Today in history: Deadliest earthquake on record, murder of Daniel Pearl, and more
| Updated: Jan 23, 2021, 10:54 AM IST
Here's what happened today in history
1556
The deadliest earthquake on record kills some 830,000 in China
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1912
The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague
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1950
Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel
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1978
Sweden becomes the world's first nation to ban aerosol sprays
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2002
US journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi & later murdered