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 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 9, 2023 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 465,096 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,684 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.
- 1944 –World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio, Italy.
- 1957 –The New York City “Mad Bomber”, George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
- 1968 –Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
- 1969 –A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
- 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.
- 1971 –The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
- 1973 –The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
- 2004 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on January 22?
- 1553 –Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)
- 1903 –Robin Milford, British composer (d. 1959)
- 1906 –Joe Gladwin, English actor (d. 1987)
- 1908 –Prince Oana, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1946 –Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1948 –Gilbert Levine, American conductor
- 1953 –Jim Jarmusch, American director
- 1957 –Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician
- 1957 –Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 –DJ Jazzy Jeff, American rapper and actor
Who died on January 22?
- 1767 –Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minterologist and geologist (b. 1719)
- 1922 –Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1837)
- 1929 –R.C. Lehmann, English writer (b. 1856)
- 1945 –Else Lasker-Schüler, German-born poet (b. 1869)
- 1982 –Tommy Tucker, American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
- 1991 –Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
- 1994 –Telly Savalas, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1997 –Ron Holden, American singer (b. 1939)
- 1999 –Graham Staines, Australian missionary (b. 1941)
- 2004 –Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916)
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