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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 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 9, 2022 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 456,336 hours 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.
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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 10 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 3,319 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 22 Historical Events
- 1899 –Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
- 1906 –SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
- 1919 –Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
- 1947 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Pig in Chinese astrology.
- 1968 –Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
Who were born on January 22?
- 1916 –Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati author, poet, astrologist (d. 1994)
- 1963 –Andrei Tchmil, Ukrainian-Belgian cyclist
- 1977 –Aaron Rakers, American baseball player
- 1977 –Mario Domm, Mexican singer-songwriter
- 1984 –Raica Oliveira, Brazilian model
Who died on January 22?
- 1931 –Alma Rubens, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1982 –Eduardo Frei Montalva, 28th President of Chile (b. 1911)
- 1991 –Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
- 1997 –Ron Holden, American singer (b. 1939)
- 2000 –Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska) (b. 1916)
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