Page 6: Historical Events In January - 22

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

1945  On January - 22 burma highway reopens   

1945  On January - 22 a Wolfenstein, writer, dies at 61   

1946  On this day in history uS President creates the CIA   

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

1948  On this day in history jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings v WI Barbados   

1949  On January - 22 "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 perfs   

1950  Polly Riley wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open on this day in history.   

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

1951  On January - 22 the Canadian destroyer HMCS Huron is put under United Nations command for service off Korea   

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

1951  Eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52   

1953  Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

1953  Arthur Miller's "Crucible," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1955  Norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen forms on January - 22.   

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

1956  On January - 22 p A M Speet, Dutch broadcast CEO (KRO), dies   

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

1957  On this day in history israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula   

1958  On January - 22 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  10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58   

1966  Herbert Marshall, actor (Dark Angel, Duel in the Sun), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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 January - 22.   

1968  On January - 22 duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-12, 20, 24), dies at 77   

1970  The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its first regularly scheduled commercial flight on a route from New York to London on this day in history.   

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 January - 22 birth of ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328)   

1440  On this day in history birth of ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania   

1553  Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625) was born on January - 22.   

1561  On January - 22 birth of francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum)   

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

1592  On January - 22 birth of pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher   

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 January - 22 louis III, last Earl of Loon, dies   

1531  On January - 22 andrea del Sarto, Italian painter, dies at 44   

1536  On this day in history death of bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495)   

1552  Death of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason on January - 22.   

1581  On this day in history joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, dies   

1599  Cristofano Malvezzi, composer, dies at 51 on January - 22.   

1640  Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1700  On January - 22 jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39