Unforgettable moments: An epic journey on January 22

On January 22, we embarked on an epic journey that we will never forget. Stay tuned as we capture all the unforgettable moments from this date in history and share them with you.Show more

1472 Great comet of 1471 (C/1471 Y1) becomes the closest comet in modern times, coming within 10 million kilometers of Earth
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
1813 Americans capture Frenchtown, Michigan Territory
1814 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held in New York City
1862 Confederate government raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20
1889 Columbia Phonograph was formed in Washington, D.C.
1905 In St Petersburg, Russia, a large demonstration of workers led by Father Gapon, march to the Winter Palace with a petition to the Tsar; troops fire on protesters in what becomes known as 'Bloody Sunday’
1908 Katie Mulcahey is arrested for lighting a cigarette, violating the 1-day old "Sullivan Ordinance" banning women from smoking in public, and is fined $5. Appearing before the judge she stated “I’ve got as much right to smoke as you have. I never heard of this new law, and I don’t want to hear about it. No man shall dictate to me.”
1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens in Hollywood, California
1959 Buddy Holly makes his last recordings in his NYC apartment, alone with an acoustic guitar; he tapes five songs including "Peggy Sue" and "Crying, Waiting, Hoping", which were embellished, overdubbed, and released posthumously by Coral Records
1965 US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite
1968 Apollo Lunar Module is launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made
1970 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, Pan American World Airways flies from New York City to London in 6½ hours
1973 In a landmark decision the US Supreme Court legalizes most abortions (Roe v. Wade), authoring the majority opinion Harry Blackmun states that the criminalization of abortion does not have "roots in the English common-law tradition”
1973 US, North & South Vietnam & Vietcong sign boundary accord
1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
1982 75% of North America is covered by snow
1983 NFC Championship, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys, 31-17
1985 -30°F (-34°C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
1987 Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism
1990 Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm.
1991 Kuwaiti oil facilities are destroyed by Iraqi forces
1992 Sarah, Duchess of York (aka Fergie) wears paper bag over her head on airline ride
2002 Kmart Corp 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
2010 Conan O'Brien's last The Tonight Show episode after a big controversy over the Tonight Show timeslot
2014 Water vapor is detected on the dwarf planet Ceres
2018 Netflix becomes the largest digital media and entertainment company in the world worth $100 billion
2021 Lloyd Austin confirmed as defense secretary by the US Senate, and the first black head of the Pentagon