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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 22 January.

1. Americans capture Frenchtown Canada
2. New Zealand settled by British
3. Alta California becomes a daily paper 1st such in Calif
4. Bloody Sunday; Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops
5. Aquatic Park dedicated
6. Battle of Anzio Allies stopped on the beach
7. 1st coml TV station west of Mississippi opens Hollywood Ca
8. Chinatown telephone exchange closed
9. Apollo 5 launched to moon Unmanned lunar module tests made
10. Supreme Court approves abortions
11. Lansat 2 an Earth Resources Technology Satellite is launched
12. 40th Islander shut-out opponent - 3-0 vs Red Wings-Billy Smith 15th

These famous people were born on 22 January.

1. 1440 - Ivan III (The Great), grand prince of Russia
2. 1561 - Francis Bacon, English statesman and essayist (Novum Organum)
3. 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German critic and dramatist
4. 1788 - George Gordon, Lord Byron and English Romantic poet
5. 1802 - Richard Upjohn, American Gothic architect (Trinity Chapel NY)
6. 1849 - August Strindberg, Swedish dramatist and novelist
7. 1875 - D.W. Griffith, movie producer (Birth of a Nation)
8. 1909 - U Thant, 3rd secretary-general of UN (1962-72) Burma
9. 1912 - Ann Sothern, voice of my mother the car
10. 1920 - William Warfield, singer (Show Boat)
11. 1928 - Birch Bayh, (D) former US senator from Indiana
12. 1932 - Piper Laurie, in Detroit Michigan
13. 1934 - Bill Bixby, Actor (Incredible Hulk and My Favorite Martian)
14. 1937 - Joseph Wambaugh, police writer (The Onionfields)
15. 1959 - Linda Blair, Actress (The Exorcist) in St Louis Mo