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This day in history: 22 January

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371 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 22 January.
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2024: Ram Mandir is inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh after 500 years of dispute.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Anastasius of Persia

Christian feast day: Blessed William Joseph Chaminade

Christian feast day: Gaudentius of Novara

Christian feast day: January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: László Batthyány-Strattmann

Christian feast day: Laura Vicuna

Christian feast day: Vincent of Saragossa

Christian feast day: Vincent, Orontius, and Victor

Christian feast day: Vincent Pallotti

Day of Unity of Ukraine (Ukraine)

Grandfather's Day (Poland)

Events

2024Ram Mandir is inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh after 500 years of dispute.

2009U.S. President Barack Obama signs an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; congressional opposition will prevent it being implemented.

2007At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.

2006Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.

1999Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.

1998Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

1995Israeli–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.

1992Space 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.

1987Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.

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

1973In 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 Sr..

1973The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo Moon landing mission.

1973The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states. This decision is subsequently overturned in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in 2

1971The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.

1970The 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.

1968Apollo Program: Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.

1968Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.

1967Between dozens and hundreds of anti-Somocista demonstrators are killed by the Nicaraguan National Guard in Managua.

1963The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and West Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.

1957Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.

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

1946Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.

1946In 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.

1944World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.

1943World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona.

1941World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.

1927Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.

1924Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1919Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.

1917American entry into World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.

1915Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.

1906SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.

1905Bloody Sunday occurs in Saint Petersburg, beginning the 1905 revolution.

1901Edward VII is proclaimed King of the United Kingdom after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.

1890The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.

1879Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Isandlwana results in a Zulu victory.

1879Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift, just some 15 km (9.3 mi) away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.

1863The 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.

1849Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.

1808The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.

Born on this day

2025Athena Mapelli Mozzi, daughter of Princess Beatrice, born 11th in line of succession to the British throne

2007Pau Cubarsí, Spanish footballer

2002Caitlin Clark, American basketball player

2000Laia Codina, Spanish footballer

1999Andrew Thomas, American football player

1998Walid Cheddira, Moroccan footballer

1997Fan Zhendong, Chinese table tennis player

1996Dillon Brooks, Canadian basketball player

1996Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player

1996Kumi Sasaki, Japanese singer and model

1996Sami Gayle, American actress

1994Tyrone Taylor, American baseball player

1992Vincent Aboubakar, Cameroonian footballer

1991Stefan Kolb, German footballer

1990Alizé Cornet, French tennis player

1990Logic, American rapper

1990Mike Hauschild, American baseball player

1989Oscar Möller, Swedish ice hockey player

1989Theo Robinson, English footballer

1988Greg Oden, American basketball player

1988Marcel Schmelzer, German footballer

1987Angel Olsen, American singer-songwriter

1987Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier

1987Ray Rice, American football player

1987Shane Long, Irish footballer

1986Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer

1986Matt Simon, Australian footballer

1985Fotios Papoulis, Greek footballer

1985Nicklas Grossmann, Swedish ice hockey player

1985Yan Xu, Singaporean table tennis player

1984Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player

1984Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer

1984Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player

1983Étienne Bacrot, French chess player

1982Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer

1982Jason Peters, American football player

1981Ben Moody, American musician, songwriter, and producer

1981Beverley Mitchell, American actress

1981Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer

1981Willa Ford, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Died on this day

2026Hifumi Katō, Japanese professional shogi player (born 1940)

2023Lin Brehmer, American disc jockey (born 1954)

2022Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, and founder of the Plum Village Tradition (born 1926)

2021Hank Aaron, American baseball player (born 1934)

2018Ursula K. Le Guin, American sci-fi and fantasy novelist (born 1929)

2018William B. Jordan, American art historian (born 1940)

2017Masaya Nakamura, Japanese businessman (born 1925)

2017Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (born 1991)

2016Cecil Parkinson, English politician (born 1931)

2016Homayoun Behzadi, Iranian footballer and coach (born 1942)

2016Kamer Genç, Turkish politician (born 1940)

2016Lois Ramsey, Australian actress (born 1922)

2015Fabrizio de Miranda, Italian engineer and academic, co-designed the Rande Bridge (born 1926)

2015Margaret Bloy Graham, Canadian author and illustrator (born 1920)

2015Wendell H. Ford, American lieutenant and politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (born 1924)

2014Maziar Partow, Iranian cinematographer (born 1933)

2013Hinton Mitchem, American businessman and politician (born 1938)

2013Robert Bonnaud, French historian and academic (born 1929)

2012Clarence Tillenius, Canadian painter and environmentalist (born 1913)

2012Dick Tufeld, American actor (born 1926)

2012Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (born 1926)

2012Simon Marsden, English photographer and author (born 1948)

2010Jean Simmons, English-American actress (born 1929)

2010Louis R. Harlan, American historian and author (born 1922)

2009Billy Werber, American baseball player (born 1908)

2008Heath Ledger, Australian actor and director (born 1979)

2008Miles Lerman, Polish Holocaust survivor and activist (born 1920)

2007Abbé Pierre, French priest and activist (born 1912)

2007Liz Renay, American actress, author and performer (born 1926)

2007Ngô Quang Trưởng, Vietnamese general (born 1929)

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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

Lao Tzu

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