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 the Falkland Islands to England
- 1824 - Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast
- 1840 - British colonists reach New Zealand
- 1879 - Zulu troops massacre British troops at Isandhlwana
- 1899 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation
- 1905 - 'Bloody Sunday' in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution
- 1922 - Pius XI becomes Pope
- 1931 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia
- 1944 - Allies begin the assault on Anzio, Italy
- 1973 - United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion
- 1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai
- 1980 - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow
- 1990 - Robert Tappan Morris is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm
- 1992 - Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.
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)
- 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
- 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer
- 1973 - Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States
- 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.
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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