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What Happened on January 22nd This Day in History

Year	Name
2009	President Barack Obama signs an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; congressional opposition will prevent it being implemented.
2007	At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
2006	Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
2002	Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
1999	Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
1998	Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
1995	Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid suicide bombing: In central Israel, near Netanya, two Gazans blow themselves up at a military transit point, killing 19 Israeli soldiers.
1992	Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
1992	Space Shuttle program: The space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
1987	Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
1984	The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial.
1973	The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
1973	The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.
1973	A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
1973	In a bout for the world heavyweight boxing championship in Kingston, Jamaica, challenger George Foreman knocks down champion Joe Frazier six times in the first two rounds before the fight is stopped by referee Arthur Mercante.
1971	The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
1970	The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
1968	Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
1968	Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
1967	Between dozens and hundreds of anti-Somocista demonstrators are killed by the Nicaraguan National Guard in Managua.
1963	The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and West Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
1957	Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
1957	The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
1947	KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
1946	In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
1946	Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
1944	World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
1943	World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona.
1941	World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
1927	Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
1924	Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1919	Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
1917	American entry into World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
1915	Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
1906	SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
1905	Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
1901	Edward VII is proclaimed King of the United Kingdom after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
1890	The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1879	The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
1879	The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15 km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
1863	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 by Russia.
1849	Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.
1824	The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
1808	The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
1689	The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
1555	The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Myanmar.
1517	The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Egypt at the Battle of Ridaniya.
1506	The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
871	Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing.
613	Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.

Famous People Born on January 22

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Year	Name
1952	Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2020)
1919	Diomedes Olivo, Dominican baseball player and scout (d. 1977)
1965	Diane Lane, American actress
1981	Ben Moody, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1916	Henri Dutilleux, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
1831	Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1917)
1927	Lou Creekmur, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
1920	Alf Ramsey, English footballer and coach (d. 1999)
1929	Petr Eben, Czech composer, organist and choirmaster (d. 2007)
1874	Jay Hughes, American baseball player and coach (d. 1924)

Famous People Deaths On January 22

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on January 22. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
239	Cao Rui, Chinese emperor (b. 205)
1552	Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English general and politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1500)
1996	Israel Eldad, Polish-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1910)
628	Anastasius of Persia, monk
1001	Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab, Uqaylid emir of Mosul
2006	Aydın Güven Gürkan, Turkish academic and politician, Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security (b. 1941)
2010	Louis R. Harlan, American historian and author (b. 1922)
1991	Robert Choquette, Canadian author, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
1979	Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940)
2008	Heath Ledger, Australian actor and director (b. 1979)