Here are the historical accounts of shark attacks that took place on January 23:
| Date | Name | Sex | Age | Time | Country | Area | Location | Activity | Injury | Species | Sp_Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23-Jan-2009 | Dr. Pat Lockie | M | 07h30 | Australia | Victoria | 13th Beach – Melborne West | Surfing | bite wounds to right hand | |||
| 2 | 23-Jan-2007 | Eric Nerhus | M | 41 | 10h30 | Australia | New South Wales | Cape Howe | Diving | deep gashes in his head, chest and back. | White | 118 |
| 3 | 23-Jan-2006 | Rowgirls an ocean rowing boat. Occupants: Sally Kettle Claire Mills & Sue McMillan | F | Open Ocean | 800 miles from land | 800 miles from land | Rowing | No injury to occupants; a shark accidentally caught in a line threatened to rip out the transom | ||||
| 4 | 23-Jan-1996 | Christopher Riley | M | 33 | USA | Florida | Florida Keys, Monroe County | Wading | Shark bit his leg after he grabbed its tail & wouldn’t let go SPI | Nurse | 36 | |
| 5 | 23-Jan-1993 | Charles Roberto Soares Veras | M | 28 | BRAZIL | Pernambuco | Piedade | Body boarding | Left Leg Bitten | |||
| 6 | 23-Jan-1992 | Noor-Mubeen Shaik | M | 19 | 17h30 | South Africa | KZN | Isipingo | Swimming | Right foot lacerated | Bull | 55 |
| 7 | 23-Jan-1970 | Zulu Soto | M | 14 | MOZAMBIQUE | Limpopo River | 3.2 km inland | Swimming | Hands severed forearm severely lacerated | |||
| 8 | 23-Jan-1970 | Betual Tivane | M | 16 | MOZAMBIQUE | Limpopo River | Gijana 150 km inland | Swimming | Leg severed at knee | Bull | ||
| 9 | 23-Jan-1970 | Mabua Mogadura | M | 12 | MOZAMBIQUE | Limpopo River | Gijana 150 km inland | Swimming | Arm severed thigh bitten | Bull | ||
| 10 | 23-Jan-1970 | Elissane Mobunda | M | 10 | MOZAMBIQUE | Limpopo River | Gijana 150 km inland | Swimming | Leg severed at knee | Bull | ||
| 11 | 23-Jan-1965 | Ronald Bowers | M | 22 | 13h00 | South Africa | KZN | Country Club Beach Durban | Lifesaving | No injury ski bitten | White | 144 |
| 12 | 23-Jan-1964 | John Carlson | M | 39 | 16h00 | South Africa | Eastern Cape Province | Nahoon | Body surfing | Heel & ankle bitten | ||
| 13 | 23-Jan-1952 | Bernard Montessier | M | MAURITIUS | Port Louis | Spearfishing | Right foot lacerated by a larger shark. Lost several toes SPI | |||||
| 14 | 23-Jan-1949 | Ray Land | M | 20 | 15h00 | Australia | New South Wales | Bar Beach Newcastle | Lifesaving | Fatal – | White | 143 |
| 15 | 23-Jan-1940 | Maxwell Farrin | M | 13 | 10h40 | Australia | New South Wales | North Brighton Botany Bay | Swimming | Fatal – left leg severed | 120 | |
| 16 | 23-Jan-1904 | Charley Smith | M | NEW CALEDONIA | NEW CALEDONIA | Noumea | Bathing | Fatal – | ||||
| 17 | 23-Jan-1882 | George Sinclair | M | Australia | New South Wales | Darling Harbor, Sydney | Bathing | Fatal – | ||||
| 18 | 23-Jan-1832 | Male | M | AUSTRALIA | New South Wales | Sydney | Bathing | Laceration to leg |