January 22
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January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining after January 22 until the end of the year (344 in leap years).
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[change] Events
- 1771 – Spain gives Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England.
- 1840 – British colonists reach New Zealand.
- 1873 - The British clipper Northfleet collides with Spanish steamship Murillo off Kent, killing 293 people.
- 1899 – Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss uniting.
- 1901 – Edward VII becomes King after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, dies.
- 1906 - The ship SS Valencia runs aground on Vancouver Island, killing more than 130 people.
- 1917 – World War I: US President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
- 1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1931 – Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
- 1941 - World War II: British and Commonwealth forces capture Tobruk in Libya from the Italians in Operation Bypass.
- 1944 – World War II: Allies begin Operation Shingle (an attack on Anzio, Italy).
- 1953 – The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, starts on Broadway.
- 1957 – Israel leaves the Sinai Peninsula.
- 1962 – The Organization of American States (OAS) makes Cuba no longer a member.
- 1968 - Apollo 5 lifts off, carrying the first lunar module into space.
- 1973 - A Boeing 737 of the Royal Jordanian Airline explodes at Kano Airport in northern Nigeria, killing 176 people.
- 1973 - George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the World Heavyweight Boxing champion.
- 1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States shows its decision in Roe vs. Wade, stopping laws that limit abortion during the first six months of being pregnant.
- 1980 – Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.
- 1984 - The Apple Macintosh computer is introduced.
- 1987 - Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a live press conference.
- 2003 – The Netherlands vote for a new parliament after the one before had only been into power for 86 days.
- 2006 - Anibal Cavaco Silva is elected President of Portugal.
- 2006 - Evo Morales becomes President of Bolivia.
- 2006 – Russia uncovers that the UK spied through a device disguised as a rock.
- 2007 - More than 88 people are killed in two car bombings in Baghdad.
[change] Births
- 1480 – Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
- 1561 – Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher (d. 1626)
- 1592 – Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher (d. 1655)
- 1729 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (d. 1781)
- 1733 – Philip Carteret, English navy captain, discovered Pitcairn Island (d. 1796)
- 1788 – Lord Byron, English poet (d. 1824)
- 1797 – Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)
- 1814 – Eduard Zeller, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1908)
- 1831 – Prince Christian III of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1917)
- 1849 – August Strindberg, Swedish writer (d. 1912)
- 1869 – Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk and mystic (d. 1916)
- 1875 – D. W. Griffith, American actor, director and film producer (d. 1948)
- 1877 – Hjalmar Schacht, German banker and politician (d. 1970)
- 1879 – Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (d. 1953)
- 1890 – Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
- 1891 – Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and political theorist (d. 1937)
- 1904 – George Balanchine, Russian-born choreographer (d. 1983)
- 1904 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian writer (d. 1941)
- 1907 – Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)
- 1908 – Lev Davidovich Landau, Soviet physicist (d. 1968)
- 1909 – U Thant, Burmese diplomat and UN Secretary-General (d. 1974)
- 1911 – Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)
- 1920 – Irving Kristol, American political commentator (d. 2009)
- 1920 – Chiara Lubich, Italian religious leader (d. 2008)
- 1920 – Alf Ramsey, English football manager (d. 1999)
- 1925 – Bobby George, American baseball player (d. 1985)
- 1932 – Piper Laurie, American actress
- 1934 – Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1936 – Ong Teng Cheong, President of Singapore (d. 2002)
- 1936 – Alan J. Heeger, American chemist
- 1938 – Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer
- 1939 – Alfredo Palacio, former President of Ecuador
- 1940 – John Hurt, British actor
- 1946 – Malcolm McLaren, British music manager (d. 2010)
- 1954 – Chris Lemmon, American actor
- 1957 – Francis Wheen, English writer and journalist
- 1959 – Linda Blair, American actress
- 1959 – Urs Meier, Swiss football referee
- 1960 – Michael Hutchence, Australian musician (d. 1997)
- 1962 – Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Malaysian Head of State
- 1964 – Nigel Benn, English boxer
- 1965 – Steven Adler, American drummer (Guns N' Roses)
- 1968 – Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
- 1971 – Stan Collymore, English footballer
- 1973 – Rogério Ceni, Brazilian footballer
- 1977 – Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
- 1980 – Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
- 1980 – Ben Moody, American musician
- 1981 – Beverley Mitchell, American actress
- 1982 – Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer
- 1984 – Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
- 1987 – Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier
- 1987 – Shane Long, Irish footballer
[change] Deaths
- 1531 – Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (b. 1487)
- 1592 – Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (b. 1554)
- 1666 – Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor (b. 1592)
- 1767 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German scientist (b. 1719)
- 1779 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
- 1840 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
- 1901 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
- 1919 – Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (b. 1853)
- 1922 – Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist (b. 1837)
- 1922 – Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
- 1922 – Camille Jordan, French mathematician (b. 1838)
- 1942 – Walter Sickert, German painter (b. 1860)
- 1945 – Else Lasker-Schueler, German poet (b. 1869)
- 1950 – Alan Hale, Sr., American actor (b. 1892)
- 1959 – Mike Hawthorn, English racing driver (b. 1929)
- 1968 – Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (b. 1890)
- 1973 – Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States (b. 1908)
- 1982 – Eduardo Frei Montalva, President of Chile (b. 1911)
- 1990 – Mariano Rumor, Italian politician (b. 1915)
- 1990 – Roman Vishniac, Russian-American photographer (b. 1897)
- 1991 – Kenas Aroi, Nauruan politician (b. 1942)
- 1994 – Telly Savalas, American entertainer (b. 1924)
- 1995 – Jerry Blackwell, American professional wrestler (b. 1949)
- 1995 – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of John F. Kennedy (b. 1890)
- 2002 – Stanley Marcus, American businessman (b. 1905)
- 2008 – Claude Piron, Swiss translator (b. 1931)
- 2008 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979)
- 2010 – Sultan Iskandar of Johor, Malaysian Head of State (b. 1932)
- 2010 – Jean Simmons, British actress (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Joe Paterno, American college football coach (b. 1926)
[change] Holidays and observances
- New Zealand – Wellington Anniversary
