What happened this day in history January 22

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

  • 1877
    Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices.
  • 1924
    Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • 1941
    World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
  • 1947
    KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
  • 1971
    The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
  • 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 its famous “1984” television commercial.
  • 1987
    Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
  • 1991
    Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.
  • 1995
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre – In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
  • 2042
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dog in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on January 22?

  • 1799
    Ludger Duvernay, Canadian printer and publisher (d. 1852)
  • 1820
    Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899)
  • 1891
    Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher, and political theorist (d. 1937)
  • 1909
    Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (d. 1965)
  • 1948
    Northern Calloway, American actor (d. 1990)
  • 1949
    Phil Miller, English guitarist (National Health, In Cahoots, Matching Mole)
  • 1963
    Jeff Treadway, American baseball player
  • 1968
    Frank Lebœuf, French footballer
  • 1969
    Olivia d'Abo, English actress
  • 1977
    Aaron Rakers, American baseball player

Who died on January 22?

  • 1901
    Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
  • 1929
    R.C. Lehmann, English writer (b. 1856)
  • 1954
    Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (b. 1872)
  • 1978
    Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
  • 1980
    Yitzhak Baer, German-born Israeli historian (b. 1888)
  • 1981
    Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (b. 1903)
  • 1991
    Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
  • 1994
    Telly Savalas, American actor (b. 1924)
  • 2004
    Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916)
  • 2009
    Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908)

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