January 22nd
1901
Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for 63 years (the 4th longest among longest-reigning monarchs and the longest for queens).
1905
500 workers were killed by the Czar's troops in "Bloody Sunday" in St. Petersburg.
1922
Pope Benedict XV died.
1938
Thornton Wilder's play Our Town first performed publicly in Princeton, N.J.
1951
Fidel Castro was ejected from a Winter League baseball game after hitting a batter. He later gave up baseball for politics.
1968
"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", debuted on NBC TV.
1973
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died at age 64.
1973
The Supreme Court legalized some abortions in Roe v. Wade.
1990
Guns 'N' Roses guitarist Slash used profanity numerous times on live television while accepting an American Music Award.
1994
Greek-American film and television actor and singer died at age 72.
1995
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the mother of President John F. Kennedy, died in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 104.
1997
The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the first female secretary of state.
2008
Actor Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead of an accidental prescription drug overdose in New York City.
Birthdays
77 Piper Laurie Actress
60 Steve Perry Rock singer (Journey)
57 Teddy Gentry Country singer, musician (Alabama)
52 Mike Bossy Hockey Hall of Famer
50 Linda Blair Actress ("The Excorcist")
44 Jazzy Jeff Actor, rapper ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air")
44 Diane Lane Actress
44 Steven Adler Musician ("ex-Guns n' Roses")
28 Willa Ford Singer
21 Greg Oden American basketball player
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dstaccone Cigar Asylum Inmate
94 Marcel Dassault 1/22/1892 - 4/18/1986 French aircraft designer
65 Howard Moss 1/22/1922 - 9/16/1987 American poet/editor of The New Yorker