Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 22
This is a list of selected January 22 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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SS Valencia
Ineligible
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| 1863 – The January Uprising, the longest Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian uprising against the Russian Empire, broke out, originally as a spontaneous protest by young Poles against conscription into the Imperial Russian Army. | multiple issues |
| 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Zulu forces of King Cetshwayo fought to a decisive victory at the Battle of Isandlwana, but elsewhere the British were able to repel a Zulu attack in the Battle of Rorke's Drift. | both articles: refimprove sections |
| 1971 – The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, was issued. | needs expansion |
| 1980 – Andrei Sakharov, a key architect of the Soviet hydrogen bomb and winner of the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize, was arrested in Moscow following his public protests against the Soviet war in Afghanistan and exiled to Gorky. | featured on December 19 |
Eligible
- 565 – Justinian the Great deposed Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople, after the latter refused the Byzantine Emperor's order to adopt the tenets of the Aphthartodocetae, a sect of Monophysites.
- 1906 – The SS Valencia was wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, in a location so treacherous it was known as the Graveyard of the Pacific.
- 1924 – Ramsay MacDonald took office as the first British Prime Minister from the Labour Party.
- 1944 – World War II: The Allies commenced Operation Shingle, an amphibious landing against Axis forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
- 1957 – New York City police arrested George Metesky, better known as the "Mad Bomber", for planting over 30 bombs over 16 years throughout the city.
- 1968 – Vietnam War: American forces began implementing Operation Igloo White, an electronic surveillance system designed to stop the People's Army of (North) Vietnam from infiltrating into South Vietnam.
- 1969 – Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev survived an assassination attempt, an incident that was not revealed to the public until after the fall of the Soviet Union.
- 1970 – The Boeing 747, the world's first widebody commercial airliner, entered service for Pan American Airways on the New York–London route.
- 1973 – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, striking down laws restricting abortion during the first six to seven months of pregnancy.
- 1984 – Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh, the first successful personal computer to use a graphical user interface, during Super Bowl XVIII with its groundbreaking "1984" television commercial.
- 1987 – After being convicted of receiving bribes, Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer committed suicide during a televised press conference.
January 22: Reunion Day in Ukraine (1919)
- 1506 – The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards (modern soldier pictured) arrived at the Vatican in Rome to serve as security for the Pope.
- 1689 – The Convention Parliament convened to justify the overthrow of James II, the last Roman Catholic king of England, who had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.
- 1905 – Russian Revolution: Peaceful demonstrators, led by Father Gapon, a Russian Orthodox priest, were massacred outside the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
- 1946 – Iran Crisis: The Republic of Mahabad declared its independence, seeking autonomy for the Kurds within Iran.
- 2006 – Aymaran Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia, the country's first democratically elected, fully Amerindian leader.
