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| Birthday January 22, 1440 Ivan III (The Great), grand prince of Russia |
| Birthday January 22, 1561 Francis Bacon, English statesman and essayist (Novum Organum) |
| Birthday January 22, 1729 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German critic and dramatist |
| Birthday January 22, 1788 George Gordon, Lord Byron, is born |
| Birthday January 22, 1788 George Gordon, Lord Byron and English Romantic poet |
| Birthday January 22, 1802 Richard Upjohn, American Gothic architect (Trinity Chapel NY) |
| Birthday January 22, 1849 August Strindberg, Swedish dramatist and novelist |
| Birthday January 22, 1875 D.W. Griffith, movie producer (Birth of a Nation) |
| Birthday January 22, 1909 U Thant, 3rd secretary-general of UN (1962-72) Burma |
| Birthday January 22, 1912 Ann Sothern, voice of my mother the car |
| Birthday January 22, 1920 William Warfield, singer (Show Boat) |
| Birthday January 22, 1928 Birch Bayh, (D) former US senator from Indiana |
| Birthday January 22, 1932 Piper Laurie, in Detroit Michigan |
| Birthday January 22, 1934 Bill Bixby, Actor (Incredible Hulk and My Favorite Martian) |
| Birthday January 22, 1937 Joseph Wambaugh, police writer (The Onionfields) |
| Birthday January 22, 1959 Linda Blair, Actress (The Exorcist) in St Louis Mo |
| History January 22, 1779 Claudius Smith, Cowboy of the Ramapos, hangs |
| History January 22, 1813 Americans capture Frenchtown Canada |
| History January 22, 1840 British colonists reach New Zealand |
| History January 22, 1840 New Zealand settled by British |
| History January 22, 1850 Alta California becomes a daily paper 1st such in Calif |
| History January 22, 1879 Chief Dull Knife makes last fight for freedom |
| History January 22, 1901 Queen Victoria dies |
| History January 22, 1905 Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia |
| History January 22, 1905 Bloody Sunday; Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops |
| History January 22, 1905 First Russian Revolution begins |
| History January 22, 1927 John McCausland dies |
| History January 22, 1939 Aquatic Park dedicated |
| History January 22, 1941 Brits and Australians take Tobruk |
| History January 22, 1943 Battle of Anzio Allies stopped on the beach |
| History January 22, 1947 1st coml TV station west of Mississippi opens Hollywood Ca |
| History January 22, 1949 Chinatown telephone exchange closed |
| History January 22, 1964 U.S. Joint Chiefs foresee larger U.S. commitment |
| History January 22, 1968 Operations Jeb Stuart and Pershing II kick off |
| History January 22, 1968 Apollo 5 launched to moon Unmanned lunar module tests made |
| History January 22, 1973 Foreman beats Frazier to win heavyweight title in Jamaica |
| History January 22, 1973 Lyndon Baines Johnson dies in Texas |
| History January 22, 1973 Supreme Court legalizes abortion |
| History January 22, 1973 Supreme Court approves abortions |
| History January 22, 1973 Plane crashes at Nigerian airport |
| History January 22, 1973 Roe v. Wade |
| History January 22, 1975 Lansat 2 an Earth Resources Technology Satellite is launched |
| History January 22, 1980 Sakharov arrested in Moscow |
| History January 22, 1981 Final portrait of John and Yoko is on the cover of Rolling Stone |
| History January 22, 1981 40th Islander shut-out opponent - 3-0 vs Red Wings-Billy Smith 15th |
| History January 22, 1982 Reagan links arms talks with Soviets to oppression in Poland |
| History January 22, 2008 Heath Ledger dies of accidental prescription drug overdose |
| History January 22, 2009 Gran Torino opens Down Under |
| History January 22, 2010 Conan O'Brien makes final appearance as Tonight Show host |