January 22 is:
National Blonde Brownie Day
Birthday of Francis Bacon (January 22, 1561), English essayist, philosopher who developed the inductive method of inquiry. Called the creator of empiricism, his works established what is called the “scientific method”.
1666 – Shah Jahan, a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur, died at the age of 74. He was the Mongul emperor of India and he built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Publication of Federalist Paper #42: The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered written by James Madison in 1788. Madison examines non-military congressional powers including interstate commerce. In Federalist Paper #42 slavery is mentioned the first time. In order to get the Constitution ratified, the states compromised: the importation of slaves would be allowed for 20 years (ending 1808) and a tax of $10 per head would be imposed on importers. This article considers congressional authority to make treaties, establish a post office, coin money, make standards for weights and measures. Paper #42 is the second-most cited Federalist Paper because of its discussion on interstate commerce. Madison limits his opinions to commerce in which foreign goods are involved…not to all commerce between states.
Birthday of Lord George Gordon Byron(January 22, 1788), English Romantic poet, best known for “She Walks in Beauty”
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow’d to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Queen Victoria died January 22, 1901, at age 81 after 63 years on the British throne.
1917 – World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States called for “peace without victory” in Europe.
Thornton Wilder’s play “Our Town” premiered in Princeton, N.J. in 1938.
The Organization of American States suspended Cuba’s membership on January 22, 1962.
1966 – The Beach Boys recorded “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”
Roe v Wade (1973) The Supreme Court of the United States delivered its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
January 22, 1973 Death of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States. He became president upon the death of John F. Kennedy. Johnson died at his ranch in Johnson City, Texas, at age 64 from a massive heart attack.
1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, was introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984” television commercial.
K-mart Corp became the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 22, 2002.
2003 The United Nations reported that there was no link between al Queda and Iraq.