A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on January 22 throughout history.
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Prince William of Orange, the future King William III of Britain, summons the Convention Parliament to discuss ruling jointly with his wife, Mary, the daughter of the exiled King James II
Battle of Rorke's Drift: A British garrison of about 150 holds off 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors. Eleven Victoria Crosses and several other decorations are awarded to the defenders.
A large demonstration of workers in St Petersburg, Russia, led by Father Gapon, marches to the Winter Palace with a petition to the Tsar; troops fire on the protesters in what becomes known as Bloody Sunday
Katie Mulcahey is arrested for lighting a cigarette, violating the one-day-old "Sullivan Ordinance" banning women from smoking in public, and is fined $5. Appearing before the judge, she states, “I’ve got as much right to smoke as you have. I never heard of this new law, and I don’t want to hear abo
In a landmark decision, the US Supreme Court legalizes most abortions (Roe v. Wade). Writing the majority opinion, Justice Harry Blackmun states that the criminalization of abortion does not have "roots in the English common law tradition."
Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, sparking debate about the boundaries of journalism
Aretha Franklin's 14th studio album "Lady Soul" is released (Billboard Album of the Year, 1968)
The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) was the first organization governing American baseball (spelled as two words in the 19th century). The first convention of 16 New York City area…
Portuguese heir to the throne Prince John (15) marries his cousin Eleanor of Viseu (12)
Novelist Anthony Burgess (25) weds Llewela Jones
Comedic actor Bob Denver (25) weds Maggie Ryan in California
Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus
Military triumph of Wak Jalam Chan (Lady Six Sky), female ruler of the Maya city of Sa’aal (Naranjo) as depicted on Stela 24 Naranjo [1]
Battle of Basing: Danish invasion army beats Saxon Ethelred of Wessex
Great comet of 1471 (C/1471 Y1) becomes the closest comet in modern times, coming within 10 million kilometers of Earth [1]
The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican
Jews are expelled from Colmar, Alsace
Ottoman Egypt was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire after the conquest of Mamluk Egypt by the Ottomans in 1517. The Ottomans administered Egypt as a province (eyalet) of their empire.
Immensa aeterni Dei ("The immeasurable [wisdom of] the eternal God") is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull issued by Pope Sixtus V on 22 January 1588.
Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston, at the command of King Charles II; the route becomes known as the Boston Post Road
Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of the English House of Lords
Iroquois tribes renew their allegiance to the British in opposition to the French
Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East Prussia [OS=Jan 11]
Battle of Wandiwash, India: British troops defeat French forces
The Falkland Islands, commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.
Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski confiscates goods being sold by Jews in settlements on the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland
The Batavian Republic (Dutch: Bataafse Republiek; French: République Batave) was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
The Battle of Frenchtown, also known as the Battle of the River Raisin and the River Raisin Massacre, refers to two consecutive engagements in the Michigan Territory during the War of 1812.
First Knights Templar Grand Encampment in the US is held in New York City
British freighter Diana sinks off Malaya
Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast
Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands
The New Zealand Company, chartered in the United Kingdom, was a company that existed in the first half of the 19th century on a business model that was focused on the systematic colonisation of New...
Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif
Confederate government raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20
The January Uprising, an insurrection in Russia's Kingdom of Poland aimed at restoration of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth begins; carries on for 1-1/2 years, but fails
British SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness, England, 300 die
Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices
Cleopatra's Needle, a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk, is erected in Central Park, New York [1]
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as the 'G', is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Australia.
A phonograph, later called a gramophone, and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound.
Jose Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in NYC
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is an advocacy group headquartered in Washington, D.C., with additional offices across the United States.
Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation
The Hay-Herran Treaty concerning the US right to the Panama Canal is signed by the Colombian Charge d'affaires in Washington, D.C, however it is never ratified
SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130
Vassily Kandinsky forms Kunstlerverein in Munich
Opera "Germania" premieres in NYC
Paul Claudel's play "L'échange" premieres in Paris
The German revolution of 1918–1919, also known as the November Revolution (German: Novemberrevolution), was an uprising started by workers and soldiers in the final days of World War I.
Dutch Blast Furnace & Steel Factory opens
Belgian chief of staff General Maglinse quits
-35°F (-37°C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
French government of Steeg falls
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
First radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS
The British capture of Tobruk was a battle fought between 21 and 22 January 1941, as part of Operation Compass, the first offensive of the Western Desert Force (WDF) in the Western Desert Campaign of...
Sietze de Groot wins 8th Dutch 11 city skate (8:44:06)
66.34 cm (26.12") precipitation over 24 hour period in Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
Allied forces begin landing at Anzio on the Italian mainland
The Burma Road was a road linking Burma (now known as Myanmar) with southwest China. Its terminals were Lashio, Burma, in the south and Kunming, China, the capital of Yunnan province in the north.
KTLA (channel 5) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship station of The CW.
Chinatown telephone exchange in San Francisco is closed
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom
The 1953 National Football League draft was held on January 22, 1953, at The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia.
30 people die in a train crash in Los Angeles
Mad Bomber (George P. Metesky) is accused of 30 explosions and arrested
KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989), better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965.
The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; Spanish: Organización de los Estados Americanos; Portuguese: Organização dos Estados Americanos; French: Organisation des États américains) is an...
The president of the Republic of Zambia is the head of state and head of government of Zambia and is the highest executive authority in the country.
US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite
"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" sketch comedy television program premieres on NBC
The Orbiting Solar Observatory (abbreviated OSO) Program was the name of a series of American space telescopes primarily intended to study the Sun, though they also included important non-solar...
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October...
An anti-internment march is held at Magilligan strand, County Derry; as the march nears the internment camp it is stopped by members of the Green Jackets and the Parachute Regiment of the British Army, who used barbed wire to close off the beach
The Landsat program is the longest-running enterprise that has acquired satellite imagery of Earth. It is a joint NASA / USGS program.
Bank robbery in Beirut nets a record $20 to $50 million
10,000s UK public sector workers go on strike
Oail Andrew "Bum" Phillips Jr. (September 29, 1923 – October 18, 2013) was an American football coach at the high school, college and professional levels.
75% of North America is covered by snow
Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96
Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's college basketball record with 70 points in 116-21 victory over Pratt Institute at Purchase, New York
-30°F (-34°C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North
Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5
Cholera epidemic begins in Peru with first known sufferer, 300,000 people infected over the next 12 months
Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation
Johan Koss skates a world record 5 km in 6:38.77
5.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Sumatra
Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed
Space shuttle Atlantis successfully returns to Earth
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson (December 25, 1958 – December 20, 2024), nicknamed "Man of Steal", was an American professional baseball left fielder who played 25 seasons in Major League Baseball...
Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India
The British government launches pro-vaccine campaign
Kmart, formerly Kmart Corporation, is a department-store chain and online retailer in the United States and its territories. Originally incorporated in 1899 as S. S.
The jury portion of the trial against Robert Pickton, accused of being Canada's worst serial killer, opens in New Westminster, British Columbia
A series of Baghdad car bombings kill 17 people
Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Winter storm conditions strand 500 motorists for 24 hours in Somerset and Bedford counties, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Chile declares a State of Emergency and requests international assistance as wildfires rage out of control
Netflix becomes the largest digital media and entertainment company in the world worth $100 billion
New Orleans Pelicans' DeMarcus Cousins has 44 points, 24 rebounds & 10 assists in 132-128 double-OT win over Chicago Bulls; 1st player since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1972) with 40+ points, 20+ rebounds & 10+ assists
Lloyd Austin confirmed as defense secretary by the US Senate, and the first Black head of the Pentagon
Australian surfer Laura Enever sets world record riding the largest-ever wave by a woman at 43.6ft (13.3m) on Oahu's North Shore, Hawaii [1]
Joel Embiid sets NBA 76ers franchise record with 70 points in a single game during 133-123 win over visiting San Antonio Spurs, in Philadelphia; previous record of 68 set by Wilt Chamberlain in 1967
ICE authorities allow suspect in $100 million jewelry heist to self-deport before trial, upsetting prosecutors [1]
Ivan the Great is born
Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman, known for english philosopher and statesman, was born on 1561-01-22.
William Kidd is born
Lord Byron, British poet, known for english poet, was born on 1788-01-22. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), was a British poet.
U Thant is born
D. W. Griffith, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1875-01-22. David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director.
Bill Bixby, American actor and director, known for american actor and director, was born on 1934-01-22.
Linda Blair, American actress and animal rights activist, known for american actress and animal rights activist, was born on 1960-01-22. Linda Denise Blair is an American actress and activist.
George Balanchine musician, known for georgian-american ballet choreographer, was born on 1904-01-22. George Balanchine (born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; January 22, 1904 [O.S.
Sam Cooke, American musician, known for american singer and songwriter, was born on 1931-01-22.
Malcolm McLaren, English musician, known for english fashion designer and music manager, was born on 1946-01-22.
Michael Hutchence, Australian musician, known for australian singer, was born on 1960-01-22.
Mike Bossy, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1957-01-22.
Caitlin Clark, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 2003-01-22.
David Edward Hughes, American british-american inventor and music professor, known for british-american inventor and music professor, died on 1900-01-22.
Queen Victoria dies
Benedict XV dies
Lyndon B. Johnson dies
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American philanthropist, mother of john f. kennedy, known for american philanthropist, mother of john f. kennedy, died on 1995-01-22.
Hank Aaron, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 2021-01-22.
Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus
Military triumph of Wak Jalam Chan (Lady Six Sky), female ruler of the Maya city of Sa’aal (Naranjo) as depicted on Stela 24 Naranjo [1]
Battle of Basing: Danish invasion army beats Saxon Ethelred of Wessex
Ivan the Great is born
Portuguese heir to the throne Prince John (15) marries his cousin Eleanor of Viseu (12)
Great comet of 1471 (C/1471 Y1) becomes the closest comet in modern times, coming within 10 million kilometers of Earth [1]
The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican
Jews are expelled from Colmar, Alsace
Ottoman Egypt was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire after the conquest of Mamluk Egypt by the Ottomans in 1517. The Ottomans administered Egypt as a province (eyalet) of their empire.
Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman, known for english philosopher and statesman, was born on 1561-01-22.
Immensa aeterni Dei ("The immeasurable [wisdom of] the eternal God") is an apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull issued by Pope Sixtus V on 22 January 1588.
William Kidd is born
Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston, at the command of King Charles II; the route becomes known as the Boston Post Road
Prince William of Orange, the future King William III of Britain, summons the Convention Parliament to discuss ruling jointly with his wife, Mary, the daughter of the exiled King James II
Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of the English House of Lords
Iroquois tribes renew their allegiance to the British in opposition to the French
Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East Prussia [OS=Jan 11]
Battle of Wandiwash, India: British troops defeat French forces
The Falkland Islands, commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.
Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski confiscates goods being sold by Jews in settlements on the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland
Lord Byron, British poet, known for english poet, was born on 1788-01-22. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), was a British poet.
The Batavian Republic (Dutch: Bataafse Republiek; French: République Batave) was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
The Battle of Frenchtown, also known as the Battle of the River Raisin and the River Raisin Massacre, refers to two consecutive engagements in the Michigan Territory during the War of 1812.
First Knights Templar Grand Encampment in the US is held in New York City
British freighter Diana sinks off Malaya
Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast
Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands
The New Zealand Company, chartered in the United Kingdom, was a company that existed in the first half of the 19th century on a business model that was focused on the systematic colonisation of New...
Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif
The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) was the first organization governing American baseball (spelled as two words in the 19th century). The first convention of 16 New York City area…
Confederate government raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20
The January Uprising, an insurrection in Russia's Kingdom of Poland aimed at restoration of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth begins; carries on for 1-1/2 years, but fails
British SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness, England, 300 die
D. W. Griffith, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1875-01-22. David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director.
Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices
Battle of Rorke's Drift: A British garrison of about 150 holds off 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors. Eleven Victoria Crosses and several other decorations are awarded to the defenders.
Cleopatra's Needle, a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk, is erected in Central Park, New York [1]
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as the 'G', is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Australia.
A phonograph, later called a gramophone, and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound.
Jose Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in NYC
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is an advocacy group headquartered in Washington, D.C., with additional offices across the United States.
Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation
David Edward Hughes, American british-american inventor and music professor, known for british-american inventor and music professor, died on 1900-01-22.
Queen Victoria dies
The Hay-Herran Treaty concerning the US right to the Panama Canal is signed by the Colombian Charge d'affaires in Washington, D.C, however it is never ratified
George Balanchine musician, known for georgian-american ballet choreographer, was born on 1904-01-22. George Balanchine (born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; January 22, 1904 [O.S.
A large demonstration of workers in St Petersburg, Russia, led by Father Gapon, marches to the Winter Palace with a petition to the Tsar; troops fire on the protesters in what becomes known as Bloody Sunday
SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130
Katie Mulcahey is arrested for lighting a cigarette, violating the one-day-old "Sullivan Ordinance" banning women from smoking in public, and is fined $5. Appearing before the judge, she states, “I’ve got as much right to smoke as you have. I never heard of this new law, and I don’t want to hear abo
Vassily Kandinsky forms Kunstlerverein in Munich
U Thant is born
Opera "Germania" premieres in NYC
Paul Claudel's play "L'échange" premieres in Paris
The German revolution of 1918–1919, also known as the November Revolution (German: Novemberrevolution), was an uprising started by workers and soldiers in the final days of World War I.
Benedict XV dies
Dutch Blast Furnace & Steel Factory opens
Belgian chief of staff General Maglinse quits
-35°F (-37°C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
French government of Steeg falls
Sam Cooke, American musician, known for american singer and songwriter, was born on 1931-01-22.
Bill Bixby, American actor and director, known for american actor and director, was born on 1934-01-22.
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
First radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS
The British capture of Tobruk was a battle fought between 21 and 22 January 1941, as part of Operation Compass, the first offensive of the Western Desert Force (WDF) in the Western Desert Campaign of...
Novelist Anthony Burgess (25) weds Llewela Jones
Sietze de Groot wins 8th Dutch 11 city skate (8:44:06)
66.34 cm (26.12") precipitation over 24 hour period in Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
Allied forces begin landing at Anzio on the Italian mainland
The Burma Road was a road linking Burma (now known as Myanmar) with southwest China. Its terminals were Lashio, Burma, in the south and Kunming, China, the capital of Yunnan province in the north.
Malcolm McLaren, English musician, known for english fashion designer and music manager, was born on 1946-01-22.
KTLA (channel 5) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship station of The CW.
Chinatown telephone exchange in San Francisco is closed
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom
The 1953 National Football League draft was held on January 22, 1953, at The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia.
30 people die in a train crash in Los Angeles
Mad Bomber (George P. Metesky) is accused of 30 explosions and arrested
Mike Bossy, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1957-01-22.
KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
Comedic actor Bob Denver (25) weds Maggie Ryan in California
Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989), better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965.
Linda Blair, American actress and animal rights activist, known for american actress and animal rights activist, was born on 1960-01-22. Linda Denise Blair is an American actress and activist.
Michael Hutchence, Australian musician, known for australian singer, was born on 1960-01-22.
The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; Spanish: Organización de los Estados Americanos; Portuguese: Organização dos Estados Americanos; French: Organisation des États américains) is an...
The president of the Republic of Zambia is the head of state and head of government of Zambia and is the highest executive authority in the country.
US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite
Aretha Franklin's 14th studio album "Lady Soul" is released (Billboard Album of the Year, 1968)
"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" sketch comedy television program premieres on NBC
The Orbiting Solar Observatory (abbreviated OSO) Program was the name of a series of American space telescopes primarily intended to study the Sun, though they also included important non-solar...
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October...
An anti-internment march is held at Magilligan strand, County Derry; as the march nears the internment camp it is stopped by members of the Green Jackets and the Parachute Regiment of the British Army, who used barbed wire to close off the beach
In a landmark decision, the US Supreme Court legalizes most abortions (Roe v. Wade). Writing the majority opinion, Justice Harry Blackmun states that the criminalization of abortion does not have "roots in the English common law tradition."
Lyndon B. Johnson dies
The Landsat program is the longest-running enterprise that has acquired satellite imagery of Earth. It is a joint NASA / USGS program.
Bank robbery in Beirut nets a record $20 to $50 million
10,000s UK public sector workers go on strike
Oail Andrew "Bum" Phillips Jr. (September 29, 1923 – October 18, 2013) was an American football coach at the high school, college and professional levels.
75% of North America is covered by snow
Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96
Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's college basketball record with 70 points in 116-21 victory over Pratt Institute at Purchase, New York
-30°F (-34°C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North
Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, sparking debate about the boundaries of journalism
Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5
Cholera epidemic begins in Peru with first known sufferer, 300,000 people infected over the next 12 months
Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation
Johan Koss skates a world record 5 km in 6:38.77
5.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Sumatra
Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American philanthropist, mother of john f. kennedy, known for american philanthropist, mother of john f. kennedy, died on 1995-01-22.
Space shuttle Atlantis successfully returns to Earth
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson (December 25, 1958 – December 20, 2024), nicknamed "Man of Steal", was an American professional baseball left fielder who played 25 seasons in Major League Baseball...
Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India
The British government launches pro-vaccine campaign
Kmart, formerly Kmart Corporation, is a department-store chain and online retailer in the United States and its territories. Originally incorporated in 1899 as S. S.
Caitlin Clark, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 2003-01-22.
The jury portion of the trial against Robert Pickton, accused of being Canada's worst serial killer, opens in New Westminster, British Columbia
A series of Baghdad car bombings kill 17 people
Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Winter storm conditions strand 500 motorists for 24 hours in Somerset and Bedford counties, about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Chile declares a State of Emergency and requests international assistance as wildfires rage out of control
Netflix becomes the largest digital media and entertainment company in the world worth $100 billion
New Orleans Pelicans' DeMarcus Cousins has 44 points, 24 rebounds & 10 assists in 132-128 double-OT win over Chicago Bulls; 1st player since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1972) with 40+ points, 20+ rebounds & 10+ assists
Lloyd Austin confirmed as defense secretary by the US Senate, and the first Black head of the Pentagon
Hank Aaron, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 2021-01-22.
Australian surfer Laura Enever sets world record riding the largest-ever wave by a woman at 43.6ft (13.3m) on Oahu's North Shore, Hawaii [1]
Joel Embiid sets NBA 76ers franchise record with 70 points in a single game during 133-123 win over visiting San Antonio Spurs, in Philadelphia; previous record of 68 set by Wilt Chamberlain in 1967
ICE authorities allow suspect in $100 million jewelry heist to self-deport before trial, upsetting prosecutors [1]