January 22
'''January 22''' is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 343 days remaining (344 in leap years). {{JanuaryCalendar{{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
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.
- 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 Zaires national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the governments 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.
- 2005 - Northeastern United States hit with a snowstorm bringing blizzard conditions.
Births
- 1440 - Ivan III, grand duke of Moscow (d. 1505)
- 1561 - Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher (d. 1626)
- 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, author and philosopher (d. 1781)
- 1775 - Andre Marie Ampere, physicist (d. 1836)
- 1788 - George Gordon, Lord Byron, 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, 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, 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 (''The Wonder Years)
- 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 - Willa Ford, singer
Deaths
- 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)
- 1987 - R. Budd Dwyer, Pennsylvania politician
- 1988 - Parker Fennelly, comedian, actor
- 1993 - Abe Kobo, writer (b. 1924)
- 1994 - Telly Savalas, actor (b. 1924)
- 1995 - Rose Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy family (b. 1890)
- 1995 - Jerry Blackwell, professional wrestler (b. 1949)
- 2000 - Craig Claiborne, American writer, editor
- 2001 - Tommie Agee, American baseball player
- 2001 - Roy Brown, clown
- 2002 - Jack Shea, Olympics speed skating gold medalist
- 2002 - Stanley Marcus, American retailer
- 2003 - Bill Mauldin, World War II cartoonist
- 2004 - Ann Miller, American actress, dancer
- 2004 - Billy May, American composer, musician
- 2005 - César Gutiérrez, Major League Baseball player (b. 1943)
- 2005 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter and lyricist (b. 1924)
- 2005 - Rose Mary Woods, Watergate scandal figure (b. 1917)
- 2005 - Carlo Orelli, last surviving Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)
Holidays and observances
- Catholicism - Feast day of St. Vincent.
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