Today in History 1/22

1506: The first contingent of Swiss Guards arrive at the Vatican.
1561: Sir Francis Bacon is born.1771: Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England.
1788: Lord George Byron is born. He was a leading figure in Romantic poetry, writing Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan among others.1869: Grigori Rasputin is born.
1889: Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC.
1890: The United Mine Workers of America is formed in Columbus, OH.
1901: Edward VII becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria dies.1909: Ann Sothern is born. She provided the voice of the car on My Mother the Car.


1906: Robert E. Howard is born. He wrote the Conan novels.1917: Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
1932: Piper Laurie is born.
1934: Bill Bixby is born.
1938: Thorton Wilder's play, Our Town premieres.
1939: Jeff Smith, aka The Frugal Gourmet is born.
1940: John Hurt is born.
1946: The Central Intelligence Group, a forerunner of the CIA is formed.
1946: Malcolm McLaren, founder of The Sex Pistols, is born.1949: Steve Perry, singer for Journey is born.
1947: KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi begins operations in Hollywood, CA.
1952: The first jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, enters service for the BOAC. The first versions suffered from catastrophic metal fatigue.1959: Linda Blair is born.
1960: Michael Hutchence, singer for INXS, is born.
1965: DJ Jazzy Jeff is born.
1965: Diane Lane is born.
1968: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In premieres on NBC. I never, ever thought this show was funny.
1969: Olivia d'Abo is born. She played the human who doesn't know she's a Q in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the virginal sacrifice in Conan: The Destroyer.
1972: Emergency, the third part of Jack Webb's law enforcement trilogy (the other two thirds being Dragnet and Adam-12) premieres.
1973: The Supreme Court delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade striking down state laws restricting abortion during the first six months of pregnancy.
1973: Lyndon B. Johnson dies.
1973: George Foreman breaks Joe Frazier's professional career undefeated heavyweight world boxing champion status.
1984: The Apple Macintosh is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with it's famous "1984" commercial.
2003: WWII-era cartoonist Bill Mauldin dies.


Today in History elements mostly cribbed from The History Channel, Wikipedia, The New York Times, The Jewish World Review, The Writer's Almanac and anything else I can dig up