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

   * 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
   * 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Zulu troops massacre British troops at
     Isandhlwana
   * 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 - The first commercial television station west of the Mississippi
     River, KTLA, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
   * 1953 - The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway.
   * 1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (they invaded Egypt on
     October 29, 1956)
   * 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 - Elysˇe treaty between France and Germany
   * 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 - George Foreman breaks Joe Frazier's professional career
     undefeated heavyweight world boxing champion status.
   * 1980 - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow
   * 1983 - Bjorn Borg retires from tennis after winning 5 consecutive
     Wimbledon championships.
   * 1984 - The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to use a
     computer mouse and GUI interface, is introduced.
   * 1990 - Robert Tappan Morris 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 seeking
     damages. The suit alleges 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 (+ 1505)
   * 1561 - Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher (+ 1626)
   * 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessig, author and philosopher (+ 1781)
   * 1775 - Andre Marie Ampere, physicist (+ 1836)
   * 1788 - George Gordon, Lord Byron, poet (+ 1824)
   * 1849 - August Strindberg, poet and writer (+ 1912)
   * 1875 - D. W. Griffith, director (+1948)
   * 1893 - Conrad Veidt, actor (+ 1943)
   * 1904 - George Balanchine, choreographer (+ 1983) (N.S.)
   * 1906 - Robert E. Howard, author (+ 1936)
   * 1909 - U Thant, 3rd United Nations Secretary General (+ 1974)
   * 1909 - Ann Sothern, actress (+ 2001)
   * 1911 - Bruno Kreisky, Prime Minister of Austria (+ 1990)
   * 1915 - Heinrich Albertz, theologian and politician (+ 1993)
   * 1931 - Sam Cooke, singer (+ 1964)
   * 1932 - Piper Laurie, actress
   * 1934 - Bill Bixby, actor (+ 1993)
   * 1936 - Joseph Wambaugh, author
   * 1940 - John Hurt, actor
   * 1948 - George Foreman, boxer
   * 1953 - Jim Jarmusch, director
   * 1957 - Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
   * 1959 - Linda Blair, actress
   * 1960 - Michael Hutchence, musician ("INXS") (+ 1997)
   * 1975 - Balthazar Getty, actor

Deaths

   * 1666 - Shah Jahan, Mogul Emperor of India
   * 1901 - Queen Victoria I of the United Kingdom
   * 1922 - Pope Benedict XV
   * 1945 - Else Lasker-Schuler, poet
   * 1959 - Mike Hawthorn, racing champion
   * 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer
   * 1973 - Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States
   * 1975 - Andrew George Burry, manufacturer and businessman, dies at 101
   * 1988 - Parker Fennelly, comedian, actor
   * 1993 - Abe Kobo, writer
   * 1994 - Telly Savalas, actor
   * 1995 - Rose Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy family
   * 2002 - Jack Shea, Olympics speed skating gold medalist

Holidays and observances

   * Catholicism - Feast day of St. Vincent.