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, beginning of the 1905 revolution
- 1969 - Melvin Laird was sworn in as the 10th Secretary of Defense of United States
- 1973 - U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion
- 1992 - Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.
Births:
- 1440 - Ivan III, grand duke of Moscow (1462-1505) (+ 1505)
- 1561 - Francis Bacon, philosopher
- 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessig, auther and philosopher (+ 1781)
- 1775 - Andre Marie Ampere, physicist (+ 1836)
- 1788 - Lord Byron, poet
- 1849 - August Strinberg, poet and writer (+ 1912)
- 1875 - D. W. Griffith, director (+1948)
- 1904 - George Balanchine, choreographer
- 1909 - U. Thant, 3rd secretary-general of the United Nations
- 1911 - Bruno Kreisky, Austrian prime minister 1970-1983 (+ 1990)
- 1915 - Heinrich Albertz, theologian and politician (+ 1993)
- 1934 - Bill Bixby, actor
- 1948 - George Foreman, American boxer
- 1957 - Mike Bossy, American ice hockey player
Deaths:
- 1901 - Queen Victoria of Britain
- 1945 - Else Lasker-Schuler, poet
- 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer
- 1973 - Lyndon Johnson, former president of the U.S.
- 1993 - Abe Kobo, writer
- 1994 - Telly Savalas, actor
- 1995 - Rose Kennedy
- 2002 - Jack Shea, American speed skating (double Olympic Champion 1932)
Holidays and observances:
- Catholicism - Feast day of St. Vincent.
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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