What are the important events that happened on January 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

January 22: Facts & Myths About This Day

January 22 is the 22^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 9, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,737,504,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icosidigon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 7 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,415 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 22 Historical Events

• 1877 –
  Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices.
• 1917 –
  World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for “peace without victory” in Europe.
• 1919 –
  Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
• 1946 –
  Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• 1947 –
  KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
• 1984 –
  The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984” television commercial.
• 1999 –
  Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
• 2002 –
  Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
• 2004 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
• 2006 –
  Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country’s first indigenous president.

Who were born on January 22?

• 1890 –
  Vinko Žganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (d. 1976)
• 1907 –
  Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (d. 1995)
• 1952 –
  Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1955 –
  Thomas David Jones, American astronaut
• 1957 –
  Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician
• 1972 –
  Namrata Shirodkar, Indian actress
• 1973 –
  Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 –
  Jimmy Anderson, American baseball player
• 1981 –
  Beverley Mitchell, American actress
• 1987 –
  Ray Rice, American football player

Who died on January 22?

• 239 –
  Cao Rui (Wei Ming Di), emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 205)
• 1840 –
  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
• 1922 –
  Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1837)
• 1930 –
  Stephen Mather, American entrepreneur and conservationist (b. 1867)
• 1981 –
  Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (b. 1903)
• 1982 –
  Tommy Tucker, American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
• 1994 –
  Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
• 2004 –
  Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916)
• 2007 –
  Abbé Pierre, French priest (b. 1912)
• 2009 –
  Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908)