About January 22
January 22, 2025 is the 22nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 7 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 22
- 1689 –The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II, the last Roman Catholic king of England, had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.
- 1824 –The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
- 1849 –Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.
- 1877 –Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices.
- 1890 –The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
- 1899 –Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
- 1901 –Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
- 1917 –World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for “peace without victory” in Europe.
- 1919 –Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
- 1941 –World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
- 1946 –Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people’s Republic of Mahabad at Chuwarchira Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president; Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.
- 1947 –KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
- 1968 –Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
- 1969 –A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
- 1970 –The Boeing 747, the world’s first “jumbo jet”, enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
- 1973 –A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
- 1995 –Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre – In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
- 2002 –Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
- 2006 –Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country’s first indigenous president.
- 2023 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
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