Today in History: January 22nd

• Lead Story

• 1998 Ted Kaczynski pleads guilty to bombings

• American Revolution

• 1779 Claudius Smith, “Cowboy of the Ramapos,” hangs

• Automotive

• 2009 “Gran Torino” opens Down Under

• Civil War

• 1927 John McCausland dies

• Cold War

• 1982 Reagan links arms talks with Soviets to oppression in Poland

• Crime

• 1973 Roe v. Wade

• Disaster

• 1973 Plane crashes at Nigerian airport

• General Interest

• 1840 British colonists reach New Zealand
• 1901 Queen Victoria dies
• 1905 First Russian Revolution begins
• 1973 Supreme Court legalizes abortion
• 1980 Sakharov arrested in Moscow

• Hollywood

• 2008 Heath Ledger dies of accidental prescription drug overdose
• 2010 Conan O’Brien makes final appearance as “Tonight Show” host

• Literary

• 1788 George Gordon, Lord Byron, is born

• Music

• 1981 Final portrait of John and Yoko is on the cover of Rolling Stone

• Old West

• 1879 Chief Dull Knife makes last fight for freedom

• Presidential

• 1973 Lyndon Baines Johnson dies in Texas

• Sports

• 1973 Foreman beats Frazier to win heavyweight title in Jamaica

• Vietnam War

• 1964 U.S. Joint Chiefs foresee larger U.S. commitment
• 1968 Operations Jeb Stuart and Pershing II kick off

• World War I

• 1905 Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia

• World War II

• 1941 Brits and Australians take Tobruk

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