Today in history

January 23

1875
First British Disarmament Campaign, Liverpool, England

1962
Fifteen members of the Committee of 100, the Non-Violent Direct Action wing of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) sat in at the British House of Commons demanding a halt to nuclear weapon tests.

1964
24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution passed, outlawing poll taxes in federal elections.

1970
Folk singers Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe McDonald, Phil Ochs, and Pete Seeger were denied permission to sing as part of defense testimony at the trial of “The Chicago Seven.”
The Chicago Seven were being tried for conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago as they protested the Vietnam war.

Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe McDonald, Phil Ochs, and Pete Seeger