TODAY IN HISTORY - JANUARY 23RD

1789 – Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)

1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor.

1870 – In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.

1909 – RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.

1913 – Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (d. 2007) is born.

1920 – Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (d. 2010) is born.

1941 – Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.

1957 – American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".

1960 – The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.

1964 – The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.

1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

1989 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904) dies.

1993 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1899) dies.

1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.

1999 – Jay Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded the Hyatt Corporation (b. 1922) dies.

2002 – U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.

2005 – Johnny Carson, American talk show host and producer (b. 1925) dies.

2015 – Ernie Banks, American baseball player, Chicago Cubs, and coach (b. 1931) dies.