CiteOn This Day: January 22nd
This is 22nd day of the year and 343 days remain in the year.
- Hebrew calendar—16 Shevat 5779
- Chinese calendar—the 17th day of the 12th month of 4716 (Wu Xu)
- Islamic calendar—(note)
in history
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 (on January 9 of the old Russian calendar).
1938
Thornton Wilder's play Our Town first performed publicly in Princeton, N.J.
1973
1973
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died at age 64.
1997
The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the first female secretary of state.
January 22 BirthdaysGeorge Balanchine
Bill Bixbyactor, TV director
Diane Laneactor
Francis Baconphilosopher
D.W. Griffithfilmmaker
Andre Marie Amperephysicist
George Gordon Noel Byronpoet
John Winthropcolonial governor
August Strindbergdramatist
U ThantU.N. statesman
Beatrice Potter Webbsocialist economist
1904–83, American choreographer and ballet dancer,
Bill Bixbyactor, TV director
Diane Laneactor
Francis Baconphilosopher
D.W. Griffithfilmmaker
Andre Marie Amperephysicist
George Gordon Noel Byronpoet
John Winthropcolonial governor
August Strindbergdramatist
U ThantU.N. statesman
Beatrice Potter Webbsocialist economist
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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.