January 22
January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 343 days remaining (344 in leap years ).
Events
565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus .
1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England .
1824 - Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast .
1840 - British colonists reach New Zealand .
1863 - The January Uprising broke out in Poland, Lithunania and Belorussia. The aim of the national movement was to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation of Russia.
1879 - Anglo-Zulu War : Zulu troops massacre British troops at the Battle of Isandlwana .
1889 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC .
1899 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
1901 - Edward VII becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom , dies.
1905 - 'Bloody Sunday ' in St. Petersburg , beginning of the 1905 revolution.
1917 - World War I : President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister.
1931 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian -born Governor-General of Australia .
1941 - World War II : The United Kingdom captures Tobruk from Nazi forces.
1944 - World War II: Allies begin Operation Shingle (an assault on Anzio , Italy ).
1947 - KTLA , the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River , begins operation in Hollywood, California .
1947 - Paul Ramadier becomes Prime Minister of France .
1953 - The Crucible , a drama by Arthur Miller , opens on Broadway .
1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula .
1957 - The New York City "Mad Bomber ," George P. Metesky , is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
1962 - The Organization of American States (OAS) suspends Cuba 's membership.
1963 - Elysée treaty between France and Germany.
1964 - Mumbai 's lowest ever temperature recorded (7.4°C).
1967 - Simon & Garfunkel perform live at Philharmonic Hall in the Lincoln Center , New York City . The recording is not released until 16 July 2002 .
1968 - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In , debuts on NBC .
1973 - The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe vs. Wade striking down state laws restricting abortion during the first six months of pregnancy .
1973 - A chartered Boeing 707 exploded in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria killing 176.
1973 - George Foreman breaks Joe Frazier 's professional career undefeated heavyweight world boxing champion status.
1980 - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow .
1983 - Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning five consecutive Wimbledon championships .
1984 - The Apple Macintosh , the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface , is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with the famous television commercial "1984 " .
1987 - Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer commits suicide on national television .
1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm .
1992 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire 's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
1992 - Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.
1995 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict : In central Israel , two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves-up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
1997 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first female secretary of state after confirmation by the United States Senate .
1998 - Suspected Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty and accepts a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
2001 - Four of the Texas 7 are caught at a convenience store in Woodland Park, Colorado and a fifth killed himself inside a motor home.
2002 - AOL Time Warner brings a federal suit against Microsoft alleging that the market for AOL's Netscape Navigator Internet browser was harmed when Microsoft started to give away a competing browser.
2002 - Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in American history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection .
2003 - The Netherlands vote for a new parliament after the previous had only been into power for 86 days.
2003 - Last successful contact with the spacecraft Pioneer 10 , one of the most distant man-made objects.
Births
1440 - Ivan III , grand duke of Moscow (d. 1505 )
1561 - Sir Francis Bacon , English philosopher (d. 1626 )
1570 - Sir Robert Bruce Cotton , English politician and founder of the famous Cotton library (d. 1631 ).
1592 - Pierre Gassendi , French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (d. 1655 )
1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , German author and philosopher (d. 1781 )
1775 - Andre Marie Ampere , French physicist (d. 1836 )
1788 - George Gordon, Lord Byron , English poet (d. 1824 )
1849 - August Strindberg , poet and writer (d. 1912 )
1875 - D. W. Griffith , director (d. 1948 )
1875 - Wilhelmina Rahner , magician Harry Houdini 's wife and stage assistant (d. 1943 )
1892 - Marcel Dassault , French industrialist (d. 1986 )
1893 - Conrad Veidt , actor (d. 1943 )
1902 - Daniel Kinsey , American hurdler
1903 - Fritz Houtermans , physicist (d. 1966 )
1904 - George Balanchine , Russian choreographer (d. 1983 ) (N.S.)
1906 - Robert E. Howard , author (d. 1936 )
1907 - Mary Dresselhuys , Dutch actress (d. 2004 )
1907 - Douglas Corrigan , pilot (d. 1995 )
1908 - Lev Davidovich Landau , Russian physicist (d. 1968 )
1909 - U Thant , Burmese 3rd United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974 )
1909 - Ann Sothern , actress (d. 2001 )
1911 - Bruno Kreisky , Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990 )
1915 - Heinrich Albertz , theologian and politician (d. 1993 )
1931 - Sam Cooke , singer (d. 1964 )
1932 - Piper Laurie , actress
1934 - Bill Bixby , actor (d. 1993 )
1935 - Seymour Cassell , American actor
1936 - Joseph Wambaugh , author
1937 - Edén Pastora Gómez , Nicaraguan rebel leader
1939 - Jeff Smith , chef (d. 2004 )
1940 - Addie "Micki" Harris , singer, member of the Shirelles (d. 1982 )
1940 - John Hurt , actor
1940 - George Seifert , American football coach
1946 - Serge Savard , ice hockey player
1949 - Steve Perry , Amnerican musician
1953 - Jim Jarmusch , director
1954 - Peter Pilz , Austrian politician
1956 - John Wesley Shipp , American soap opera actor
1957 - Mike Bossy , ice hockey player
1959 - Linda Blair , actress
1960 - Michael Hutchence , musician (INXS ) (d. 1997 )
1965 - DJ Jazzy Jeff , rapper, actor
1965 - Diane Lane , American actress
1967 - Olivia d'Abo , actress
1972 - Gabriel Macht , American actor
1975 - Balthazar Getty , actor
1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata , Japanese footballer
1978 - Roxanne Butterfield , American community activist
1978 - Chone Figgins , Major League Baseball player
1980 - Christopher Masterson , actor
1980 - Ben Moody , guitarist (Evanescence )
1981 - Beverley Mitchell , actress
1981 - Willa Ford , singer
Deaths
1536 - Bernhard Knipperdolling , Münster Rebellion leader
1666 - Shah Jahan , Mogul Emperor of India (b. 1592 )
1840 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach , German anthropologist (b. 1752 )
1892 - Joseph Philo Bradley , associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1813).
1901 - Queen Victoria I of the United Kingdom (b. 1819 )
1921 - Captain George Streeter (b. 1837 )
1922 - Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854 )
1945 - Else Lasker-Schuler , poet
1950 - Alan Hale, Sr. , actor (b. 1892 )
1959 - Mike Hawthorn , racing champion (b. 1929 )
1968 - Duke Kahanamoku , American swimmer (b. 1890 )
1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson , President of the United States (b. 1908 )
1975 - Andrew George Burry , manufacturer and businessman, dies at 101 (b. 1873 )
1978 - Herbert Sutcliffe , Yorkshire and England opening batsman (b. 1894 )
1987 - R. Budd Dwyer , Pennsylvania politician
1988 - Parker Fennelly , comedian, actor
1993 - Abe Kobo , writer (b. 1924 )
1994 - Telly Savalas , actor (b. 1924 )
1995 :
2000 - Craig Claiborne , American writer, editor
2001 :
2002 :
2003 - Bill Mauldin , World War II cartoonist
2004 :
2005 :
Holidays and observances
External links
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