About January 22
January 22, 2024 is the 22nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 344 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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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 19 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 22
- 1506 –The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
- 1521 –Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, opens the Diet of Worms.
- 1879 –Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana – Zulu troops defeat British troops.
- 1889 –Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
- 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.
- 1946 –Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- 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.
- 1957 –Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
- 1957 –The New York City “Mad Bomber”, George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
- 1959 –Knox Mine Disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston City, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
- 1963 –The Elysée treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
- 1968 –Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
- 1969 –A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
- 1990 –Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm.
- 1991 –Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.
- 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.
- 2023 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
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