On this day...

1517 Turks conquer Cairo
1528 England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V
1673 Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated
1690 Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
1771 Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain
1813 Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada
1816 Lord Byron completes "Parisina" & "The Siege of Corinth"
1850 Alta California becomes a daily paper, first such in California
1857 National Association of Baseball Players founded, NY
1859 Brahms' first piano concerto (in D minor) premiers, Hanover
1863 Union General Burnside's "Mud March"
1881 Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park
1895 National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati
1905 "Bloody Sunday"; Russian demonstrators fired on by Tsarist troops
1939 Uranium atom first split, Columbia University
1944 Battle of Anzio (Italy); Allies stopped on the beach
1947 First commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA
1951 Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter
1956 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles
1957 Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Penisula
1959 USAF concludes less than 1% of UFO's are unknown objects
1964 World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin
1968 "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiers on NBC
1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made
1969 Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit
1970 First commercial Boeing 747 flight, NY to London
1972 "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premiers on NBC TV
1973 George Foreman beats Joe Frazier for world heavyweight boxing title
1973 US Supreme Court legalizes some abortions
1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
1980 PGA begins a senior golf tour
1981 O.A. "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of the New Orleans Saints
1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 points
1984 Raiders crush Redskins, 38-9, in Super Bowl XVIII
1985 Cold wave damages 90% of Florida's citrus crop
1988 Heavyweight champ Mike Tyson KOs former champ Larry Holmes in 4
1989 Super Bowl XXIII-San Francisco 49ers-20, Cincinnati Bengels-16
1990 Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with San Francisco Giants

Birthdays which occurred on January 22nd:

1440 Ivan III (the Great), Grand Prince of Russia
1561 Francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist
1571 Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician
1788 Lord George Gordon Noel Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan)
1802 Richard Upjohn, US, gothic architect (Trinity Chapel, New York)
1874 Wincenty Witoz Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)
1875 D.W. Griffith, movie producer (Birth of a Nation)
1890 Fred M. Vinson, Kentucky, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53)
1909 Ann Sothern, ND, actress (Lady in a Cage, My Mother the Car)
1918 Richard Eastham, Opelousas LA, actor (Wonder Woman, Falcon Crest)
1920 William Warfield, singer (Show Boat)
1922 Howard Moss, poet/editor (New Yorker)
1923 Diana Douglas, Devonshire Bermuda, actress (The Cowboys)
1924 J.J. Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist
1931 Sam Cooke, gospel & blues singer
1932 Piper Laurie [Rosetta Jacobs], Detroit MI, actress (Twin Peaks)
1934 Bill Bixby, San Francisco CA, actor (Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian)
1937 Eden Pastora Gomez, Nicaraguan contra leader
1937 Joseph Wambaugh, US, police writer (Onion Fields)
1940 Addie "Micki" Harris, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1940 John Hurt, England, actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express)
1946 Andrew Rubin, New Bedford MA, actor (Hometown, Joe Bash)
1949 Steve Perry, rock vocalist (Journey)
1952 Teddy Gentry, rocker (Alabama-Take Me Down)
1959 Linda Blair, St Louis MO, actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St)
1960 Michael Hutchence, rocker (Inxs-I Need You Tonight)
1962 Robert Mailhouse, New Haven CT, actor (Brian-Days of our Life)
1963 Diane Lane, New York NY, actress (Cotton Club, 6 Pack, Big Town)
1965 Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand)
1967 Olivia d'Abo, London England, actress (Karen Arnold-Wonder Years)

Deaths which occurred on January 22nd:

1531 Andrea del Sarto, Italian artist, dies at 43
1552 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason
1950 Alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 57
1968 Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii, 100m swimmer (oly-gold-1912, 20), dies at 77
1973 Lyndon B. Johnson, President, dies at his Texas ranch at 64
1987 R. Budd Dwyer, Pennsylvania State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy & perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference