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January 22
(Redirected from 22 January)
January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 343 days remaining (344 in leap years).
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Events
1700-1899
1900-1949
1950-1999
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1953 - The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway.
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1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (they invaded Egypt on October 29, 1956).
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1957 - The New York City "Mad Bomber," George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
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1962 - The Organization of American States (OAS) suspends Cuba's membership.
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1963 - Elysée treaty between France and Germany.
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1967 - Simon & Garfunkel perform live at Philharmonic Hall in the Lincoln Center, New York City. The recording is not released until 16 July 2002.
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1968 - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, debuts on NBC.
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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.
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1973 - A chartered Boeing 707 exploded in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria killing 176.
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1973 - George Foreman breaks Joe Frazier's professional career undefeated heavyweight world boxing champion status.
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1980 - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.
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1983 - Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning five consecutive Wimbledon championships.
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1984 - The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to use a computer mouse and GUI interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII.
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1987 - Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer commits suicide on national television.
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1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm.
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1992 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
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1992 - Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.
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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.
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1997 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first female secretary of state after confirmation by the United States Senate.
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1998 - Suspected Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty and accepts a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
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Births
1400-1899
1900-1949
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1902 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler
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1903 - Fritz Houtermans, physicist (d. 1966)
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1904 - George Balanchine, choreographer (d. 1983) (N.S.)
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1906 - Robert E. Howard, author (d. 1936)
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1907 - Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (d. 2004)
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1908 - Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist (d. 1968)
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1909 - U Thant, 3rd United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974)
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1909 - Ann Sothern, actress (d. 2001)
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1911 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)
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1915 - Heinrich Albertz, theologian and politician (d. 1993)
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1931 - Sam Cooke, singer (d. 1964)
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1932 - Piper Laurie, actress
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1934 - Bill Bixby, actor (d. 1993)
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1936 - Joseph Wambaugh, author
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1940 - Addie "Micki" Harris, singer, member of the Shirelles (d. 1982)
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1940 - John Hurt, actor
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1946 - Serge Savard, ice hockey player
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1948 - George Foreman, boxer
1950-1999
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1953 - Jim Jarmusch, director
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1954 - Peter Pilz, Austrian politician
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1956 - John Wesley Shipp, American soap opera actor
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1957 - Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
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1959 - Linda Blair, actress
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1960 - Michael Hutchence, musician ("INXS") (d. 1997)
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1965 - DJ Jazzy Jeff, rapper, actor
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1967 - Olivia d'Abo, actress (The Wonder Years)
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1975 - Balthazar Getty , actor
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1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
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1978 - Roxanne Butterfield , American community activist
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1980 - Christopher Masterson, actor
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1980 - Ben Moody, guitarist ("Evanescence")
Deaths
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1666 - Shah Jahan, Mogul Emperor of India (b. 1592)
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1840 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
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1892 - Joseph Philo Bradley, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1813).
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1901 - Queen Victoria I of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
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1921 - Captain George Streeter (b. 1837)
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1922 - Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
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1945 - Else Lasker-Schuler, poet
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1959 - Mike Hawthorn, racing champion (b. 1929)
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1968 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (b. 1890)
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1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States (b. 1908)
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1975 - Andrew George Burry, manufacturer and businessman, dies at 101 (b. 1873)
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1987 - R. Budd Dwyer, Pennsylvania politician
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1988 - Parker Fennelly, comedian, actor
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1993 - Abe Kobo, writer (b. 1924)
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1994 - Telly Savalas, actor (b. 1924)
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1995 - Rose Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy family (b. 1890)
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2002 - Peggy Lee, American singer, actress
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2002 - Jack Shea , Olympics speed skating gold medalist
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2003 - Bill Mauldin, World War II cartoonist
Holidays and observances
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Last updated: 02-08-2005 09:29:51
Last updated: 04-25-2005 03:06:01
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