On this day in History - Jan. 22

• 0565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
• 0871 - Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex.
• 1263 - Ibn Taymiya was born (d. 1328). Islamic scholar.
• 1371 - King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned .
• 1440 - Ivan III was born (d. 1505). Grand duke of Moscow.
• 1521 - Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms.
• 1528 - England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V.
• 1553 - Mori Terumoto was born (d. 1625). Japanese warrior.
• 1561 - Sir Francis Bacon was born (d. 1626). English philosopher ("Novum Organum" and " The Advancement of Learning").
• 1570 - Sir Robert Bruce Cotton was born (d. 1631). English politician.
• 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.
• 1654 - Richard Blackmore was born (d. 1729). English physician and writer.
• 1666 - Shah Jahan dies (b. 1592). Mogul Emperor of India.
• 1690 - Nicolas Lancret was born (d.1743). French painter.
• 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was born (d. 1781). German author and philosopher.
• 1729 - Giuseppe Luigi Tibaldi was born. Composer.
• 1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England.
• 1775 - Andre Marie Ampere was born (d. 1836). Physicist.
• 1788 - George Gordon Lord Byron was born (d.1824). Poet.
• 1798 - Lewis 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.
• 1820 - Joseph Wolf was born (d. 1899). German artist.
• 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 (b. 1752). German anthropologist.
• 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 (d. 1948). American film director.
• 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 .
• 1887 - António Maria Fontes Pereira de Melo dies (b. 8 Sep 1819). Portuguese statesman.
• 1888 - Miguel Angel Amunátegui dies. Chilean historian.
• 1889 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC.
• 1899 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
• 1890 - Vinko Zganec was born (d. 1976). Croatian ethnomusicologist.
• 1891 - Antonio Gramsci was born. Italian marxist thinker.
• 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 - Marcel Dassault was born (d. 1986). French industrialist.
• 1892 - Joseph Philo Bradley, dies, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1813).
• 1893 - Conrad Veidt was born (d. 1943). German actor.
• 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 (d. 1966). Polish physicist.
• 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.
• 1904 - Arkady Gaidar was born (d. 1941). Russian children's writer.
• 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 (d. 1936). American author.
• 1907 - Mary Dresselhuys was born (d. 2004). Dutch actress.
• 1907 - Douglas Corrigan was born (d. 1995). American pilot.
• 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 - Ann Sothern was born (d. 2001). American actress.
• 1909 - U Thant was born (d. 1974). Burmese 3rd United Nations Secretary General
• 1911 - Bruno Kreisky was born (d. 1990). Chancellor of Austria.
• 1913 - Carl F. H. Henry was born (d. 2003). American theologian and publisher.
• 1915 - Heinrich Albertz was born (d. 1993). German theologian and politician.
• 1916 - Henri Dutilleux was born. French composer
• 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 dies. Danish writer and pacifist, Nobel Prize for Peace in 1908.
• 1922 - Pope Benedict XV [Giacomo Markies D Chiesa] dies (b. 1854) .
• 1922 - Leonel Brizola was born (d. 2004). Brazilian politician.
• 1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister.
• 1924 - Zinoviev, Kamenev e Stalin assumem a direção da URSS.
• 1924 - J. J. Johnson, was born (d. 2001).American jazz trombonist and composer.
• 1925 - Albania Republic proclaimed under President Achmed Zogu .
• 1926 - El avión español Plus Ultra comienza el primer vuelo sobre el Atlántico Sur.
• 1927 - Lou Creekmur was born. American football player
• 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 (d. 1964). American singer.
• 1932 - Piper Laurie was born. American 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.
• 1933 - José Mattoso was born. Portuguese historian and teacher.
• 1934 - Bill Bixby was born (d. 1993). American actor.
• 1935 - Seymour Cassel was born. American actor.
• 1936 - Alan J. Heeger was born. American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 - Joseph Wambaugh was born. American 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.
• 1937 - Edén Pastora Gómez was born. Nicaraguan rebel leader
• 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 (d. 1982). Singer, member of the Shirelles.
• 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.
• 1944 - 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.
• 1946 - Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at the Chuwarchira Square in the kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president, Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.
• 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.
• 1952 - The first commercial jet plane, the BOAC's Comet, is put into service.
• 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 (b. 1929). Racing champion.
• 1960 - Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die.
• 1960 - French President De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu .
• 1960 - Michael Hutchence was born (d. 1997). Musician ("INXS").
• 1961 - Operação Dulcineia : 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.
• 1964 - Mumbai's lowest-ever temperature recorded (7.4°C).
• 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 - The TV sketch comedy Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuts on NBC.
• 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku dies (b. 1890). American swimmer.
• 1969 - Judy Garland, singer / actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at 48 of an overdose .
• 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 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 (b. 1908). President of the United States.
• 1975 - Andrew George Burry dies (b. 1873). Manufacturer and businessman
• 1975 - Balthazar Getty was born. Actor.
• 1976 - Leão Penedo dies. Portuguese writer
• 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 - he commits suicide on national television. Pennsylvania politician.
• 1988 - Parker Fennelly dies. Comedian, actor .
• 1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm.
• 1991 - The famous SAS patrol, codenamed Bravo Two Zero, begins its mission in Iraq.
• 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 (b. 1924). Writer.
• 1994 - Telly Savalas dies (b. 21 Jan 1924). Actor.
• 1994 - Irving B. Kahn dies (born 30 Sep 1917). Inventor of the teleprompter . and headed the TelePrompTer company Golden Globes: Schlinder's List, Steven Speilberg .
• 1995 - Rose Kennedy dies (b. 1890). Matriarch of the Kennedy family.
• 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. World War II cartoonist .
• 2003 - The Netherlands vote for a new parliament after the previous had only been into power for 86 days.
• 2004 - Marjatta Rasi from Finland is elected President of ECOSOC United Nations Economic and Social Council
• 2006 - Presidential elections in Portugal