January 22

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 22. From 1900 until now. January 22 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Michael Hutchence (1960), Diane Lane (1965) and Jim Jarmusch (1953). Several movies were released around January 22 over the years, such as The Usual Suspects in 1995 directed by Bryan Singer and The Grapes of Wrath in 1940 directed by John Ford.
But much more happened on January 22 over the years: find out below

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2019 Israeli–Palestinian conflict: A Hamas militant is killed and two others are injured when an Israeli tank fires into the Gaza Strip after a protest turned violent. The Israel Defense Forces action is retaliation for a shooting which lightly injured an officer, and for the brief incursion of two Palestinians into Israel. (Reuters)
2018 Seven people die in clashes between security forces and worshippers taking part in an Ethiopian Orthodox religious ceremony marking Timkat (Epiphany) in Woldiya, Amhara, Ethiopia, over the weekend. (Reuters)
2017 A 7.9 magnitude earthquake hits west of Panguna, Papua New Guinea, beneath Bougainville Island. No immediate reports of casualties or major damage. Tsunami alert for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands is rescinded. (Reuters/AP via ABC) (TVNZ) (AFP via Yahoo! News) (USGS)
2016 Douglas Borough Council announces that the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway, at Douglas, Isle of Man, ran for the last time at the end of the 2015 season. (BBC)
2015 War in Donbass:: An explosion near a civilian trolleybus in the city of Donetsk kills at least thirteen people. Separatists and pro-government forces blame each other for the incident. (BBC)
2014 2013–14 Thai political crisis:: Kwanchai Praipana, a leader of the pro-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, is shot in the city of Udon Thani as protesters gather in Bangkok despite the declaration of a state of emergency. (BBC News)
2013 Syrian civil war:: The government of Jordan says that more than 12,000 Syrians have fled to Jordan in the past six days. (AFP via IOL)The Russian government organizes an evacuation for some of its citizens by transporting them to Lebanon and then flying them to Russia. (AP via Google News)
2012 2011–2012 Syrian uprising: Arab League ministers meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss the extension of its monitoring mission in Syria. (BBC)
2011 Malaysian navy commandos foil a ship hijack attempt by Somali pirates, rescuing 23 crew and capturing 7 pirates in the Gulf of Aden. (BBC)
2010 Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says he will resign if proven guilty of receiving illegal political fund donations. (Mainichi Shimbun) (UPI)
2009 US President Barack Obama orders Guant�namo Bay prison be closed within a year.
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.
2007 At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
2006 British diplomats are accused of spying on Russia using a fake rock. (BBC)
2005 The Washington Post alleges that the Pentagon is running a military organization known as the Strategic Support Branch which is under the direct control of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Allegedly it is used to bypass the limitations of working with the Central Intelligence Agency. The Pentagon stated "There is no unit that is directly reportable to the secretary of defense for clandestine operations" and the department "is not attempting to 'bend' statutes to fit desired activities".
2004 Mars Exploration Rover Mission: MER-A Spirit rover stops transmitting meaningful data and has thought to have gone into safe mode. The cause of this is unknown but the rover is still able to send back a simple acknowledgement tone.
2003 The RIAA, a music industry lobbying group, announces that Hilary Rosen will step down as head of the organization at the end of 2003. Rosen achieved notoriety on the Internet for her prolific efforts to halt the spread of copyrighted MP3 recordings on peer-to-peer file sharing networks such as Napster and Kazaa. Reports indicate that the members of the RIAA are unhappy with Rosen's nearly total failure to achieve this goal.
2002 Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2001 Four of the ampquotTexas 7ampquot are caught at a convenience store in Woodland Park, Colorado, and a fifth killed himself inside a motor home.
2000 Gustavo Noboa becomes President of Ecuador, after Jamil Mahuad is sent into exile.
1999 Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
1998 STS 89 (Endeavour 12) launches into orbit
1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns to Earth, Successful
1995 Pat Bradley wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament.
1994 East beats West 9-8 in 45th NHL All Star Game at Madison Square Garden in New York City
1992 Princess Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride
1991 Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.
1990 17th American Music Awards: Milli Vanilli.
1989 Super Bowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 20-16 in Miami; Most Valuable Player: Jerry Rice, San Francisco, Wide Receiver.
1988 Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in four rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1987 Blizzard in New Jersey, as 334 attend the New Jersey Devils - Calgary Flames NHL game, New Jersey wins 7-5.
1986 Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North
1985 Cold wave damages 90 percent of Florida's citrus crop.
1984 Super Bowl XVIII: LA Raiders beat Washington Redskins, 38-9 in Tampa Super Bowl MVP: Marcus Allen, LA Raiders, RB
1983 Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 and win 113-96
1982 75% of North America is covered by snow
1981 40th Islander shut-out opponent-3-0 vs. Red Wings-Billy Smith 15th
1980 Dissidents Andrei Sacharov and Jelena Bonner banished to Gorki
1978 Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany Persona non grata.
1976 Bank robbery in Beirut, Lebanon, nets $20-50 million (record).
1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
1973 Roe vs. Wade: US Supreme Court legalizes some abortions
1972 Emergency with Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV
1971 John andYoko record Power to the People
1970 Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa versus Australia, Cape Town.
1969 Celebration opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 110 performances
1968 Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
1967 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-10.
1965 US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite.
1964 Kenneth Kaunda becomes premier of North-Rhodesia (Zambia).
1963 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament.
1962 The East German government readopts conscription.
1960 Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die
1959 US Air Force concludes less than 1 percent of UFOs are unknown objects.
1958 KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
1957 Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Penisula.
1956 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles, California, USA.
1955 Norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen forms.
1953 ''The Crucible'', a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway.
1951 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom.
1950 Polly Riley wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
1949 All for Love opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 performances
1948 British foreign secretary Bevin proposes the formation of a Western Union between Britain, France and the Benelux countries to stand up against the Soviet Union. The Treaty of Brussels is signed March 17 as a consequence, a predecessor to NATO.
1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood, California
1946 US President sets up Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
1945 Burma highway reopens
1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy
1943 66.3 cm precipitation at Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain.
1941 British / Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians
1940 1st radio broadcast of Road to Happiness on CBS
1939 Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco California, is dedicated.
1938 Thornton Wilder's play ''Our Town'' is performed for the first time anywhere in Princeton, New Jersey. It premieres in New York City on February 4.
1936 French Laval government falls.
1932 British Anglicans and Old-Catholic church merge.
1931 VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs, Amsterdam.
1930 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record low).
1927 First live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
1926 Belgian chief of staff General Maglinse quits.
1925 Albania Republic proclaimed under President Achmed Zogu
1924 KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
1920 The Australian Country Party is officially formed, led by Nelson Pollard.
1919 Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
1918 Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet).
1917 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.
1910 Opera Germania, premieres in New York City
1906 SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
1905 Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series.
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