--- description: DIED Russell Johnson, 89, actor best known for playing villains in westerns until he was cast as the Professor on the successful sitcom Gilligan's Island,... title: Milestones image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Milestones (23 Jan 2014) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 23, 2014 4:16 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 23, 2014 4:16 PM CUT DIED Russell Johnson, 89, actor best known for playing villains in westerns until he was cast as the Professor on the successful sitcom Gilligan’s Island, which ran from 1964 to 1967. QUALIFIED Hurdler Lolo Jones and sprinter Lauryn Williams, for the 2014 U.S. Olympic bobsled team; they are among the few U.S. athletes ever to compete in both the Summer and Winter Games. DIED Hiroo Onoda, 91, Japanese army officer who stayed at his jungle post in the Philippines for 29 years after World War II, not believing the war was over, then returned home to a hero’s welcome. DIED Suchitra Sen, 82, one of India’s best-known actresses, who starred in more than 50 films and remained famous long after retiring in 1978. APPOINTED By a makeshift parliament, Catherine Samba-Panza, as interim President of the Central African Republic, with the goal of leading her civil-war-ravaged nation to elections. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/1559/milestones-3/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/1559/milestones-3/"},"headline":"Milestones (23 Jan 2014)","datePublished":"2014-01-23T16:16:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:01:37.839Z","description":"DIED Russell Johnson, 89, actor best known for playing villains in westerns until he was cast as the Professor on the successful sitcom Gilligan's Island,...","url":"https://time.com/1559/milestones-3/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/1559/milestones-3/","name":"Milestones (23 Jan 2014)"}}]}] ```