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Notable anniversaries in history for today: January 22
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Wincenty Witoz in Galicia; Prime Minister of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926).
- 100th: 1924 - Stanley Baldwin government resigns in England.
- 100th: 1924 - Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Le Feu Sacré), dies at age 59.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Bill Bixby in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (The Incredible Hulk TV show, My Favorite Martian TV show, The Courtship of Eddie's Father TV show, The Magician TV show).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Graham Kerr; chef (Galloping Gourmet TV show).
- 80th: 1944 - Battle of Anzio (Italy); Allies stopped on the beach.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Chris Lemmon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Brothers and Sisters, Duet).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Ann Rowe in Auburn, Maine, USA; Miss Maine-America (1990).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Maria Ellingsen in Reykjavik, Iceland; actress (Katrina - Santa Barbara).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Stojko Vrankovic; NBA center (Los Angeles Clippers).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Wayne Kirby in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA; outfielder (Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 60th: 1964 - Kenneth Kaunda becomes premier of North-Rhodesia (Zambia).
- 60th: 1964 - Marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at age 58.
- 60th: 1964 - World's largest cheese (15,723kg) manufactured in Wisconsin, USA.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Pavel Mikhalevitch; soccer player (NEC).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Stephanie Rottier in Saint Niklaas, Belgium; tennis star (1995 semi Prague).
- 50th: 1974 - Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry - Burke's Law), dies at age 64.
- 40th: 1984 - Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 points.
- 40th: 1984 - Hilbert van de Thumb becomes European all-round skates.
- 40th: 1984 - NFL Super Bowl XVIII: Los Angeles Raiders beat Washington Redskins 38-9 in Tampa, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Marcus Allen, Running Back.
- 40th: 1984 - Apple Computer runs its "1984" 60 second TV commercial during the NFL SuperBowl football game, introducing the Macintosh computer, without showing the computer, or listing features. Apple Computer runs the ad publicly only once, but dozens of news and talk shows replay it, making it one of the most memorable advertisements in TV history.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Sir Count Michael Gonzi, Archbishop of Malta and past politician (born 1885).
- 30th: 1994 - 45th NHL All-Star Game; East beat West 9-8 at New York Rangers.
- 30th: 1994 - 5.5 earthquake strikes Sumatra, Indonesia.
- 30th: 1994 - Irving B Kahn, inventor (teleprompter), dies at age 76.
- 30th: 1994 - Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor (La Ronde), dies at age 83.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Telly Savalas at age 70 of prostate cancer; actor (Kojak TV show).
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Graham Staines, Australian missionary burnt alive in India (age 58).
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Billy May at age 87; big band leader (Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney).
- 15th: 2009 - The Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, China, sentences two men (Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping) to execution and gives former top executive Tian Wenhua of the Sanlu Group a life sentence for their roles in the country's deadly tainted milk scandal. Others of 12 defendants were given prison terms of five to 15 years. At least six children died, and close to 300,000 people became ill from drinking milk intentionally contaminated with melamine, used to give milk an apparently higher nutrition content in protein tests.
- 15th: 2009 - Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda is captured by Rwandan forces after crossing over the border into Rwanda.
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