National days on January 23, 2027

A little reason to celebrate

National Pie Day

Food · January 23

National Pie Day is about pie in all its forms, from fruit and custard to savory pot pies, and the simple pleasure of baking and sharing one.

1789: Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) when Bishop John Carroll, Rev. Robert Molyneux, and Rev. John Ashton purchase land for the proposed academy for the education of youth. Georgetown University
1849: Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor. Elizabeth Blackwell
1957: American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee". Walter Frederick Morrison
1998: Netscape announces Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source. Netscape
2018: A 7.9 Mw earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities. 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake