Editing January 22 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[613]] &ndash; Eight-month-old [[Constantine III (Byzantine emperor)|Heraclius Constantine]] is crowned as co-emperor (''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]'') by his father [[Heraclius]] at [[Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Gilbert Dagron|title=Emperor and Priest: The Imperial Office in Byzantium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCnN4yAojagC&pg=PA74|date=16 October 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-80123-2|pages=74}}</ref>
* [[871]] &ndash; [[Battle of Basing]]: The [[Wessex|West Saxons]] led by King [[Æthelred of Wessex|Æthelred I]] are defeated by the [[Danelaw]] [[Vikings]] at [[Old Basing|Basing]].<ref>Estimated date; {{cite book|title=The Life and Time of Alfred the Great|year = 1902|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGYYTMvM500C&pg=PA93|publisher=Ardent Media|pages=93}}</ref>
*[[1506]] &ndash; The first contingent of 150 [[Swiss Guard]]s arrives at the [[Vatican City|Vatican]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Scott's monthly journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G4guAAAAIAAJ|year=1959|page=244}}</ref>
*[[1517]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire]] under [[Selim I]] defeats the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk Sultanate]] and captures present-day Egypt at the [[Battle of Ridaniya]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islām: A Dictionary of the Geography, Ethnography and Biography of the Muhammadan Peoples|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=akFJAQAAMAAJ|year=1934|publisher=E. J. Brill|page=215}}</ref>
*[[1555]] &ndash; The [[Ava Kingdom]] falls to the [[Taungoo Dynasty]] in what is now [[Myanmar]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1689]] &ndash; The [[Convention Parliament (1689)|Convention Parliament]] convenes to determine whether [[James II of England|James II and VII]], the last [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in [[1688]].
*[[1808]] &ndash; The [[House of Braganza|Portuguese royal family]] [[Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil|arrives in Brazil]] after fleeing the [[Invasion of Portugal (1807)|French army's invasion of Portugal]] two months earlier.
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]: The [[Siege of Multan (1848-1849)|Siege of Multan]] ends after nine months when the last [[Sikhism|Sikh]] defenders of [[Multan]], [[Punjab region|Punjab]], surrender.
*[[1863]] &ndash; The [[January Uprising]] breaks out in Poland, [[Lithuania]] and [[Belarus]]. The aim of the national movement is to regain [[Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth]] from occupation by Russia.
*[[1879]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Isandlwana]] during the [[Anglo-Zulu War]] results in a Zulu victory.
*  1879   &ndash; The [[Battle of Rorke's Drift]], also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some {{cvt|15|km}} away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
*[[1890]] &ndash; The [[United Mine Workers of America]] is founded in [[Columbus, Ohio]].

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Edward VII]] is proclaimed [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King of the United Kingdom]] after the [[State funeral of Queen Victoria|death of his mother]], [[Queen Victoria]].
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Bloody Sunday (1905)|Bloody Sunday]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], beginning of the [[1905 Russian Revolution|1905 revolution]].
*[[1906]] &ndash; {{SS|Valencia}} runs aground on rocks on [[Vancouver Island]], [[British Columbia]], killing more than 130.
*[[1915]] &ndash; Over 600 people are killed in [[Guadalajara]], Mexico, when a train [[Guadalajara train disaster|plunges off the tracks]] into a deep canyon.
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[American entry into World War I]]: President [[Woodrow Wilson]] of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Act Zluky]] is signed, unifying the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] and the [[West Ukrainian National Republic]].
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Ramsay MacDonald]] becomes the first [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Teddy Wakelam]] gives the first live radio commentary of a [[association football|football]] match, between [[Arsenal F.C.]] and [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] at [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[British Empire|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] troops capture [[Tobruk]] from [[Regio Esercito|Italian forces]] during [[Operation Compass#Tobruk|Operation Compass]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought [[Battle of Buna–Gona]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Brien |first=James |title=The Bloody Beachheads: Buna, Gona and Sanananda, 1942–43 | page = 27|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/sites/default/files/2013%20James%20Brien,%20Bloody_Beachheads_Ver_15.pdf |website=Australian War Memorial |year=2013 |access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] commence [[Operation Shingle]], an assault on [[Anzio]] and [[Nettuno]], Italy.
*[[1946]] &ndash; In [[Iran]], [[Qazi Muhammad]] declares the independent people's [[Republic of Mahabad]] at [[Chahar Cheragh Square]] in the Kurdish city of [[Mahabad]]; he becomes the new president and [[Haji Baba Sheikh]] becomes the [[prime minister]].
*  1946   &ndash; Creation of the ''Central Intelligence Group'', forerunner of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[KTLA]], the first commercial [[television station]] west of the [[Mississippi River]], begins operation in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]].
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Israel]] withdraws from the [[Sinai Peninsula]].
*  1957   &ndash; The New York City "Mad Bomber", [[George Metesky|George P. Metesky]], is arrested in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]] and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[Élysée Treaty]] of cooperation between France and West Germany is signed by [[Charles de Gaulle]] and [[Konrad Adenauer]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; Between dozens and hundreds of [[Somoza family|anti-Somocista]] demonstrators are killed by the [[National Guard (Nicaragua)|Nicaraguan National Guard]] in [[Managua]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gould |first1=Jeffrey L. |title=To Lead as Equals: Rural Protest and Political Consciousness in Chinandega, Nicaragua, 1912-1979 |date=1990 |publisher=UNC Press Books |isbn=978-0-8078-4275-1 |page=271 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pZFtARmSY6kC&pg=PA271 |access-date=6 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Apollo Program]]: [[Apollo 5]] lifts off carrying the first [[Lunar module]] into space.
*  1968   &ndash; [[Operation Igloo White]], a US electronic surveillance system to stop [[People's Army of Vietnam|communist infiltration]] into [[South Vietnam]] begins installation.
*[[1970]] &ndash; The [[Boeing 747]], the world's first "[[Wide-body aircraft|jumbo jet]]", enters commercial service for launch customer [[Pan American Airways]] with its maiden voyage from New York's [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] to [[London Heathrow Airport]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[Singapore Declaration]], one of the two most important documents to the [[uncodified constitution]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], is issued.
*[[1973]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] delivers its decisions in ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' and ''[[Doe v. Bolton]]'', legalizing elective [[Abortion in the United States|abortion]] in all fifty states.
*  1973   &ndash; The crew of [[Apollo 17]] addresses a [[Joint session of the United States Congress|joint session of Congress]] after the completion of the final Apollo Moon landing mission.
*  1973   &ndash; A chartered [[Boeing 707]] [[1973 Kano Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 crash|explodes in flames]] upon landing at [[Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport|Kano Airport]], [[Nigeria]], killing 176.
*  1973   &ndash; In a bout for the world heavyweight boxing championship in [[Kingston, Jamaica]], challenger [[George Foreman]] knocks down champion [[Joe Frazier]] six times in the first two rounds before the fight is stopped by referee [[Arthur Mercante]].<ref name=history>{{cite web|title=Foreman beats Frazier to win heavyweight title in Jamaica|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/foreman-beats-frazier-to-win-heavyweight-title-in-jamaica|publisher=history.com|access-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607133500/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/foreman-beats-frazier-to-win-heavyweight-title-in-jamaica|archive-date=7 June 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; The [[Mac (computer)|Apple Macintosh]], the first consumer computer to popularize the [[computer mouse]] and the [[graphical user interface]], is introduced during a [[Super Bowl XVIII]] [[1984 (advertisement)|television commercial]].
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Philippines|Philippine]] security forces [[Mendiola massacre|open fire]] on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at [[Malacañang Palace]], [[Manila]], killing 13.
*[[1992]] &ndash; Rebel forces occupy [[Zaire]]'s national radio station in [[Kinshasa]] and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
*  1992   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: The [[Space Shuttle Discovery|space shuttle ''Discovery'']] launches on [[STS-42]] carrying Dr. [[Roberta Bondar]], who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]: [[Beit Lid suicide bombing]]: In central [[Israel]], near [[Netanya]], two [[Gaza Strip|Gazans]] blow themselves up at a military transit point, killing 19 Israeli soldiers.
*[[1998]] &ndash; Space Shuttle program: [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|space shuttle ''Endeavour'']] launches on [[STS-89]] to dock with the Russian space station ''[[Mir]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-89.html|title=NASA - STS-89|last=Warnock|first=Lynda|website=www.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA|access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; Australian missionary [[Graham Staines]] and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in [[East India|Eastern India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jan/23oris.htm |title=Rediff On The NeT: Missionary, children burnt alive in Orissa |work=Rediff.com |date=1999-01-23 |access-date=2015-04-16}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Evo Morales]] is inaugurated as [[President of Bolivia]], becoming the country's first indigenous president.
*[[2007]] &ndash; At least 88 people are killed when [[22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings|two car bombs]] explode in the [[Bab Al-Sharqi]] market in central [[Baghdad]], Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6286459.stm|title=Scores killed in Iraq bloodshed|date=22 January 2007|website=BBC News|access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] signs an executive order to close the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]; congressional opposition will prevent it being implemented.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=Barack Obama - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/barack-obama/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Ram Mandir]] is inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] at [[Ayodhya]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] after 500 years of [[Ayodhya dispute|dispute]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-22 |title=Ayodhya Ram Mandir LIVE updates: Ram Lalla darshan for general public from tomorrow |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ayodhya-ram-mandir-inauguration-live-updates-ram-temple-pran-pratishtha-ceremony-narendra-modi-speech-22-january-2024-101705843465943.html |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-22 |title=Ayodhya Ram Mandir Inauguration LIVE Updates: Everyone should light 'Ram Jyoti' in their homes and welcome Lord Ram, says PM Modi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ayodhya-ram-mandir-news-live-updates-ram-temple-consecration-ceremony-pran-pratistha-january-22-ram-janmbhoomi-pm-modi/liveblog/107035131.cms |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>