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January 23

3 sourced moments from January 23 in history: Elizabeth Blackwell: first U.S. woman to earn an M.D., 1849; The Frisbee Toy Is First Sold (1957); and Humans reach the deepest point in the ocean (1960).

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3 things happened on January 23

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1960 Earth & Climate · Oceans

Humans reach the deepest point in the ocean

Two men in a steel sphere sank for nearly five hours to touch the bottom of the Mariana Trench, then waited to rise.

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1957 Culture & Arts · Performing Arts

The Frisbee Toy Is First Sold

On a January day in 1957, a humble plastic disc rolled off a factory line and quietly launched a global pastime.

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1849 Human Body & Mind · Medicine & Disease

Elizabeth Blackwell: first U.S. woman to earn an M.D., 1849

She was admitted by a student vote meant as a prank, graduated top of her class, and still wasn't America's first woman doctor.

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