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The following events took place on January 22. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 56 events. Showing 31 - 56.

• 1959

  Knox Mine disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
• 1962

  The Organization of American States suspends Cuba’s membership.
• 1963

  The Élysée 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.
• 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.
• 1971

  The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
• 1973

  The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
• 1973

  The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.
• 1973

  A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
• 1984

  The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984” television commercial.
• 1987

  Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
• 1987

  Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
• 1990

  Robert Tappan Morris 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.
• 1992

  Rebel forces occupy Zaire’s national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government’s resignation.
• 1992

  Space Shuttle program: Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
• 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.
• 1999

  Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
• 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.
• 2006

  Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 81 points in an NBA game versus the Toronto Raptors, the second highest total in NBA history.
• 2007

  At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
• 2010

  Conan O'Brien performs his last Tonight Show on NBC as a part of the 2010 Tonight Show conflict.
• 2015

  An explosion near a civilian trolleybus in the city of Donetsk kills at least thirteen people.

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