What are the important events that happened on January 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 22 is the 22nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 344 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 9, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,431,360 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icosidigon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 19 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,049 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 22 Historical Events
- 1506 –The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
- 1521 –Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, opens the Diet of Worms.
- 1689 –The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II, the last Roman Catholic king of England, had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.
- 1879 –Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana – Zulu troops defeat British troops.
- 1909 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- 1924 –Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1927 –First live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
- 1946 –Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1968 –Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
- 1968 –Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
Who were born on January 22?
- 1553 –Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)
- 1654 –Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729)
- 1874 –Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940)
- 1897 –Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (d. 1981)
- 1956 –Steve Riley, American drummer
- 1959 –Linda Blair, American actress
- 1961 –Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (d. 2010)
- 1962 –Eric Schaeffer, American actor and director
- 1975 –Balthazar Getty, American actor
- 1984 –Leon Powe, American basketball player
Who died on January 22?
- 1536 –Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495)
- 1921 –Captain George Streeter, American riverboat captain and circus owner (b. 1837)
- 1950 –Alan Hale, Sr., American actor (b. 1892)
- 1967 –Robert Henriques, English writer (b. 1905)
- 1978 –Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
- 1991 –Kenas Aroi, Nauruan politician (b. 1942)
- 1997 –Wally Whyton, English musician (b. 1929)
- 2000 –Craig Claiborne, American writer and editor (b. 1920)
- 2004 –Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916)
- 2007 –Doug Blasdell, American personal trainer (b. 1962)
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