On This Day for January 23 - Madeleine Albright sworn in as U.S. secretary of state, Édouard Manet is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. January 23 [A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, oil on canvas by Édouard Manet, 1882; in the Courtauld Institute Galleries, London.]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY 1832 Édouard Manet French painter [Édouard Manet]( born this day in 1832, defied traditional techniques of representation and chose modern, urban subjects, antagonizing the critics but paving the way for [Impressionism]( and [Post-Impressionism](. [SEE ALL BORN ON THIS DAY]( [Albright, Madeleine]( FEATURED EVENT 1997 Madeleine Albright sworn in as U.S. secretary of state On this day in 1997, [Madeleine Albright]( who had earlier served as U.S. ambassador to the [UN]( assumed under President [Bill Clinton]( the office of secretary of state, becoming the first woman to hold that cabinet post. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement Advertisement MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Jack LaLanne.] 2011: American physical fitness guru [Jack LaLanne]( who became the first host of a televised exercise program with the debut of The Jack LaLanne Show (1951–85), died in California. [American journalist Daniel Pearl after being kidnapped in Karachi, 2002.] 2002: American journalist [Daniel Pearl]( was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan, and later executed. [Haley, Alex] 1977: The TV miniseries Roots, an adaptation of [Alex Haley]( best-selling [novel]( debuted; it became one of the most popular shows in the history of American television and galvanized attention on [African American]( issues and history. [Twenty-fourth Amendment] 1964: The [Twenty-fourth Amendment]( to the [U.S. Constitution]( which prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing [poll taxes]( before a citizen can participate in a federal election, was ratified. 1939: American disability rights activist [Ed Roberts]( who was considered the founder of the independent-living movement, was born in San Mateo, California. [Aquarius, illumination from a book of hours, Italian, c. 1475; in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City (MS. G.14).] 1997: The Age of Aquarius dawned, some astrologers believe, because for the first time since 1475 a number of planets, the [Sun]( and the [Moon]( were aligned in a perfect six-pointed star in the first degrees of [Aquarius](. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1897 [Subhas Chandra Bose]( Indian military leader 1910 [Django Reinhardt]( Roma musician 1891 [Antonio Gramsci]( Italian politician 1862 [David Hilbert]( German mathematician 1855 [John Moses Browning]( American gun designer [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](