Historical Events In January - 22

1945  On this day in history hMCS Trentonian (Corvette) torpedoed   

1945  On this day in history burma highway reopens   

1945  A Wolfenstein, writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1946  US President creates the CIA on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history uS president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency   

1947  On this day in history hollywood station KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins broadcasting.   

1947  1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA on this day in history.   

1948  On January - 22 jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings v WI Barbados   

1949  "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 perfs on this day in history.   

1950  Polly Riley wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open on January - 22.   

1950  On this day in history alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57   

1951  The Canadian destroyer HMCS Huron is put under United Nations command for service off Korea on January - 22.   

1951  On January - 22 bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom   

1951  Eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71 on January - 22.   

1952  On January - 22 roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52   

1953  Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, opens on Broadway on January - 22.   

1953  On this day in history arthur Miller's "Crucible," premieres in NYC   

1955  On this day in history norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen forms   

1956  On January - 22 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles   

1956  On this day in history p A M Speet, Dutch broadcast CEO (KRO), dies   

1957  Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Penisula on January - 22.   

1957  Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history kRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast   

1959  USAF concludes less than 1% of UFO's are unknown objects on this day in history.   

1959  On January - 22 a J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73   

1960  On this day in history 10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia   

1964  On January - 22 marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58   

1966  Herbert Marshall, actor (Dark Angel, Duel in the Sun), dies at 75 on January - 22.   

1967  On January - 22 jobyna Ralston, actress (Wings, Girl Shy, Freshman), dies at 66   

1968  The comedy television show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In premieres on the NBC network on this day in history.   

1968  Duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-12, 20, 24), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1970  On January - 22 the Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its first regularly scheduled commercial flight on a route from New York to London.   

1973  On January - 22 former U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) dies at age 64.   

1973  On this day in history in the Roe vs. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws restricting abortions during the first six months of pregnancy.   

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1263  On this day in history birth of ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328)   

1440  On January - 22 birth of ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania   

1553  Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1561  On this day in history birth of francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum)   

1571  Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician was born on this day in history.   

1592  Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher was born on January - 22.   

1649  Pascal Collasse, composer was born on this day in history.   

1654  Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729) was born on January - 22.   

1336  On this day in history louis III, last Earl of Loon, dies   

1531  On this day in history andrea del Sarto, Italian painter, dies at 44   

1536  Death of Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495) on this day in history.   

1552  Death of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason on this day in history.   

1581  Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, dies on January - 22.   

1599  Cristofano Malvezzi, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1640  On January - 22 erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55   

1700  Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.