On this day in History - Jan. 22

• 0871- Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex.
• 1371-King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned .
• 1440 - Ivan III, was born, grand duke of Moscow (d. 1505).
• 1528 - England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V.
• 1561 - Sir Francis Bacon, was born, [d.1626] philosopher ("Novum Organum" and " The Advancement of Learning"). .
• 1588 - Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia).
• 1588 - John Winthrop was born, colonial governor.
• 1592 Pierre Gassendi was born,[d. 24 Oct 1655]. French scientist, mathematician, and philosopher who revived Epicureanism as a substitute for Aristotelianism,
• 1666 - Shah Jahan, Mogul Emperor of India (b. 1592) .
• 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, was born, author and philosopher (d. 1781).
• 1729 - Giuseppe Luigi Tibaldi, Composer , was born.
• 1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England.
• 1775 - Andre Marie Ampere, was born, physicist (d. 1836) .
• 1788 - George Gordon, Lord Byron, was born, poet (d. 1824 ).
• 1798 -ewis Morris, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 71 .
• 1808 - A frota portuguesa que transportou a Rainha D. Maria I, o príncipe regente D. João e a corte portuguesa de Portugal para o Brasil aporta na Baía.
• 1824 - Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast.
• 1837 -Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands.
• 1840 - British colonists reach New Zealand.
• 1840 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, dies, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
• 1849 - August Strindberg, was born [d.1912], Swedish poet and novelist (Apologia) .
• 1855 -Albert Neisser was born [d. 30 Jul 1916 Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser was a German physician who specialized in dermatology and venereal diseases.
• 1858 - Beatrice Potter Webb was born, socialist economist.
• 1863 - The January Uprising broke out in Poland, Lithunania and Belorussia. The aim of the national movement was to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation of Russia.
• 1865- Louis Paschen, was born [d.1947] ; German physicist who was probably the most skillful experimental spectroscopist of his time .
• 1874 - Leonard Eugene Dickson was born [d. 17.Jan.1954]; American mathematician who made important contributions to the theory of numbers and the theory of groups. He published 18 books including Linear groups with an exposition of the Galois field theory.
• 1875 - D. W. Griffith, was born, director (d. 1948).
• 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana. The British Army suffers its greatest defeat in Africa when 24,000 Zulu warriors overrun a British camp of 1,700 near Isandlwana mountain. Over 1,300 of the British force was killed, with only 60 Europeans surviving.
• 1880 -Frigyes Rwas born [d.1956]. Hungarian mathematician and pioneer of functional analysis, which has found important applications to mathematical physics .
• 1880 - D.W. Griffith was born, filmmaker .
• 1888 - Miguel Angel Amunátegui fallecimiento de, historiador chileno.
• 1889 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC.
• 1891 - Antonio Gramsci, nacimiento de, pensador marxista italiano.
• 1891 - Benjamin Constant, político e militar fluminense, um dos fundadores da República e autor da divisa Ordem e Progresso da bandeira brasileira, falece aos 54 anos de idade no Rio de Janeiro.
• 1892 - Joseph Philo Bradley, dies, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1813).
• 1893 - Conrad Veidt, was born,. actor (d. 1943).
• 1897 - Alexandre José Barbosa Lima Sobrinho, nascimento de, advogado, jornalista e político brasileiro .
• 1897 -Rosa Ponselle, was born, opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino) .
• 1899 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation .
• 1901 -Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for 63 years (the 4th longest among longest-reigning monarchs and the longest for queens) and Edward VII becomes King.
• 1901 -Hans-Erich Apostel, was born, Austrian Composer (Sonata Ritmica).
• 1902 - Daniel Kinsey, was born, American hurdler.
• 1903 - Fritz Houtermans, was born, physicist (d. 1966) .
• 1904 - George Balanchine, was born, [d 1983]; American choreographer and ballet dancer, Born in Russia as Georgi Balanchivadze, Balanchine attended the Imperial Ballet School, St. Petersburg, and performed in Russia. After moving to the United States (1933), he became director of ballet for the Metropolitan Opera House (1934–37) and a founder of the School of American Ballet (1934). In 1948 he became artistic director and principal choreographer for the New York City Ballet.
• 1905 - 500 workers were killed by the Czar's troops in "Bloody Sunday" in St. Petersburg. Beggining of the 1905 revolution.
• 1905 - El Palacio de Invierno de San Petersburgo es tomado por 30.000 obreros encabezados por el pope Gapón.
• 1906 - Robert E. Howard, was born, author (d. 1936) .
• 1907 - Mary Dresselhuys, was born, Dutch actress (d. 2004).
• 1908 - Lev Davidovich Landau, was born [d. 01-Apr.1968], Russian physicist who worked in such fields as low-temperature physics, atomic and nuclear physics, and solid-state, stellar-energy, and plasma physics; he was Awarded 1962 Nobel Prize for Physics.
• 1909 - U Thant, was born, 3rd United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974).
• 1909 - Ann Sothern, was born, actress (d. 2001) .
• 1911 - Bruno Kreisky, was born, Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990).
• 1915 - Heinrich Albertz, was born, theologian and politician (d. 1993) .
• 1917 - World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• 1918 -Ukraine proclaimed an independent republic.
• 1921 - Captain George Streeter dies (b. 1837).
• 1921- El Gobierno español establece el seguro obrero obligatorio para todos los trabajadores.
• 1922 - Fredrik Bajer , fallecimiento de, escritor y pacifista danés, premio Nobel de la Paz en 1908.
• 1922 - Pope Benedict XV, [Giacomo Markies D Chiesa], dies (b. 1854) .
• 1922 - Leonel Brizola, nascimento de, político brasileiro (m. 2004).
• 1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister.
• 1924 - Zinoviev, Kamenev e Stalin assumem a direção da URSS.
• 1925 - Albania Republic proclaimed under President Achmed Zogu .
• 1926 - El avión español Plus Ultra comienza el primer vuelo sobre el Atlántico Sur.
• 1929 - Firma del tratado por el que se establecen las fronteras entre Haití y la República Dominicana.
• 1930 - El buque alemán Monte Cervantes naufraga en los canales fueguinos.
• 1931 - Galina Zybina, was born, USSR, discus thrower (15 world records between 1952-58) .
• 1931 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• 1931 - Sam Cooke, was born, singer (d. 1964) .
• 1932 - Piper Laurie, was born, actress .
• 1932 - Varias ciudades de Guatemala, destruidas por la erupción de los volcanes Fuego y Acatemango.
• 1932 - O líder comunista Agustin Farabundo Marti e seus companheiros Mario Zapata e Alfonso Luna são fuzilados, por dirigirem uma rebelião de camponeses que deixou mais de 30.000 mortos em El Salvador.
• 1934 - Bill Bixby, was born, actor (d. 1993)
• 1936 - Joseph Wambaugh,was born, author .
• 1936 - Eduardo VIII é proclamado rei da Inglaterra. O monarca abdicou seu trono, posteriormente, para se casar com a norteamericana Wallis Simpson, que era divorciada.
• 1938 -Thornton Wilder's play Our Town first performed publicly in Princeton, N.J.
• 1939 - Antonio Machado, dies Spanish writer.
• 1939 -Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University .
• 1940 - Addie "Micki" Harris, was born, singer, member of the Shirelles (d. 1982) .
• 1940 - John Hurt, was born, actor .
• 1941 - World War II: The United Kingdom captures Tobruk from Nazi forces.
• 1941 -1st mass killing of Jews in Romania.
• 1943 - World War II: North Africa Axis forces pull out of Tripoli and head back towards Tunisia.
• 1943 - World War II: Allies begin Operation Shingle (an assault on Anzio, Italy).
• 1945 - Else Lasker-Schuler, dies, poet .
• 1946 - Serge Savard, was born, ice hockey player .
• 1946 -US President sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency .
• 1947 - KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
• 1947 - Paul Ramadier becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1948 - George Foreman, was born, boxer .
• 1953 - The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway.
• 1953 - Jim Jarmusch, was born, director .
• 1954 - Peter Pilz, was born, Austrian politician .
• 1956 - John Wesley Shipp, was born, American soap opera actor.
• 1956 - 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles .
• 1957 - Mike Bossy,was born, ice hockey player .
• 1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (they invaded Egypt on October 29, 1956).
• 1957 - The New York City "Mad Bomber," George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
• 1959 - Linda Blair, was born, St Louis Mo, actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St) .
• 1959 - Mike Hawthorn, dies, racing champion (b. 1929) .
• 1960 - Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die.
• 1960 -French President De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu .
• 1960 - Michael Hutchence, was born, musician ("INXS") (d. 1997) .
• 1961 - O paquete Santa Maria é tomado por oposicionistas ao governo salazarista, pelo capitão Henrique Galvão com a colaboração do general Humberto Delgado.
• 1962 - The Organization of American States (OAS) suspends Cuba's membership.
• 1963 - Elysée treaty between France and Germany.
• 1964 - Kenneth Kaunda is sworn in as the first president of the newly independent Zambia.
• 1965 - DJ Jazzy Jeff,was born, rapper, actor.
• 1967- Olivia d'Abo, was born, actress (The Wonder Years) .
• 1967 - Simon & Garfunkel perform live at Philharmonic Hall in the Lincoln Center, New York City. The recording is not released until 16 July 2002.
• 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku dies (b. 1890). American swimmer.
• 1970 - Primer vuelo comercial del Boeing 747.
• 1972 - Dinamarca, Gran Bretaña e Irlanda se convierten en miembros de la CEE.
• 1973 -Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died at age 64.
• 1973 -The Supreme Court legalized some abortions in Roe v. Wade.
• 1973 - The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe vs. Wade striking down state laws restricting abortion during the first six months of pregnancy.
• 1973 - A chartered Boeing 707 exploded in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria killing 176.
• 1973 - George Foreman breaks Joe Frazier's professional career undefeated heavyweight world boxing champion status.
• 1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson, dies, President of the United States (b. 1908).
• 1975 - Andrew George Burry, dies, manufacturer and businessman, dies at 101 (b. 1873)
• 1975 - Balthazar Getty, was born, actor.
• 1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata, was born, Japanese footballer .
• 1978 - Roxanne Butterfield, was born, American community activist.
• 1979 -Melanie Winiger, Miss Switzerland Universe (1997) .
• 1980 - Christopher Masterson, was born, actor .
• 1980 - Ben Moody, was born, guitarist ("Evanescence") .
• 1980 - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.
• 1981 - Franco atiradores de extrema direita atiram contra uma manifestação de 100.000 pessoas, em São Salvador, que pede pela reforma agrária e democratização do país. Sessenta e sete morrem e dezenas ficam feridas .
• 1982 -Eduardo Frei Montalva, President of Chile (1964-70), dies at 71.
• 1983 - Björn Borg retires from tennis after winning five consecutive Wimbledon championships.
• 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 the famous television commercial "1984".
• 1987 - Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer commits suicide on national television.
• 1987 - R. Budd Dwyer, dies, Pennsylvania politician .
• 1988 - Parker Fennelly, dies, comedian, actor .
• 1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm.
• 1992 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
• 1992 - Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.1993 - Abe Kobo, dies, writer (b. 1924) .
• 1994 - Telly Savalas, dies, actor (b. 21.Jan.1924) .
• 1994 -Irving B. Kahn, dies, (orn 30 Sep 1917) Inventor of the teleprompter . and headed the TelePrompTer company Golden Globes: Schlinder's List, Steven Speilberg .
• 1995 - Rose Kennedy, dies, matriarch of the Kennedy family (b. 1890) .
• 1995 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In central Israel, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves-up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
• 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.
• 1999 - El Papa Juan Pablo II visita México por cuarta vez, desde donde viajará a EEUU .
• 2001 - Four of the Texas 7 are caught at a convenience store in Woodland Park, Colorado and a fifth killed himself inside a motor home.
• 2002 - AOL Time Warner brings a federal suit against Microsoft alleging that the market for AOL's Netscape Navigator Internet browser was harmed when Microsoft started to give away a competing browser.
• 2002 - Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in American history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
• 2002 - Peggy Lee, dies, American singer, actress .
• 2002 - Jack Shea, dies, Olympics speed skating gold medalist.
• 2003 - Bill Mauldin, dies, dies, bWorld War II cartoonist .
• 2003 - The Netherlands vote for a new parliament after the previous had only been into power for 86 days.