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What happened in history on this day: January 22?
On January 22 in ...
- 1862 - Confederate government raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20.
- 1863 - Union General Burnside's "Mud March".
- 1930 - -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record low).
- 1939 - Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco California, is dedicated.
- 1939 - Uranium atom first split, at Columbia University, New York, USA.
- 1943 - Temperature rises 49 degrees F (9 degrees C) in two minutes in Spearfish, South Dakota, USA.
- 1945 - Heavy US air raid on Okinawa, Japan.
- 1946 - US President sets up Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1956 - 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- 1959 - US Air Force concludes less than 1 percent of UFOs are unknown objects.
- 1964 - President Lyndon Johnson dedicates new Smithsonian Institution Museum of History and Technology.
- 1965 - US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite.
- 1968 - Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made.
- 1970 - First commercial Boeing 747 flight (Pan Am), New York to London in 6.5 hours.
- 1973 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Roe v. Wade that women, as part of their constitutional right to privacy, can terminate a pregnancy during its first two trimesters.
- 1973 - US, North and South Vietnam and Vietcong sign boundary accord.
- 1981 - Angela Buchanan takes office as US Treasurer.
- 1984 - Apple Computer runs its "1984" 60 second TV commercial during the NFL SuperBowl football game, introducing the Macintosh computer, without showing the computer, or listing features. Apple Computer runs the ad publicly only once, but dozens of news and talk shows replay it, making it one of the most memorable advertisements in TV history.
- 1985 - -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record).
- 1985 - Cold wave damages 90 percent of Florida's citrus crop.
- 1985 - Kelly Hu, age 16, of Hawaii, crowned third Miss Teen USA.
- 1987 - 27-year old Glen Tremml pedals the ultralight aircraft Eagle over Edwards Air Force Base, California, for a human-powered flight record of 37.2 miles.
- 1987 - R Budd Dwyer, Pennsylvania State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shoots himself to death at a televised news conference.
- 1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm.
- 1990 - 17th American Music Awards: Milli Vanilli.
- 1994 - 51st Golden Globes: Schlinder's List, Steven Spielberg.
- 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.
- 2008 - The U.S. Federal Reserve reduces the federal funds rate by 0.75 points, to 3.5 percent, the largest single drop in 23 years.
- 2008 - Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson drops out of the race to be US President.
- 2009 - US President Barack Obama orders Guantánamo Bay prison be closed within a year.
Births on January 22
- 1918 - Birth of Richard Eastham in Opelousas, Louisiana, USA; actor (Wonder Woman, Falcon Crest).
- 1931 - Birth of Sam Cooke in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA; American gospel and blues singer ("You Send Me", "Another Saturday Night", "Twisting The Night Away") (dies 1964).
- 1932 - Birth of Piper Laurie [Rosetta Jacobs] in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Twin Peaks).
- 1934 - Birth of Bill Bixby in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (The Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian).
- 1935 - Birth of Seymour Cassel in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino).
- 1937 - Birth of Joseph Wambaugh in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; police writer (Onion Fields).
- 1940 - Birth of Addie "Micki" Harris in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; singer (Shirelles - "Soldier Boy").
- 1946 - Birth of Andrew Rubin in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Hometown, Joe Bash).
- 1949 - Birth of Steve Perry in Hanford, California, USA; vocalist (Journey - "Open Arms", "Oh Sherry").
- 1952 - Birth of Teddy Gentry in Fort Payne, Alabama, USA; country music star (Alabama - "Mountain Music", "Take Me Down").
- 1954 - Birth of Chris Lemmon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Brothers and Sisters, Duet).
- 1955 - Birth of Thomas David Jones in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; PhD/Astronaut (STS 59, 68, 80, sk 98).
- 1959 - Birth of Linda Blair in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St).
- 1961 - Birth of Barb Thomas Whitehead in Sibley, Iowa, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian Open).
- 1962 - Birth of Robert Mailhouse in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; actor (Brian - Days of Our Lives).
- 1963 - Birth of Diane Lane in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Cotton Club, 6 Pack, Big Town).
- 1964 - Birth of Ann Rowe in Auburn, Maine, USA; Miss Maine-America (1990).
- 1964 - Birth of Wayne Kirby in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA; outfielder (Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1965 - Birth of Steven Adler in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; drummer (Guns and Roses - "Sweet Child").
- 1969 - Birth of Keith Gordon; US baseball outfielder (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1971 - Birth of Jennifer Christine Joseph in Wendover, Nevada, USA; Miss Nevada-America (1995).
- 1973 - Birth of Deon Minor in Paris, Texas, USA; 400m runner.
- 1980 - Birth of Christopher Masterson; American actor.
- 1980 - Birth of Jake Grove; American football player.
- 1981 - Birth of Chantelle Anderson; American basketball player.
- 1981 - Birth of Willa Ford; American singer, television hostess, and actress.
- 1981 - Birth of Beverley Mitchell; American actress.
- 1981 - Birth of Ben Moody; American guitarist (Evanescence).
- 1982 - Birth of Jason Peters; American football player.
- 1983 - Birth of Shaun Cody; American football player.
- 1988 - Birth of Greg Oden, American basketball player.
- 1989 - Birth of Jared Smith, American singer.
Deaths on January 22
- 1964 - Marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at age 58.
- 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku of Hawaii, 100m swimmer (Olympics-gold-1912, 1920, 1924), dies at age 77.
- 1969 - Judy Garland, singer/actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at age 48 of an overdose.
- 1973 - Lyndon B Johnson, US President (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at age 64.
- 1981 - Fannie Thomas, American, dies at age 113.
- 1988 - Death of Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (born 1891).
- 1990 - Death of Roman Vishniac, Russian-American photographer (born 1897).
- 1995 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of US President John F Kennedy, dies at age 104 (born 1890).
- 2001 - Death of Tommie Agee of cardiac arrest in Manhattan, New York, at age 58; Major League Baseball center fielder for the New York Mets, American League Rookie of the Year in 1966.
- 2002 - Death of Peggy Lee, American singer and actress (born 1920).
- 2004 - Death of Ann Miller, American dancer and actress (born 1923).
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