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:

• 1905 - 'Bloody Sunday' in St. Petersburg, begining of the 1905 revolution

Births:

• 1561 - Francis Bacon, English philosopher
• 1775 - Andre Marie Ampere, French physicist
• 1788 - Lord Byron, poet
• 1849 - August Strinberg, Swedish writer
• 1934 - Bill Bixby, actor

Deaths:

• 1945 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German poet
• 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer.
• 1993 - Abe Kobo, Japanese writer

Holidays and observances:

• Catholicism - Feast day of St. Vincent.

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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