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What happened in history on this day: January 22?
On January 22 in ...
- 1813 - Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada.
- 1814 - First Knights Templar grand encampment in US held, New York City, New York.
- 1879 - James Shields (Democrat) is elected US senator from Missouri after previously serving as US senator from Illinois and Minnesota.
- 1881 - Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" is erected in Central Park, New York, USA.
- 1890 - José Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in New York City, New York.
- 1895 - National Association of Manufacturers organizes in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- 1930 - -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record low).
- 1939 - Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco California, is dedicated.
- 1939 - Uranium atom first split, at Columbia University, New York, USA.
- 1942 - (0300-0400 hours) First surface engagement by US warships since 1898: four US destroyers sink 3 Japanese transports at Balikpapan, Borneo.
- 1943 - Temperature rises 49 degrees F (9 degrees C) in two minutes in Spearfish, South Dakota, USA.
- 1945 - Heavy US air raid on Okinawa, Japan.
- 1946 - US President sets up Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1956 - 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- 1959 - US Air Force concludes less than 1 percent of UFOs are unknown objects.
- 1964 - President Lyndon Johnson dedicates new Smithsonian Institution Museum of History and Technology.
- 1965 - US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite.
- 1968 - Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made.
- 1970 - First commercial Boeing 747 flight (Pan Am), New York to London in 6.5 hours.
- 1973 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Roe v. Wade that women, as part of their constitutional right to privacy, can terminate a pregnancy during its first two trimesters.
- 1973 - US, North and South Vietnam and Vietcong sign boundary accord.
- 1981 - Angela Buchanan takes office as US Treasurer.
- 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.
- 1985 - -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record).
- 1985 - Cold wave damages 90 percent of Florida's citrus crop.
- 1985 - Kelly Hu, age 16, of Hawaii, crowned third Miss Teen USA.
- 1987 - 27-year old Glen Tremml pedals the ultralight aircraft Eagle over Edwards Air Force Base, California, for a human-powered flight record of 37.2 miles.
- 1987 - R Budd Dwyer, Pennsylvania State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shoots himself to death at a televised news conference.
- 1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Junior is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm.
- 1997 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State after confirmation by the United States Senate.
- 1998 - Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty, and accepts a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
- 2008 - The U.S. Federal Reserve reduces the federal funds rate by 0.75 points, to 3.5 percent, the largest single drop in 23 years.
- 2008 - Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson drops out of the race to be US President.
Births on January 22
- 1890 - Birth of Fred M Vinson in Kentucky, USA; 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53).
- 1894 - Birth of Matt McHugh in Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast, Innocent Affair).
- 1918 - Birth of Richard Eastham in Opelousas, Louisiana, USA; actor (Wonder Woman TV show, Bright Promise TV show, Falcon Crest TV show).
- 1931 - Birth of Sam Cooke in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA; American gospel and blues singer ("You Send Me", "Another Saturday Night", "Twisting The Night Away") (dies 1964).
- 1932 - Birth of Piper Laurie [Rosetta Jacobs] in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Twin Peaks, Traps, Skag).
- 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).
- 1935 - Birth of Seymour Cassel in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino, Heist, Good Company, Under Suspicion).
- 1937 - Birth of Joseph Wambaugh in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; police writer (Onion Fields).
- 1940 - Birth of Addie "Micki" Harris in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; singer (Shirelles - "Soldier Boy").
- 1946 - Birth of Andrew Rubin in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Hometown, Joe Bash).
- 1949 - Birth of Steve Perry in Hanford, California, USA; vocalist (Journey - "Open Arms", "Oh Sherry").
- 1952 - Birth of Teddy Gentry in Fort Payne, Alabama, USA; country music star (Alabama - "Mountain Music", "Take Me Down").
- 1954 - Birth of Chris Lemmon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Brothers and Sisters, Duet).
- 1955 - Birth of Thomas David Jones in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; PhD/Astronaut (STS 59, 68, 80, sk 98).
- 1959 - Birth of Linda Blair in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St, Scariest Places on Earth, Sarah T: Portrait of a Teenaged Alcoholic).
- 1961 - Birth of Barb Thomas Whitehead in Sibley, Iowa, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian Open).
- 1962 - Birth of Robert Mailhouse in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; actor (Brian - Days of Our Lives).
- 1963 - Birth of Diane Lane in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Cotton Club, 6 Pack, Big Town).
- 1964 - Birth of Ann Rowe in Auburn, Maine, USA; Miss Maine-America (1990).
- 1964 - Birth of Wayne Kirby in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA; outfielder (Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1965 - Birth of Steven Adler in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; drummer (Guns and Roses - "Sweet Child").
- 1969 - Birth of Keith Gordon; US baseball outfielder (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1971 - Birth of Jennifer Christine Joseph in Wendover, Nevada, USA; Miss Nevada-America (1995).
- 1973 - Birth of Deon Minor in Paris, Texas, USA; 400m runner.
- 1981 - Birth of Ben Moody; American guitarist (The Fallen, Evanescence).
Deaths on January 22
- 1964 - Marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at age 58.
- 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku of Hawaii, 100m swimmer (Olympics-gold-1912, 1920, 1924), dies at age 77.
- 1969 - Judy Garland, singer/actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at age 48 of an overdose.
- 1973 - Lyndon B Johnson, US President (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at age 64.
- 2001 - Death of Tommie Agee of cardiac arrest in Manhattan, New York, at age 58; Major League Baseball center fielder for the New York Mets, American League Rookie of the Year in 1966.
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