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, 1840

Queen Victoria dies, 1901

First Russian Revolution begins, 1905

Supreme Court legalizes abortion, 1973

Sakharov arrested in Moscow, 1980

HOLLYWOOD

Heath Ledger dies of accidental prescription drug overdose, 2008

Conan 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,1964

Operations 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