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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 9, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,958,400 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.
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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 7 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 4,415 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 22 Historical Events
- 1521 –Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, opens the Diet of Worms.
- 1824 –The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
- 1889 –Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
- 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.
- 1957 –Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
- 1959 –Knox Mine Disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston City, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
- 1970 –The Boeing 747, the world’s first “jumbo jet”, enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
- 1973 –The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
- 1992 –Rebel forces occupy Zaire’s national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government’s resignation.
Who were born on January 22?
- 1881 –Ira Thomas, American baseball player (d. 1958)
- 1897 –Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (d. 1981)
- 1907 –Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (d. 2004)
- 1946 –Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1952 –Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1956 –Steve Riley, American drummer
- 1957 –Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (d. 1993)
- 1977 –Mario Domm, Mexican singer-songwriter
- 1981 –Willa Ford, American singer
- 1984 –Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player
Who died on January 22?
- 1779 –Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)
- 1892 –Joseph Philo Bradley, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1813)
- 1950 –Corinne Luchaire, French actress (b. 1921)
- 1959 –Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (b. 1929)
- 1985 –Sir Arthur Bryant, British historian (b. 1899)
- 1987 –Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939)
- 1999 –Graham Staines, Australian missionary (b. 1941)
- 2001 –Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
- 2003 –Bill Mauldin, American World War II cartoonist (b. 1921)
- 2004 –Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (b. 1918)
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