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What happend on 22. January in History

In our data base we found 365 events happened on 22. January:
  • 239: Cao Rui (Wei Ming Di), emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 205) [category: Deaths]
  • 565: Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. [category: Events]
  • 1263: Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328) [category: Births]
  • 1440: Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505) [category: Births]
  • 1506: The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican. [category: Events]

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  • 1536: Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495) [category: Deaths]
  • 1553: Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625) [category: Births]
  • 1555: Ava Kingdom falls to Toungoo Dynasty of Burma. [category: Events]
  • 1561: Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher (d. 1626) [category: Births]
  • 1570: Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (d. 1631) [category: Births]
  • 1575: James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault, regent of Scotland (b. 1516) [category: Deaths]
  • 1592: Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (d. 1655) [category: Births]
  • 1599: Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547) [category: Deaths]
  • 1654: Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729) [category: Births]
  • 1666: Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1592) [category: Deaths]
  • 1689: The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones when he fled to France in 1688. [category: Events]
  • 1690: Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743) [category: Births]
  • 1729: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (d. 1781) [category: Births]
  • 1733: Philip Carteret, British Naval Officer (d. 1796) [category: Births]
  • 1740: Noah Phelps, American Spy (d. 1809) [category: Births]

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  • 1750: Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
  • 1763: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690) [category: Deaths]
  • 1767: Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minterologist and geologist (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
  • 1779: Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736) [category: Deaths]
  • 1779: Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733) [category: Deaths]
  • 1781: François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (d. 1849) [category: Births]
  • 1788: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (Lord Byron), English poet (d. 1824) [category: Births]
  • 1796: Karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864) [category: Births]
  • 1797: Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826) [category: Births]
  • 1799: Ludger Duvernay, Canadian printer and publisher (d. 1852) [category: Births]
  • 1820: Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899) [category: Births]
  • 1824: The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast. [category: Events]
  • 1831: Jack Slade, American frontier figure (d. 1864) [category: Births]
  • 1831: Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1917) [category: Births]
  • 1840: Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907) [category: Births]
  • 1840: Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752) [category: Deaths]
  • 1849: August Strindberg, Swedish writer (d. 1912) [category: Births]
  • 1849: Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender. [category: Events]
  • 1858: Beatrice Webb, English economist (d. 1943) [category: Births]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1869: Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916) [category: Births]
  • 1869: José Vicente de Freitas, Portuguese military officer and politician (d. 1952) [category: Births]
  • 1874: Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940) [category: Births]
  • 1874: Jay Hughes, American baseball player (d. 1924) [category: Births]
  • 1875: D. W. Griffith, American film director (d. 1948) [category: Births]
  • 1876: Warren McLaughlin, American baseball player (d. 1923) [category: Births]
  • 1877: Tom Jones, American baseball player (d. 1923) [category: Births]
  • 1877: Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices. [category: Events]
  • 1879: Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (d. 1953) [category: Births]
  • 1879: Anthony Durnford, British army officer (KIA at Isandlwana; b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
  • 1879: Henry Pulleine, British army officer (KIA at Isandlwana; b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
  • 1879: Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana – Zulu troops defeat British troops. [category: Events]
  • 1879: Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift – 139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors. [category: Events]
  • 1880: Bill O'Neill, American baseball player (d. 1920) [category: Births]
  • 1881: Ira Thomas, American baseball player (d. 1958) [category: Births]
  • 1882: Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1956) [category: Births]
  • 1886: John J. Becker, American composer (d. 1961) [category: Births]
  • 1886: Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1921) [category: Births]
  • 1887: Helen Hoyt, American poet (d. 1972) [category: Births]
  • 1889: Amos Strunk, American baseball player (d. 1979) [category: Births]
  • 1889: Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935) [category: Births]
  • 1889: Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. [category: Events]
  • 1890: Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953) [category: Births]
  • 1890: Vinko Žganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (d. 1976) [category: Births]
  • 1890: The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio. [category: Events]
  • 1891: Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher, and political theorist (d. 1937) [category: Births]
  • 1892: Marcel Dassault, French industrialist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
  • 1892: Joseph Philo Bradley, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
  • 1893: Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943) [category: Births]
  • 1897: Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (d. 1981) [category: Births]
  • 1899: Martti Haavio, Finnish poet (d. 1973) [category: Births]
  • 1899: Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation. [category: Events]
  • 1900: Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
  • 1900: David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
  • 1901: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
  • 1901: Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria. [category: Events]
  • 1902: Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970) [category: Births]
  • 1903: Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (d. 1966) [category: Births]
  • 1903: Robin Milford, British composer (d. 1959) [category: Births]
  • 1904: Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (d. 1941) [category: Births]
  • 1904: George Balanchine, Russian choreographer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
  • 1904: John Milligan, American baseball player (d. 1972) [category: Births]
  • 1905: Willy Hartner, German scientist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
  • 1905: Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution. [category: Events]
  • 1906: Joe Gladwin, English actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
  • 1906: Robert E. Howard, American author (d. 1936) [category: Births]
  • 1906: SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130. [category: Events]
  • 1907: Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
  • 1907: Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1907: Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1908: Lev Davidovich Landau, Soviet physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968) [category: Births]
  • 1908: Prince Oana, American baseball player (d. 1976) [category: Births]
  • 1909: Ann Sothern, American actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1909: Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (d. 1965) [category: Births]
  • 1909: U Thant, Burmese diplomat and 3rd United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974) [category: Births]
  • 1911: Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1913: Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1913: Henry Bauchau, Belgian author and psychoanalyst (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1913: William Conway, Northern Irish cardinal (d. 1977) [category: Births]
  • 1914: Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1915: Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician (d. 1993) [category: Births]
  • 1915: Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon. [category: Events]
  • 1916: Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1972) [category: Births]
  • 1916: Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati author, poet, astrologist (d. 1994) [category: Births]
  • 1916: Henri Dutilleux, French composer [category: Births]
  • 1917: Huck Geary, American baseball player (d. 1981) [category: Births]
  • 1917: World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. [category: Events]
  • 1918: Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1919: Diomedes Olivo, Dominican Republic baseball player (d. 1977) [category: Births]
  • 1919: Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic. [category: Events]
  • 1920: Irving Kristol, American pundit, columnist and author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
  • 1920: Sir Alf Ramsey, English football manager (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1921: Arno Babajanian, Armenian composer and pianist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
  • 1921: Captain George Streeter, American riverboat captain and circus owner (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
  • 1922: Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (d. 1987) [category: Births]
  • 1922: Camille Jordan, French mathematician (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
  • 1922: Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
  • 1922: Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
  • 1924: J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1924: Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
  • 1925: Bobby Young, American baseball player (d. 1985) [category: Births]
  • 1925: Johnny Bucha, American baseball player (d. 1996) [category: Births]
  • 1927: Lou Creekmur, American football player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
  • 1927: Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury. [category: Events]
  • 1928: Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1929: Emma Cooke, American archer (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
  • 1929: R.C. Lehmann, English writer (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
  • 1930: Stephen Mather, American entrepreneur and conservationist (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
  • 1931: Sam Cooke, American singer (The Soul Stirrers) (d. 1964) [category: Births]
  • 1931: Alma Rubens, American actress (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
  • 1932: Berthold Grünfeld, Norwegian psychiatrist and former sexologist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1932: Piper Laurie, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1934: Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
  • 1934: Graham Kerr, British-born chef [category: Births]
  • 1934: Vijay Anand, Indian filmmaker and director (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1935: Seymour Cassel, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1936: Alan J. Heeger, American chemist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
  • 1936: Ong Teng Cheong, 5th President of Singapore (d. 2002) [category: Births]
  • 1937: Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan rebel leader [category: Births]
  • 1937: Joseph Wambaugh, American author [category: Births]
  • 1938: Altair, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1939: Alfredo Palacio, former President of Ecuador [category: Births]
  • 1939: J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994) [category: Births]
  • 1939: Jeff Smith, American chef (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1939: Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996) [category: Births]
  • 1940: George Seifert, American football coach [category: Births]
  • 1940: John Hurt, English actor [category: Births]
  • 1941: World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass. [category: Events]
  • 1942: Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
  • 1943: Marília Pêra, Brazilian actress [category: Births]
  • 1944: World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio, Italy. [category: Events]
  • 1945: Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1945: Else Lasker-Schüler, German-born poet (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
  • 1946: Malcolm McLaren, British music manager (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1946: Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1946: Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency. [category: Events]
  • 1946: Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chuwarchira Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president; Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister. [category: Events]
  • 1947: Vladimir Oravsky, Swedish writer [category: Births]
  • 1947: KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California. [category: Events]
  • 1948: Gilbert Levine, American conductor [category: Births]
  • 1948: Northern Calloway, American actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1949: Mike Caldwell, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1949: Phil Miller, English guitarist (National Health, In Cahoots, Matching Mole) [category: Births]
  • 1949: Steve Perry, American singer and musician (Journey) [category: Births]
  • 1949: William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
  • 1950: Pamela Salem, English actress [category: Births]
  • 1950: Alan Hale, Sr., American actor (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
  • 1950: Corinne Luchaire, French actress (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
  • 1951: Leon Roberts, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1951: Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (d. 1989) [category: Births]
  • 1951: Steve J. Spears, Australian playwright, actor, writer and singer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1951: Karl Nessler, inventor of the perm (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
  • 1951: Lawson Robertson, Scottish-born athlete (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
  • 1952: Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1952: Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1952: Teddy Gentry, American musician (Alabama) [category: Births]
  • 1953: Jim Jarmusch, American director [category: Births]
  • 1953: Myung-Whun Chung,South Korean Conductor and pianist [category: Births]
  • 1953: Winfried Berkemeier, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1954: Chris Lemmon, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1954: Peter Pilz, Austrian politician [category: Births]
  • 1954: Tully Blanchard, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
  • 1954: Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
  • 1955: Thomas David Jones, American astronaut [category: Births]
  • 1955: Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician [category: Births]
  • 1956: John Wesley Shipp, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1956: Steve Riley, American drummer (L.A. Guns, W.A.S.P., and Steppenwolf) [category: Births]
  • 1957: Brian Dayett, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1957: Francis Wheen, English writer and journalist [category: Births]
  • 1957: Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician [category: Births]
  • 1957: Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1957: Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (d. 1993) [category: Births]
  • 1957: Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
  • 1957: Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula. [category: Events]
  • 1957: The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs. [category: Events]
  • 1958: Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek football player and manager [category: Births]
  • 1959: Linda Blair, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1959: Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 1959: Knox Mine Disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston City, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed. [category: Events]
  • 1960: Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS and Max Q) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
  • 1961: Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter and artist [category: Births]
  • 1961: Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1962: Choi Min-sik, South Korean actor [category: Births]
  • 1962: Eric Schaeffer, American actor and director [category: Births]
  • 1962: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia [category: Births]
  • 1962: The Organization of American States suspends Cuba's membership. [category: Events]
  • 1963: Andrei Tchmil, Ukrainian-Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
  • 1963: Javier Ortiz, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1963: Jeff Treadway, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1963: The Elysée treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer. [category: Events]
  • 1964: Joe Dudek, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1964: Nigel Benn, English boxer [category: Births]
  • 1964: Stojko Vranković, Croatian basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1964: Wayne Kirby, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1965: Andrew Roachford, English singer and songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1965: Brian McCardie, Scottish actor [category: Births]
  • 1965: Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress [category: Births]
  • 1965: DJ Jazzy Jeff, American rapper and actor [category: Births]
  • 1965: Diane Lane, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1965: Steven Adler, American drummer (Guns N' Roses) [category: Births]
  • 1966: Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
  • 1967: Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast [category: Births]
  • 1967: Eleanor McEvoy, Irish singer and songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1967: Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese professional wrestler [category: Births]
  • 1967: Nick Gillingham, British swimmer [category: Births]
  • 1967: Robert Henriques, English writer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
  • 1968: Frank Lebœuf, French footballer [category: Births]
  • 1968: Heath, Japanese bass guitarist (X Japan) [category: Births]
  • 1968: Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1968: Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
  • 1968: Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space. [category: Events]
  • 1968: Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation. [category: Events]
  • 1969: John Linton Roberson, American cartoonist [category: Births]
  • 1969: Keith Gordon, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1969: Olivia d'Abo, English actress [category: Births]
  • 1969: A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. [category: Events]
  • 1970: Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
  • 1970: Alex Ross, American comic book artist [category: Births]
  • 1970: The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport. [category: Events]
  • 1971: Stan Collymore, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1971: Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
  • 1971: The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued. [category: Events]
  • 1972: Gabriel Macht, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1972: Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1972: Katie Barberi, Mexican actress [category: Births]
  • 1972: Namrata Shirodkar, Indian actress [category: Births]
  • 1972: Romi Park, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
  • 1973: Larry Birkhead, American photographer [category: Births]
  • 1973: Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1973: Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
  • 1973: A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176. [category: Events]
  • 1973: The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states. [category: Events]
  • 1974: Cameron McConville, Australian racing driver [category: Births]
  • 1975: Balthazar Getty, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1975: David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1975: Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver [category: Births]
  • 1975: James Murray English actor [category: Births]
  • 1975: Andrew George Burry, Swiss-born manufacturer and businessman (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
  • 1976: James Dearth, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1976: Jimmy Anderson, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1977: Aaron Rakers, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1977: Anna Linkova, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1977: Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
  • 1977: Jono Gibbes, New Zealand rugby union footballer [category: Births]
  • 1977: Luciano Andrade Rissutt, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1977: Mario Domm, Mexican singer-songwriter (Camila) [category: Births]
  • 1977: Matthew Newton, Australian actor [category: Births]
  • 1977: Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
  • 1978: Chone Figgins, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1978: Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
  • 1978: Oliver Leese, British World War II general (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
  • 1979: Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1979: Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
  • 1980: Christopher Masterson, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1980: Jake Grove, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1980: Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1980: Subhash Ram Prajapati, Nepalese writer [category: Births]
  • 1980: Yitzhak Baer, German-born Israeli historian (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
  • 1981: Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence and We Are the Fallen) [category: Births]
  • 1981: Beverley Mitchell, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1981: Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer [category: Births]
  • 1981: Willa Ford, American singer [category: Births]
  • 1981: Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
  • 1982: Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
  • 1982: Jason Peters, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1982: Eduardo Frei Montalva, 28th President of Chile (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
  • 1982: Tommy Tucker, American singer and pianist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
  • 1983: Shaun Cody, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1984: Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1984: Leon Powe, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1984: Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
  • 1984: Raica Oliveira, Brazilian model [category: Births]
  • 1984: Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
  • 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 its famous "1984" television commercial. [category: Events]
  • 1985: Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1985: Orianthi Panagaris, Australian guitarist [category: Births]
  • 1985: Sir Arthur Bryant, British historian (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
  • 1986: Daniel Wayne Smith, American reality television personality (d. 2006) [category: Births]
  • 1986: Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model [category: Births]
  • 1986: Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1986: Matt Simon, Australian football player [category: Births]
  • 1987: Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier [category: Births]
  • 1987: Ray Rice, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1987: Shane Long, Irish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1987: Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
  • 1987: Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism. [category: Events]
  • 1987: Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañan Palace, Manila, killing 13. [category: Events]
  • 1988: Asher Allen, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1988: Greg Oden, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1988: Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
  • 1990: Alizé Cornet, French tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1990: Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm. [category: Events]
  • 1991: Alex MacDowall, British racing driver [category: Births]
  • 1991: Stefan Kolb, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1991: Kenas Aroi, Nauruan politician (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
  • 1991: Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
  • 1991: Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks. [category: Events]
  • 1992: Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation. [category: Events]
  • 1993: Rio Haryanto, Indonesian racing driver [category: Births]
  • 1993: Tommy Knight, English actor [category: Births]
  • 1993: Abe Kobo, Japanese writer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
  • 1994: Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
  • 1994: Rhett Forrester, American singer (Riot) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
  • 1994: Telly Savalas, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
  • 1995: Jerry Blackwell, American professional wrestler (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
  • 1995: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy family (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
  • 1995: Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre – In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis. [category: Events]
  • 1997: Billy Mackenzie, Scottish musician (Associates) (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
  • 1997: Ron Holden, American singer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
  • 1997: Wally Whyton, English musician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 1999: Graham Staines, Australian missionary (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
  • 1999: Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India. [category: Events]
  • 2000: Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska) (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
  • 2000: Craig Claiborne, American writer and editor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
  • 2001: Roy Brown, American clown (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
  • 2001: Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Stanley Marcus, American business executive (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [category: Events]
  • 2003: Bill Mauldin, American World War II cartoonist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Rose Mary Woods, American Watergate scandal figure (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president. [category: Events]
  • 2007: Abbé Pierre, French priest (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Doug Blasdell, American personal trainer (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Ngô Quang Trưởng, South Vietnamese general (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq. [category: Events]
  • 2008: Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Miles Lerman, Polish-American activist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Roberto Gari, American actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
  • 2009: Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Jean Simmons, English-American actress (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Sultan Iskandar of Johor, also the 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Joe Paterno, American football coach (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • _: Anastasius of Persia [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Blessed William Joseph Chaminade [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Reunion Day (Ukraine) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Vincent of Saragossa [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Vincent, Orontius, and Victor [category: Holidays and observances]