Tukuk-OS📅 January 22
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 22? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2012 — Croatia held a referendum in which it voted to become a member of the European Union.
2012 Croatian European Union membership referendumEuropean Union
- 2006 — Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
Evo MoralesPresident of BoliviaIndigenous peoples in Bolivia
- 1987 — After being convicted of receiving bribes, Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself in front of television cameras during a press conference.
- 1984 — During Super Bowl XVIII, Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh, the first successful personal computer to use a graphical user interface, with the television commercial "1984".
- 1979 — After surrounding Mutukula the previous day, Tanzanian forces attacked the town and caused Ugandan forces to flee.
- 1973 — The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Roe v. Wade struck down laws restricting abortion during the first two trimesters of pregnancy.
Supreme Court of the United StatesLists of landmark court decisionsRoe v. Wade
- 1970 — The Boeing 747, the world's first wide-body commercial airliner, entered service for Pan Am on the New York–London route.
- 1969 — Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (pictured) survived what was seen as an assassination attempt, an incident that was not revealed to the public until after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Leonid BrezhnevAttempted assassination of Leonid BrezhnevDissolution of the Soviet Union
- 1968 — Apollo 5 (pictured), the first flight of NASA's Lunar Module, lifted off from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station.
- 1957 — New York City police arrested George Metesky, better known as the "Mad Bomber", for planting over 30 bombs over 16 years throughout the city.
- 1943 — World War II: The Battle of Buna–Gona on New Guinea ended with an Allied victory after two months of fighting in which the Japanese fought with a resolve and tenacity not previously encountered.
- 1924 — Ramsay MacDonald took office as the first prime minister of the United Kingdom from the Labour Party.
Ramsay MacDonaldPrime Minister of the United KingdomLabour Party (UK)
- 1906 — The SS Valencia was wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, in a location so treacherous it was known as the Graveyard of the Pacific.
- 1879 — Anglo-Zulu War: The Zulu forces of King Cetshwayo (pictured) achieved a decisive victory at the Battle of Isandlwana.
- 1689 — The Convention Parliament met to decide the fate of the throne after James II, the last Catholic monarch of England, fled to France following the Glorious Revolution.
Convention Parliament (1689)James II of EnglandGlorious Revolution
- 1273 — Muhammad II became Sultan of Granada after his father's death in a riding accident.
Muhammad II of GranadaEmirate of GranadaMuhammad I of Granada
- 565 — Eutychius of Constantinople was arrested after he refused Byzantine emperor Justinian I's order to adopt the tenets of the Aphthartodocetae, a sect of non-Chalcedonian Christians.
Births
- 2025 — Athena Mapelli Mozzi, daughter of Princess Beatrice, born 11th in line of succession to the British throne
- 2007 — Pau Cubarsí, Spanish footballer
- 2002 — Caitlin Clark, American basketball player
- 2000 — Laia Codina, Spanish footballer
- 1999 — Andrew Thomas, American football player
- 1998 — Walid Cheddira, Moroccan footballer
- 1997 — Fan Zhendong, Chinese table tennis player
- 1996 — Dillon Brooks, Canadian basketball player
- 1996 — Sami Gayle, American actress
- 1996 — Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1996 — Kumi Sasaki, Japanese singer and model
- 1994 — Tyrone Taylor, American baseball player
Deaths
- 2026 — Hifumi Katō, Japanese professional shogi player (born 1940)
- 2023 — Lin Brehmer, American disc jockey (born 1954)
- 2022 — Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, and founder of the Plum Village Tradition (born 1926)
- 2021 — Hank Aaron, American baseball player (born 1934)
- 2018 — Ursula K. Le Guin, American sci-fi and fantasy novelist (born 1929)
- 2018 — William B. Jordan, American art historian (born 1940)
- 2017 — Masaya Nakamura, Japanese businessman (born 1925)
- 2017 — Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (born 1991)
- 2016 — Homayoun Behzadi, Iranian footballer and coach (born 1942)
- 2016 — Cecil Parkinson, English politician (born 1931)
- 2016 — Lois Ramsey, Australian actress (born 1922)
- 2016 — Kamer Genç, Turkish politician (born 1940)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Anastasius of Persia
- Christian feast day: Gaudentius of Novara
- Christian feast day: László Batthyány-Strattmann
- Christian feast day: Laura Vicuna
- Christian feast day: Vincent Pallotti
- Christian feast day: Vincent of Saragossa
- Christian feast day: Vincent, Orontius, and Victor
- Christian feast day: Blessed William Joseph Chaminade
- Christian feast day: January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of Unity of Ukraine (Ukraine)
- Grandfather's Day (Poland)
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