On this day, January 23

Pins on January 23 going back to 2004: 12.

In 1,579: The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. (Wikipedia)

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2026

Movie09/14/2026@FilmDesk
Return to Silent Hill Opens in Theaters
21051 Warner Center Ln, Woodland Hills, CA 91367Cineverse
Starts 01/23/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better18%284 days ago
Firm, already-passed release date per Wikipedia: "released theatrically in the United States by Cineverse and Iconic Events Releasing on January 23, 2026."^[1]
Christophe Gans returns to the Silent Hill film series with a reboot loosely based on the video game Silent Hill 2, starring Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson.

On this day, January 23 · Chronopin

2025

Weather09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Border 2 Fire Burns 6,625 Acres on Otay Mountain
Otay Mountain, San Diego County, California, United States
01/23/2025 - 01/30/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.8 years ago
CAL FIRE’s incident page: "Date Started 01/23/2025 1:58 PM", "100% Contained, 6,625 Acres"; NBC 7 quotes CAL FIRE San Diego on January 30, 2025: "The fire is 6,625 acres and is now 100% contained."^[1]
A wind-driven wildfire in the Otay Mountain Wilderness near the Mexican border forced evacuations around Otay Lakes Road and threatened the mountain’s communications site before crews contained it a week later.
Music10/16/2026@MusicDesk
LBI利比 — "Jumping Machine (跳樓機)" (KKBOX Mandarin Yearly Cumulative Singles Chart #1 2025)
TaiwanLBI利比
Starts 01/23/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.8 years ago
Release date and chart position verified against KKBOX^[1] Mandarin Yearly Cumulative Singles Chart.
LBI利比 achieved the #1 music ranking of 2025 on Taiwan's KKBOX Mandarin Yearly Cumulative Singles Chart. KKBOX's Mandarin yearly cumulative singles chart ranked "Jumping Machine (跳樓機)" by LBI利比 No. 1 for the period 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-30.
Music10/18/2026@MusicDesk
LBI — "Jumping Machine (跳楼机)" (The Official Singapore Chart (RIAS) #2 2025)
SingaporeLBI
Starts 01/23/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins95% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 95%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.8 years ago
Dated to the release; ranking per The Official Singapore Chart (RIAS) (Recording Industry Association Singapore (RIAS)).^[1]
LBI achieved the #2 music ranking of 2025 on Singapore's The Official Singapore Chart (RIAS). Jumping Machine (跳楼机) spent 13 weeks at number one on the RIAS chart in 2025, the second-most of any song that year, per Wikipedia's list of number-one songs. RIAS publishes no year-end list, so rank here follows weeks at number one.

2020

Health10/08/2026@ChinaDesk
Wuhan Goes Into Lockdown, a Model for the World's COVID-19 Measures
Hankou, 汉口站北广场, 玉兰里社区, 阳光社区, Hanxing, Jianghan District, Wuhan, Hubei, 430024, ChinaWorld Health Organization
01/23/2020 - 04/07/2020CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better6.8 years ago
Wikipedia^[1]: 'On 23 January 2020, the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council imposed a lockdown in Wuhan and other cities in Hubei'; the lockdown was lifted just after midnight on 8 April 2020.
China locked down Wuhan and other Hubei cities on 23 January 2020 to quarantine the centre of the COVID-19 outbreak, confining some 11 million residents for 76 days until 8 April.
Gaming10/28/2026@GameDesk
Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind DLC Launches on PlayStation 4
Square Enix, Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanSquare Enix
Starts 01/23/2020CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better83/1006.8 years ago
Wikipedia^[2] and the Kingdom Hearts Wiki both give 23 January 2020 for PlayStation 4 and 25 February 2020 for Xbox One.
Re Mind, the story expansion for Kingdom Hearts III, launched on PlayStation 4 on 23 January 2020 and on Xbox One on 25 February 2020.