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, 1,705,881,600 seconds 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
- 1863 –The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
- 1927 –First live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
- 1944 –World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio, Italy.
- 1947 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Pig in Chinese astrology.
- 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 –Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
- 1973 –A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
- 1973 –The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
- 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.
- 2007 –At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
Who were born on January 22?
- 1874 –Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940)
- 1914 –Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (d. 2001)
- 1916 –Henri Dutilleux, French composer
- 1939 –Alfredo Palacio, former President of Ecuador
- 1956 –Steve Riley, American drummer
- 1969 –John Linton Roberson, American cartoonist
- 1971 –Stan Collymore, English footballer
- 1983 –Shaun Cody, American football player
- 1985 –Orianthi Panagaris, Australian guitarist
- 1991 –Alex MacDowall, British racing driver
Who died on January 22?
- 1767 –Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minterologist and geologist (b. 1719)
- 1900 –David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)
- 1967 –Robert Henriques, English writer (b. 1905)
- 1973 –Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)
- 1975 –Andrew George Burry, Swiss-born manufacturer and businessman (b. 1873)
- 1978 –Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
- 1994 –Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
- 1995 –Jerry Blackwell, American professional wrestler (b. 1949)
- 2000 –Craig Claiborne, American writer and editor (b. 1920)
- 2003 –Bill Mauldin, American World War II cartoonist (b. 1921)
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