January 22 Events |
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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, 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, 2003 (January 22 2003) | Event | Last successful contact with the spacecraft Pioneer 10, one of the most distant man-made objects. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1990 (January 22 1990) | Event | Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm. | |
| 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, 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, 1980 (January 22 1980) | Event | Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow. | Andrei Sakharov Quotes |
| 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, 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, 1962 (January 22 1962) | Event | The Organization of American States suspends Cuba s membership. | |
| 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, 1952 (January 22 1952) | Event | The first Jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, enters service for BOAC. | |
| 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, 1944 (January 22 1944) | Event | World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle which was an assault on Anzio, Italy. | |
| January 22nd, 1941 (January 22 1941) | Event | World War II: The United Kingdom captures Tobruk from Nazi forces. | |
| January 22nd, 1931 (January 22 1931) | Event | Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. | |
| 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, 1924 (January 22 1924) | Event | Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister. | |
| 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, 1917 (January 22 1917) | Event | World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. | |
| January 22nd, 1906 (January 22 1906) | Event | SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130. | |
| January 22nd, 1905 (January 22 1905) | Event | Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution. | |
| January 22nd, 1901 (January 22 1901) | Event | Edward VII becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, dies. | |
| January 22nd, 1899 (January 22 1899) | Event | Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation. | |
| January 22nd, 1890 (January 22 1890) | Event | The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio. | |
| January 22nd, 1889 (January 22 1889) | Event | Columbia Phonograph was formed in Washington, D.C. | |
| 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, 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, 1840 (January 22 1840) | Event | British colonists reach New Zealand. | |
| January 22nd, 1824 (January 22 1824) | Event | Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast. | |
| January 22nd, 1771 (January 22 1771) | Event | Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England. | |
| 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, 0565 (January 22 0565) | Event | Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. | |
