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| January 22nd, 2008 (January 22 2008) | Death | Roberto Gari, American actor (born in 1920) | |
| January 22nd, 2008 (January 22 2008) | Death | Heath Ledger, Australian actor (born in 1979) | Heath Ledger Quotes |
| January 22nd, 2008 (January 22 2008) | Death | Miles Lerman, Polish-American activist (born in 1920) | |
| January 22nd, 2007 (January 22 2007) | Event | The jury portion of the trial against Robert Pickton, accused of being Canada s worst serial killer, opens in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. | |
| January 22nd, 2007 (January 22 2007) | Death | Doug Blasdell, American personal trainer | |
| January 22nd, 2007 (January 22 2007) | Death | Ngo Quang Tru?ng, South Vietnamese general (born in 1929) | |
| January 22nd, 2007 (January 22 2007) | Death | Abbe Pierre, French priest (born in 1912) | |
| January 22nd, 2006 (January 22 2006) | Event | Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country s first indigenous president. | Evo Morales Quotes |
| January 22nd, 2005 (January 22 2005) | Death | Cesar Gutierrez, Venezuelan baseball player (born in 1943) | |
| January 22nd, 2005 (January 22 2005) | Death | Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (born in 1894) | |
| January 22nd, 2005 (January 22 2005) | Death | Consuelo Velazquez, Mexican songwriter (born in 1924) | |
| January 22nd, 2005 (January 22 2005) | Death | Rose Mary Woods, American Watergate scandal figure (born in 1917) | |
| January 22nd, 2004 (January 22 2004) | Death | Billy May, American composer and musician (born in 1916) | |
| January 22nd, 2004 (January 22 2004) | Death | Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (born in 1918) | |
| January 22nd, 2004 (January 22 2004) | Death | Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (born in 1923) | |
| January 22nd, 2003 (January 22 2003) | Event | Last successful contact with the spacecraft Pioneer 10, one of the most distant man-made objects. | |
| January 22nd, 2003 (January 22 2003) | Death | Bill Mauldin, American World War II cartoonist (born in 1921) | |
| January 22nd, 2002 (January 22 2002) | Event | Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. | |
| January 22nd, 2002 (January 22 2002) | Death | Stanley Marcus, American business executive (born in 1905) | |
| January 22nd, 2001 (January 22 2001) | Death | Tommie Agee, American baseball player (born in 1942) | |
| January 22nd, 2001 (January 22 2001) | Death | Roy Brown, American clown (born in 1932) | |
| January 22nd, 2000 (January 22 2000) | Death | Craig Claiborne, American writer and editor (born in 1920) | |
| January 22nd, 2000 (January 22 2000) | Death | Anne Hebert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska) (born in 1916) | |
| January 22nd, 1999 (January 22 1999) | Event | Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India. | |
| January 22nd, 1999 (January 22 1999) | Death | Graham Staines, Australian missionary (born in 1941) | |
| January 22nd, 1997 (January 22 1997) | Death | Ron Holden, American singer (born in 1939) | |
| January 22nd, 1997 (January 22 1997) | Death | Billy Mackenzie, Scottish musician (Associates) (born in 1957) | |
| January 22nd, 1997 (January 22 1997) | Death | Wally Whyton, English musician (born in 1929) | |
| January 22nd, 1995 (January 22 1995) | Event | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In central Israel, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis. | |
| January 22nd, 1995 (January 22 1995) | Death | Jerry Blackwell, American professional wrestler (born in 1949) | |
| January 22nd, 1995 (January 22 1995) | Death | Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy family (born in 1890) | |
| January 22nd, 1994 (January 22 1994) | Death | Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (born in 1910) | |
| January 22nd, 1994 (January 22 1994) | Death | Rhett Forrester, American singer (Riot) (born in 1956) | |
| January 22nd, 1994 (January 22 1994) | Death | Telly Savalas, American actor (born in 1924) | |
| January 22nd, 1993 (January 22 1993) | Death | Abe Kobo, Japanese writer (born in 1924) | |
| January 22nd, 1992 (January 22 1992) | Event | Rebel forces occupy Zaire s national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government s resignation. | |
| January 22nd, 1992 (January 22 1992) | Event | Space Shuttle program: STS-42 MissionDr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space. | |
| January 22nd, 1991 (January 22 1991) | Event | Gulf War. Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks. | |
| January 22nd, 1991 (January 22 1991) | Death | Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (born in 1905) | |
| January 22nd, 1990 (January 22 1990) | Event | Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm. | |
| January 22nd, 1988 (January 22 1988) | Birth | Greg Oden, American basketball player | |
| January 22nd, 1988 (January 22 1988) | Death | Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (born in 1891) | |
| January 22nd, 1987 (January 22 1987) | Event | Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism. | |
| January 22nd, 1987 (January 22 1987) | Birth | Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier | |
| January 22nd, 1987 (January 22 1987) | Death | Budd Dwyer, American politician (born in 1939) | |
| January 22nd, 1986 (January 22 1986) | Birth | Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model | |
| January 22nd, 1986 (January 22 1986) | Birth | Daniel Wayne Smith, American actor, reality television personality (died in 2006) | |
| January 22nd, 1985 (January 22 1985) | Birth | Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1984 (January 22 1984) | Event | The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, was introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous "1984" television commercial. | |
| January 22nd, 1984 (January 22 1984) | Birth | Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 22nd, 1984 (January 22 1984) | Birth | Raica Oliveira, Brazilian supermodel | |
| January 22nd, 1984 (January 22 1984) | Birth | Leon Powe, American basketball player | |
| January 22nd, 1984 (January 22 1984) | Birth | Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1983 (January 22 1983) | Birth | Shaun Cody, American football player | |
| January 22nd, 1983 (January 22 1983) | Birth | Robert Steinhauser, German perpetrator of the Erfurt massacre (died in 2002) | |
| January 22nd, 1982 (January 22 1982) | Birth | Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1982 (January 22 1982) | Birth | Jason Peters, American football player | |
| January 22nd, 1982 (January 22 1982) | Death | Tommy Tucker, American singer and pianist (born in 1933) | |
| January 22nd, 1981 (January 22 1981) | Birth | Willa Ford, American singer | |
| January 22nd, 1981 (January 22 1981) | Birth | Beverley Mitchell, American actress | |
| January 22nd, 1981 (January 22 1981) | Birth | Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1981 (January 22 1981) | Death | Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (born in 1903) | |
| January 22nd, 1980 (January 22 1980) | Event | Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow. | Andrei Sakharov Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1980 (January 22 1980) | Birth | Jake Grove, American football player | |
| January 22nd, 1980 (January 22 1980) | Birth | Christopher Masterson, American actor | |
| January 22nd, 1980 (January 22 1980) | Birth | Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence) | |
| January 22nd, 1980 (January 22 1980) | Birth | Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1980 (January 22 1980) | Birth | Subhash Ram Prajapati, Nepalese Writer | |
| January 22nd, 1978 (January 22 1978) | Birth | Chone Figgins, American baseball player | |
| January 22nd, 1978 (January 22 1978) | Death | Oliver Leese, British World War II general (born in 1894) | |
| January 22nd, 1978 (January 22 1978) | Death | Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (born in 1894) | |
| January 22nd, 1977 (January 22 1977) | Birth | Jono Gibbes, New Zealand rugby union footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1977 (January 22 1977) | Birth | Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1976 (January 22 1976) | Birth | James Dearth, American football player | |
| January 22nd, 1976 (January 22 1976) | Birth | Mikko Luoma, Finnish ice hockey player | |
| January 22nd, 1975 (January 22 1975) | Birth | Balthazar Getty, American actor | |
| January 22nd, 1975 (January 22 1975) | Birth | Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver | |
| January 22nd, 1975 (January 22 1975) | Birth | ZP Theart, South African singer | |
| January 22nd, 1975 (January 22 1975) | Birth | David Vyborny, Czech ice hockey player | |
| January 22nd, 1975 (January 22 1975) | Death | Andrew George Burry, Swiss-born manufacturer and businessman (born in 1873) | |
| January 22nd, 1974 (January 22 1974) | Birth | Cameron McConville, Australian racing driver | |
| January 22nd, 1973 (January 22 1973) | Event | The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, allowing abortion | |
| January 22nd, 1973 (January 22 1973) | Event | A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria killing 176. | |
| January 22nd, 1973 (January 22 1973) | Birth | Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1973 (January 22 1973) | Death | Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (born in 1908) | Lyndon Johnson Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1972 (January 22 1972) | Birth | Gabriel Macht, American actor | |
| January 22nd, 1972 (January 22 1972) | Birth | Romi Paku, Japanese seiyu (voice actress) | |
| January 22nd, 1972 (January 22 1972) | Birth | Gonzalo Rodriguez, Uruguayan racing driver (died in 1999) | |
| January 22nd, 1971 (January 22 1971) | Birth | Stan Collymore, English footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1970 (January 22 1970) | Birth | Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist | Abraham Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1970 (January 22 1970) | Birth | Alex Ross, American comic book painter (Marvels, Kingdom Come) | |
| January 22nd, 1969 (January 22 1969) | Birth | Olivia d Abo, English actress | |
| January 22nd, 1969 (January 22 1969) | Birth | John Linton Roberson, American cartoonist | |
| January 22nd, 1968 (January 22 1968) | Birth | Heath, Japanese bass guitarist (X Japan) | |
| January 22nd, 1968 (January 22 1968) | Birth | Frank Leb?uf, French footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1968 (January 22 1968) | Birth | Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1968 (January 22 1968) | Death | Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (born in 1890) | |
| January 22nd, 1967 (January 22 1967) | Birth | Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese professional wrestler | |
| January 22nd, 1967 (January 22 1967) | Death | Robert Henriques, English writer (born in 1905) | |
| January 22nd, 1966 (January 22 1966) | Birth | Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast | |
| January 22nd, 1966 (January 22 1966) | Death | Herbert Marshall, English actor (born in 1890) | |
| January 22nd, 1965 (January 22 1965) | Birth | Steven Adler, American drummer (Guns N Roses) | |
| January 22nd, 1965 (January 22 1965) | Birth | DJ Jazzy Jeff, American rapper and actor | |
| January 22nd, 1965 (January 22 1965) | Birth | Diane Lane, American actress | |
| January 22nd, 1965 (January 22 1965) | Birth | Brian McCardie, Scottish actor | |
| January 22nd, 1965 (January 22 1965) | Birth | Andrew Roachford, English singer and songwriter | |
| January 22nd, 1965 (January 22 1965) | Birth | Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress | |
| January 22nd, 1963 (January 22 1963) | Event | The Elysee treaty of cooperation between France and Germany was signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer. | Charles de Gaulle Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1963 (January 22 1963) | Birth | Andrei Tchmil, Ukrainian-Belgian cyclist | |
| January 22nd, 1962 (January 22 1962) | Event | The Organization of American States suspends Cuba s membership. | |
| January 22nd, 1962 (January 22 1962) | Birth | Choi Min-sik, South Korean actor | |
| January 22nd, 1962 (January 22 1962) | Birth | Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia | |
| January 22nd, 1961 (January 22 1961) | Birth | Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter and artist | |
| January 22nd, 1960 (January 22 1960) | Birth | Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS) (died in 1997) | |
| January 22nd, 1959 (January 22 1959) | Birth | Linda Blair, American actress | |
| January 22nd, 1959 (January 22 1959) | Death | Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (born in 1929) | |
| January 22nd, 1958 (January 22 1958) | Birth | Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek football player and manager | |
| January 22nd, 1957 (January 22 1957) | Event | Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula. | |
| January 22nd, 1957 (January 22 1957) | Event | The New York City "Mad Bomber," George P. Metesky, was arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and was charged with planting more than 30 bombs. | |
| January 22nd, 1957 (January 22 1957) | Birth | Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 22nd, 1957 (January 22 1957) | Birth | Francis Wheen, English writer and journalist | |
| January 22nd, 1957 (January 22 1957) | Birth | Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (died in 1993) | |
| January 22nd, 1956 (January 22 1956) | Birth | Steve Riley, American drummer | |
| January 22nd, 1956 (January 22 1956) | Birth | John Wesley Shipp, American actor | John Wesley Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1955 (January 22 1955) | Birth | Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician | |
| January 22nd, 1954 (January 22 1954) | Birth | Tully Blanchard, American professional wrestler | |
| January 22nd, 1954 (January 22 1954) | Birth | Chris Lemmon, American actor | |
| January 22nd, 1954 (January 22 1954) | Birth | Peter Pilz, Austrian politician | |
| January 22nd, 1953 (January 22 1953) | Birth | Jim Jarmusch, American director | |
| January 22nd, 1953 (January 22 1953) | Birth | Myung-Whun Chung,South Korean Conductor and pianist | |
| January 22nd, 1952 (January 22 1952) | Event | The first Jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, enters service for BOAC. | |
| January 22nd, 1952 (January 22 1952) | Birth | Teddy Gentry, American musician (Alabama) | |
| January 22nd, 1952 (January 22 1952) | Birth | Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (died in 2007) | |
| January 22nd, 1951 (January 22 1951) | Birth | Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (died in 1989) | |
| January 22nd, 1951 (January 22 1951) | Death | Karl Nessler, inventor of the perm (born in 1872) | |
| January 22nd, 1950 (January 22 1950) | Death | Corinne Luchaire, French actress (born in 1921) | |
| January 22nd, 1950 (January 22 1950) | Death | Alan Hale, Sr., American actor (born in 1892) | |
| January 22nd, 1949 (January 22 1949) | Birth | Mike Caldwell, American baseball player | |
| January 22nd, 1949 (January 22 1949) | Birth | Phil Miller, English guitarist (National Health, In Cahoots, Matching Mole) | |
| January 22nd, 1949 (January 22 1949) | Birth | Steve Perry, American singer and musician (Journey) | |
| January 22nd, 1949 (January 22 1949) | Death | William Thomas Walsh, American author (born in 1891) | |
| January 22nd, 1948 (January 22 1948) | Birth | Gilbert Levine, American conductor | |
| January 22nd, 1948 (January 22 1948) | Birth | Northern Calloway, American actor (died in 1990) | |
| January 22nd, 1947 (January 22 1947) | Event | KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California. | |
| January 22nd, 1946 (January 22 1946) | Event | Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people s Republic of Mahabad at Chuwarchira Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabadied in He is the new president; Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister. | |
| January 22nd, 1946 (January 22 1946) | Event | Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency. | |
| January 22nd, 1946 (January 22 1946) | Birth | Malcolm McLaren, English impresario, musician and self-publicist | |
| January 22nd, 1946 (January 22 1946) | Birth | Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 22nd, 1945 (January 22 1945) | Birth | Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach | |
| January 22nd, 1945 (January 22 1945) | Death | Else Lasker-Schuler, German-born poet (born in 1869) | |
| January 22nd, 1944 (January 22 1944) | Event | World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle which was an assault on Anzio, Italy. | |
| January 22nd, 1943 (January 22 1943) | Birth | Marilia Pera, Brazilian actress | |
| January 22nd, 1942 (January 22 1942) | Birth | Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1941 (January 22 1941) | Event | World War II: The United Kingdom captures Tobruk from Nazi forces. | |
| January 22nd, 1940 (January 22 1940) | Birth | Addie "Micki" Harris, singer (Shirelles) (died in 1982) | |
| January 22nd, 1940 (January 22 1940) | Birth | John Hurt, English actor | |
| January 22nd, 1940 (January 22 1940) | Birth | George Seifert, American football coach | |
| January 22nd, 1939 (January 22 1939) | Birth | Jeff Smith, American chef (died in 2004) | |
| January 22nd, 1939 (January 22 1939) | Birth | J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1994) | |
| January 22nd, 1938 (January 22 1938) | Birth | Altair, Brazilian footballer | |
| January 22nd, 1937 (January 22 1937) | Birth | Eden Pastora, Nicaraguan rebel leader | |
| January 22nd, 1937 (January 22 1937) | Birth | Joseph Wambaugh, American author | |
| January 22nd, 1936 (January 22 1936) | Birth | Alan J. Heeger, American chemist, Nobel laureate | |
| January 22nd, 1936 (January 22 1936) | Birth | Ong Teng Cheong, 5th President of Singapore (died in 2002) | |
| January 22nd, 1935 (January 22 1935) | Birth | Seymour Cassel, American actor | |
| January 22nd, 1934 (January 22 1934) | Birth | Bill Bixby, American actor (died in 1993) | |
| January 22nd, 1934 (January 22 1934) | Birth | Graham Kerr, British-born chef | |
| January 22nd, 1932 (January 22 1932) | Birth | Berthold Grunfeld, Norwegian psychiatrist and former sexologist | |
| January 22nd, 1932 (January 22 1932) | Birth | Piper Laurie, American actress | |
| January 22nd, 1931 (January 22 1931) | Event | Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. | |
| January 22nd, 1931 (January 22 1931) | Birth | Sam Cooke, American singer (died in 1964) | |
| January 22nd, 1931 (January 22 1931) | Death | Alma Rubens, American actress (born in 1897) | |
| January 22nd, 1928 (January 22 1928) | Birth | Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian (died in 2004) | |
| January 22nd, 1927 (January 22 1927) | Event | First live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, bewtween Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury. | |
| January 22nd, 1927 (January 22 1927) | Birth | Lou Creekmur, American football player | |
| January 22nd, 1924 (January 22 1924) | Event | Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister. | |
| January 22nd, 1924 (January 22 1924) | Birth | J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (died in 2001) | |
| January 22nd, 1922 (January 22 1922) | Birth | Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (died in 1987) | |
| January 22nd, 1922 (January 22 1922) | Death | Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1837) | |
| January 22nd, 1922 (January 22 1922) | Death | Pope Benedict XV (born in 1854) | |
| January 22nd, 1922 (January 22 1922) | Death | Camille Jordan, French mathematician (born in 1838) | |
| January 22nd, 1921 (January 22 1921) | Death | Captain George Streeter, American riverboat captain and circus owner (born in 1837) | |
| January 22nd, 1920 (January 22 1920) | Birth | Sir Alf Ramsey, English football manager (died in 1999) | |
| January 22nd, 1919 (January 22 1919) | Event | Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People s Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic. | |
| January 22nd, 1918 (January 22 1918) | Birth | Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| January 22nd, 1917 (January 22 1917) | Event | World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. | |
| January 22nd, 1916 (January 22 1916) | Birth | Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1972) | |
| January 22nd, 1916 (January 22 1916) | Birth | Henri Dutilleux, French composer | |
| January 22nd, 1915 (January 22 1915) | Birth | Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician (died in 1993) | |
| January 22nd, 1914 (January 22 1914) | Birth | Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (died in 2001) | |
| January 22nd, 1913 (January 22 1913) | Birth | William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (died in 1977) | |
| January 22nd, 1913 (January 22 1913) | Birth | Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (died in 2003) | |
| January 22nd, 1911 (January 22 1911) | Birth | Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (died in 1990) | |
| January 22nd, 1909 (January 22 1909) | Birth | Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (died in 1965) | |
| January 22nd, 1909 (January 22 1909) | Birth | Ann Sothern, American actress (died in 2001) | |
| January 22nd, 1909 (January 22 1909) | Birth | U Thant, Burmese 3rd United Nations Secretary General (died in 1974) | U Thant Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1908 (January 22 1908) | Birth | Lev Landau, Soviet physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1968) | |
| January 22nd, 1907 (January 22 1907) | Birth | Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (died in 1995) | |
| January 22nd, 1907 (January 22 1907) | Birth | Dixie Dean, English footballer (died in 1980) | |
| January 22nd, 1907 (January 22 1907) | Birth | Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (died in 2004) | |
| January 22nd, 1906 (January 22 1906) | Event | SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130. | |
| January 22nd, 1906 (January 22 1906) | Birth | Joe Gladwin, English actor (died in 1987) | |
| January 22nd, 1906 (January 22 1906) | Birth | Robert E. Howard, American author (died in 1936) | Robert E. Howard Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1905 (January 22 1905) | Event | Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution. | |
| January 22nd, 1904 (January 22 1904) | Birth | George Balanchine, Russian choreographer (died in 1983) | |
| January 22nd, 1904 (January 22 1904) | Birth | Arkady Gaidar, Russian children s writer (died in 1941) | |
| January 22nd, 1903 (January 22 1903) | Birth | Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (died in 1966) | |
| January 22nd, 1902 (January 22 1902) | Birth | Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (died in 1970) | |
| January 22nd, 1901 (January 22 1901) | Event | Edward VII becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, dies. | |
| January 22nd, 1901 (January 22 1901) | Death | Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (born in 1819) | |
| January 22nd, 1900 (January 22 1900) | Birth | Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (died in 1980) | |
| January 22nd, 1900 (January 22 1900) | Death | David E. Hughes, American musician (born in 1831) | |
| January 22nd, 1899 (January 22 1899) | Event | Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation. | |
| January 22nd, 1897 (January 22 1897) | Birth | Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (died in 1981) | |
| January 22nd, 1893 (January 22 1893) | Birth | Conrad Veidt, German actor (died in 1943) | |
| January 22nd, 1892 (January 22 1892) | Birth | Marcel Dassault, French industrialist (died in 1986) | |
| January 22nd, 1892 (January 22 1892) | Death | Joseph Philo Bradley, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (born in 1813) | Bradley Joseph Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1890 (January 22 1890) | Event | The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio. | |
| January 22nd, 1890 (January 22 1890) | Birth | Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (died in 1953) | |
| January 22nd, 1890 (January 22 1890) | Birth | Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (died in 1976) | |
| January 22nd, 1889 (January 22 1889) | Event | Columbia Phonograph was formed in Washington, D.C. | |
| January 22nd, 1889 (January 22 1889) | Birth | Henri Pelissier, French cyclist (died in 1935) | |
| January 22nd, 1887 (January 22 1887) | Birth | Helen Hoyt, American poet (died in 1972) | |
| January 22nd, 1886 (January 22 1886) | Birth | Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Russian counter-revolutionary (died in 1921) | |
| January 22nd, 1882 (January 22 1882) | Birth | Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer (died in 1956) | |
| January 22nd, 1879 (January 22 1879) | Event | Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of IsandlwanaZulu troops defeat British troops. | |
| January 22nd, 1879 (January 22 1879) | Event | Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke s Drift139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors. | |
| January 22nd, 1877 (January 22 1877) | Event | Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices. | |
| January 22nd, 1875 (January 22 1875) | Birth | D. W. Griffith, American film director (died in 1948) | |
| January 22nd, 1874 (January 22 1874) | Birth | Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (died in 1940) | |
| January 22nd, 1869 (January 22 1869) | Birth | Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (died in 1916) | |
| January 22nd, 1863 (January 22 1863) | Event | The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation of Russia. | |
| January 22nd, 1858 (January 22 1858) | Birth | Beatrice Webb, English economist (died in 1943) | |
| January 22nd, 1849 (January 22 1849) | Birth | August Strindberg, Swedish writer (died in 1912) | |
| January 22nd, 1840 (January 22 1840) | Event | British colonists reach New Zealand. | |
| January 22nd, 1840 (January 22 1840) | Birth | Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (died in 1907) | |
| January 22nd, 1840 (January 22 1840) | Death | Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (born in 1752) | |
| January 22nd, 1824 (January 22 1824) | Event | Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast. | |
| January 22nd, 1820 (January 22 1820) | Birth | Joseph Wolf, German artist (died in 1899) | |
| January 22nd, 1799 (January 22 1799) | Birth | Ludger Duvernay, Canadian printer and publisher (died in 1852) | |
| January 22nd, 1797 (January 22 1797) | Birth | Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (died in 1826) | |
| January 22nd, 1796 (January 22 1796) | Birth | Karl Claus, Russian chemist (died in 1864) | |
| January 22nd, 1788 (January 22 1788) | Birth | George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (Lord Byron), English poet (died in 1824) | Lord Byron Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1781 (January 22 1781) | Birth | Francois Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (died in 1849) | |
| January 22nd, 1779 (January 22 1779) | Death | Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (born in 1733) | |
| January 22nd, 1779 (January 22 1779) | Death | Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (born in 1736) | |
| January 22nd, 1771 (January 22 1771) | Event | Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England. | |
| January 22nd, 1767 (January 22 1767) | Death | Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minterologist and geologist (born in 1719) | |
| January 22nd, 1763 (January 22 1763) | Death | John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (born in 1690) | |
| January 22nd, 1750 (January 22 1750) | Death | Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (born in 1675) | |
| January 22nd, 1733 (January 22 1733) | Birth | Philip Carteret, British Naval Officer | |
| January 22nd, 1729 (January 22 1729) | Birth | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (died in 1781) | Philo Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1690 (January 22 1690) | Birth | Nicolas Lancret, French painter (died in 1743) | |
| January 22nd, 1666 (January 22 1666) | Death | Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (born in 1592) | |
| January 22nd, 1654 (January 22 1654) | Birth | Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (died in 1729) | Richard Blackmore Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1599 (January 22 1599) | Death | Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (born in 1547) | |
| January 22nd, 1592 (January 22 1592) | Birth | Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (died in 1655) | Philo Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1570 (January 22 1570) | Birth | Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (died in 1631) | |
| January 22nd, 1561 (January 22 1561) | Birth | Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher (died in 1626) | Francis Bacon Quotes |
| January 22nd, 1553 (January 22 1553) | Birth | Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (died in 1625) | |
| January 22nd, 1536 (January 22 1536) | Death | Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (born in 1495) | |
| January 22nd, 1521 (January 22 1521) | Event | Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms. | |
| January 22nd, 1506 (January 22 1506) | Event | The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrive at the Vatican. | |
| January 22nd, 1440 (January 22 1440) | Birth | Ivan III of Russia (died in 1505) | |
| January 22nd, 1263 (January 22 1263) | Birth | Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (died in 1328) | |
| January 22nd, 0565 (January 22 0565) | Event | Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. | |
