01-21-2011, 09:02 PM
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January 22nd
1788 ~ Birthday of Lord Byron, Poet.
1840 ~ British colonists reached New Zealand.
1879 ~ Zulu troops defeated British troops at the Battle of Isandlwana.
1909 ~ Birthday of U Thant, 3rd UN Secretary General.
1953 ~ "The Crucible", a drama by Arthur Miller, opened on Broadway.
1970 ~ The Boeing 747 went on its first regularly scheduled commercial flight, from New York to London.
1973 ~ The U.S. Supreme Court, in the Roe vs. Wade decision, legalized abortions, using a trimester approach.
1973 ~ Death of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th U.S. President.
1984 ~ The Apple Macintosh was introduced with the famous television commercial "1984" (requires QuickTime and patience [but is generally considered among the better commercials in history]).
1992 ~ Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman astronaut.
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