January 22nd: This day in history
LEAD STORY
Ted Kaczynski pleads guilty to bombings, 1998
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Claudius Smith, "Cowboy of the Ramapos,"hangs,1779
AUTOMOTIVE
"Gran Torino" opens Down Under, 2009
CIVIL WAR
Rebel General John McCausland dies, 1927
COLD WAR
Reagan links arms talks with Soviets to oppression in Poland,1982
CRIME
Roe v. Wade, 1973
DISASTER
Plane crashes at Nigerian airport, 1973
GENERAL INTEREST
British colonists reach New Zealand, 1840Queen Victoria dies, 1901First Russian Revolution begins, 1905Supreme Court legalizes abortion, 1973Sakharov arrested in Moscow, 1980
HOLLYWOOD
Heath Ledger dies of accidental prescription drug overdose, 2008Conan O’Brien makes final appearance as “Tonight Show†host,2010
LITERARY
George Gordon, Lord Byron, is born, 1788
MUSIC
Final portrait of John and Yoko is on the cover of Rolling Stone, 1981
OLD WEST
Chief Dull Knife makes last fight for freedom,1879
PRESIDENTIAL
Lyndon Baines Johnson dies in Texas, 1973
SPORTS
Foreman beats Frazier to win heavyweight title in Jamaica, 1973
VIETNAM WAR
U.S. Joint Chiefs foresee larger U.S. commitment,1964Operations Jeb Stuart and Pershing II kick off,1968
WORLD WAR I
Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia, 1905
WORLD WAR II
Brits and Australians take Tobruk, 1941
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