January 22 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for January 22
In the headlines today:

2002	K-Mart Corporation files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The $17 billion filing was the largest ever for a US-based retailer.
1999	Pope John Paul II arrives in Mexico for his first visit in 20 years. (photo credit: NARA)
1997	The Senate confirms President Clinton's nomination of Madeleine Albright, making her the first female US Secretary of State.
1995	Rose Kennedy dies at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, MA, at age 104.
1995	Twenty-one Israelis are killed and dozens injured in a suicide bombing in central Israel.
1990	Graduate student Robert T. Morris is convicted in federal court for unleashing a malicious 'worm' on a computer network.
1973	Former US president Lyndon Baines Johnson dies at age 64.
1973	The Supreme Court announces the famous Roe versus Wade decision, legalizing abortion in the US (during the first six months of pregnancy).
1970	The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its first regularly scheduled commercial flight on a route from New York to London.
1968	The comedy television show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In premieres on the NBC network.
1953	Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, opens on Broadway.
1947	Hollywood station KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins broadcasting.
1944	Allied forces begin their beach assault at Anzio, Italy, during WWII.
1938	Thornton Wilder's play, Our Town, debuts in Princeton, New Jersey.
1922	Pope Benedict XV dies and is succeeded by Pius XI.
1901	Victoria, Queen of England, dies at age 82.