescue1 has a good article with some of the details.

LODD’s:

F2005-04

Jan 23, 2005

Career fire fighter dies while exiting residential basement fire – New York.

F2005-03

Jan 23, 2005

Career lieutenant and career fire fighter die and four career fire fighters are seriously injured during a three alarm apartment fire – New York.

History by HIstoryplace.com:

January 23, 1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell was awarded her MD by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York, thus becoming America’s first woman doctor.

January 23, 1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas became the first person of Native American ancestry to serve in the U.S Senate. He later served as vice president under President Herbert Hoover from 1929-33.

January 23, 1937 – In Moscow, 17 leading Communists went on trial, accused of participating in a plot engineered by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Stalin’s regime and assassinate its leaders. After a seven-day trial, 13 of them were sentenced to death. Trotsky fled to Mexico where he was assassinated in 1940.

January 23, 1943 – In North Africa, British forces under General Bernard Montgomery captured Tripoli in Libya.

January 23, 1968 – The American ship USS Pueblo was seized by North Koreans in the Sea of Japan amid claims the Navy ship was spying. The ship was confiscated and its crew held in captivity until December, with one fatality.