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January 22, 2003 The United Nations reported that there is no link between al Queda and Iraq January 22, 1998 NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild January 22, 1998 Rickey Henderson, rejoins Oakland A's for 4th time January 22, 1998 STS 89 (Endeavour 12) launches into orbit January 22, 1998 World League of American Football becomes NFL East January 22, 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns to Earth, Successful January 22, 1995 Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed January 22, 1995 Pat Bradley wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament January 22, 1994 45th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 9-8 at New York Rangers January 22, 1994 5.5 earthquake strikes Sumatra January 22, 1994 51st Golden Globes: Schlinder's List, Steven Speilberg January 22, 1994 East beats West 9-8 in 45th NHL All Star Game at MSG in New York City January 22, 1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77 January 22, 1992 Princess Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride January 22, 1992 Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space January 22, 1990 17th American Music Award: Milli Vanilli January 22, 1990 Wasim Akram scores Test century (123) at Adelaide January 22, 1990 Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with San Francisco Giants January 22, 1989 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. January 22, 1989 Superbowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 20-16 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Jerry Rice, San Francisco, WR January 22, 1988 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad and Tobago vs. Leeward Is January 22, 1988 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS vs. Transvaal January 22, 1988 Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in 4 for heavyweight boxing title January 22, 1987 "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands January 22, 1987 Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, New Jersey wins 7-5 January 22, 1986 Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North January 22, 1985 -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record) January 22, 1985 Cold wave damages 90 percent of Florida's citrus crop January 22, 1985 Kelly Hu, 16, of Hawaii, crowned 3rd Miss Teen USA January 22, 1985 Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) marries Sarah Menikides January 22, 1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts January 22, 1984 Hilbert van de Thumb becomes European all-round skates January 22, 1984 Superbowl XVIII: Los Angeles Raiders beat Washington Red Skins, 38-9 in Tampa Superbowl MVP: Marcus Allen, Los Angeles Raiders, RB January 22, 1983 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds January 22, 1983 Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 and win 113-96 January 22, 1982 75% of North America is covered by snow January 22, 1981 40th Islander shut-out opponent-3-0 vs Red Wings-Billy Smith 15th January 22, 1981 O A "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of New Orleans Saints January 22, 1980 Dissidents Andrei Sacharov and Jelena Bonner banished to Gorki January 22, 1980 PGA begins a senior golf tour January 22, 1980 West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup January 22, 1976 Bank robbery in Beirut nets a record $20-50 million January 22, 1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched January 22, 1973 George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 for heavyweight boxing title January 22, 1973 Roe vs Wade: U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions January 22, 1973 US, North and South Vietnam and Vietcong sign boundary accord January 22, 1972 "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV January 22, 1972 22nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 112-110 at LA January 22, 1971 John and Yoko record "Power to the People" January 22, 1970 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, New York to London in 6 hours January 22, 1970 Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa vs. Australia, Cape Town January 22, 1969 "Celebration" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 110 performances January 22, 1969 Billy Preston becomes 5th Beatle January 22, 1969 Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit January 22, 1969 Roy Campanella and Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame January 22, 1968 "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC January 22, 1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made January 22, 1968 NBA announces it will expand to Milwaukee and Phoenix January 22, 1967 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-10 January 22, 1965 U.S. launches TIROS 9 weather satellite January 22, 1964 Kenneth Kaunda becomes premier of North-Rhodesia (Zambia) January 22, 1964 World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin January 22, 1963 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament January 22, 1960 10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia January 22, 1960 Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die January 22, 1960 French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu January 22, 1960 Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title January 22, 1959 USAF concludes less than 1% of UFO's are unknown objects January 22, 1958 KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast January 22, 1957 Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula January 22, 1957 Mad Bomber (George P. Metesky) accused of 30 explosions, arrested January 22, 1956 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles January 22, 1956 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open January 22, 1956 Canadian Football Council forms January 22, 1955 Norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen forms January 22, 1953 Arthur Miller's "Crucible," premieres in New York City January 22, 1951 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom January 22, 1951 Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter January 22, 1950 Polly Riley wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open January 22, 1949 "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 121 performances January 22, 1949 Chinatown telephone exchange closed January 22, 1948 Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. WI Barbados January 22, 1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA January 22, 1947 KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting January 22, 1946 US president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency January 22, 1945 Burma highway reopens January 22, 1945 Heavy U.S. air raid on Okinawa January 22, 1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy January 22, 1943 66.3 cm precipitation at Hoegees Camp, California (state record) January 22, 1943 Battle of Anzio: Italy; Allies stopped on beach[1944]- January 22, 1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff determine invasion in Sicily for July 10th January 22, 1943 Temperature rises 49 degrees F (9 degrees C) in 2 minutes in Spearfish, SD January 22, 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain January 22, 1942 Sietze de Groot wins 8th Dutch 11 city skate (8:44:06) January 22, 1941 1st mass killing of Jews in Romania January 22, 1941 British/Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians January 22, 1940 1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS January 22, 1939 Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is dedicated January 22, 1939 Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University January 22, 1938 "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, NH, premieres (NJ) January 22, 1936 French Laval government falls January 22, 1934 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady MacBeth," premieres in Leningrad January 22, 1932 British Anglicans and Old-Catholic church merge January 22, 1931 French government of Steeg falls January 22, 1931 VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam January 22, 1930 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record) January 22, 1926 Belgian chief of staff Gen Maglinse quits January 22, 1925 Albania Republic proclaimed under President Achmed Zogu January 22, 1924 Baldwin government resigns in England January 22, 1924 Dutch Blast Furnace and Steel Factory opens January 22, 1924 KGO-AM in San Francisco, California begins radio transmissions January 22, 1918 Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet) January 22, 1914 Paul Claudel's "L'echange," premieres in Paris January 22, 1910 Opera "Germania," premieres in New York City January 22, 1909 Vassily Kandinsky forms Kunstlerverein in Munich January 22, 1905 Bloody Sunday: Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops January 22, 1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series January 22, 1895 National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati January 22, 1890 Jose Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in New York City January 22, 1883 England complete 1st innings victory in Tests vs. Aust MCG January 22, 1881 Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park January 22, 1879 Zulus attack British Army camp in Isandhlwana South Africa January 22, 1879 James Shields (D) elected U.S. senator from Missouri after previously serving as U.S. senator from Illinois and Minnesota January 22, 1873 Britains SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness England, 300 die January 22, 1863 Union Gen Burnside's "Mud March" January 22, 1862 Confederate government raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20 January 22, 1859 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover January 22, 1857 National Association of Baseball Players founded, New York January 22, 1850 Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif January 22, 1837 Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands January 22, 1831 Charles Darwin takes his Bachelors of Art exam January 22, 1817 English freighter Diana sinks off Malaysia January 22, 1816 Lord Byron completes "Parisina" and "Siege of Corinth" January 22, 1814 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in U.S. held, New York City January 22, 1813 Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada January 22, 1798 Coup of Midderigh January 22, 1775 Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland January 22, 1771 Spain cedes Falkland Islands to Britain January 22, 1760 Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French January 22, 1758 Russian troops occupy Konigsberg, East Prussia January 22, 1690 Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French January 22, 1689 Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords January 22, 1689 Prince Willem III calls English parliament together January 22, 1673 Postal service between New York and Boston inaugurated January 22, 1588 Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia) January 22, 1584 Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812) January 22, 1575 English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly January 22, 1528 England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V January 22, 1517 Turks conquer Cairo January 22, 1510 Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany January 22, 1371 King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned January 22, 871 Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex |