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January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 343 days remaining (344 in leap years).

Events

565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.

1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England.

1824 - Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast.

1840 - British colonists reach New Zealand.

1863 - The January Uprising broke out in Poland, Lithunania and Belorussia. The aim of the national movement was to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation of Russia.

1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Zulu troops massacre British troops at the Battle of Isandlwana.

1889 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC.

1899 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.

1901 - Edward VII becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, dies.

1905 - 'Bloody Sunday' in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.

1917 - World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.

1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister.

1931 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.

1941 - World War II: The United Kingdom captures Tobruk from Nazi forces.

1944 - World War II: Allies begin Operation Shingle (an assault on Anzio, Italy).

1947 - KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.

1947 - Paul Ramadier becomes Prime Minister of France.

1953 - The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway.

1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.

1957 - The New York City "Mad Bomber," George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.

1962 - The Organization of American States (OAS) suspends Cuba's membership.

1963 - Elysée treaty between France and Germany.

1967 - Simon & Garfunkel perform live at Philharmonic Hall in the Lincoln Center, New York City. The recording is not released until 16 July 2002.

1968 - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, debuts on NBC.

1973 - The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe vs. Wade striking down state laws restricting abortion during the first six months of pregnancy.

1973 - A chartered Boeing 707 exploded in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria killing 176.

1973 - George Foreman breaks Joe Frazier's professional career undefeated heavyweight world boxing champion status.

1980 - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.

1983 - Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning five consecutive Wimbledon championships.

1984 - The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with the famous television commercial "1984".

1987 - Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer commits suicide on national television.

1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm.

1992 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.

1992 - Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.

1995 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In central Israel, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves-up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.

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.

2001 - Four of the Texas 7 are caught at a convenience store in Woodland Park, Colorado and a fifth killed himself inside a motor home.

2002 - AOL Time Warner brings a federal suit against Microsoft alleging that the market for AOL's Netscape Navigator Internet browser was harmed when Microsoft started to give away a competing browser.

2002 - Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in American history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

2003 - The Netherlands vote for a new parliament after the previous had only been into power for 86 days.

2003 - Last successful contact with the spacecraft Pioneer 10, one of the most distant man-made objects.

2005 - Northeastern United States hit with a snowstorm bringing blizzard conditions.