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| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1947 (January 22 1947) | Event | KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California. | |
| 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, 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, 1917 (January 22 1917) | Event | World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. | |
| 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, 1897 (January 22 1897) | Birth | Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (died in 1981) | |
| January 22nd, 1887 (January 22 1887) | Birth | Helen Hoyt, American poet (died in 1972) | |
| 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, 1797 (January 22 1797) | Birth | Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (died in 1826) | |
| January 22nd, 1767 (January 22 1767) | Death | Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minterologist and geologist (born in 1719) | |
