Today is Monday, January 22, the 22nd day of the year. There are 343
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES National Bath Safety Month,
National Blood Donor Month, National Braille Literacy Month,
National Hobby Month, Hot Tea Month, National Oatmeal Month,
National Soup Month, National Blonde Brownie Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Addie “Micki” Harris, 84, singer (Shirelles)
Jazzy Jeff, 59, DJ/rapper
Ray Rice, 37, football player
Greg Oden, 36, basketball player
Marcus Canty, 34, singer
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Nat Turner, 224, slave rebellion leader (d. 1831)
“Blind” Willie Johnson, 127, blues/spiritual singer/guitarist (d. 1947)
Willa B. Brown (Coffey), 118, African American air pioneer (NAAA) (d. 1992)
Sam Cooke, 93, singer (d. 1964)
DEATHS
Lyndon B. Johnson, 1973, 36th U.S. President (b. 1929)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1793 – Benjamin Banneker helped plan Washington, D.C.
1969 – Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
1973 – George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 for heavyweight boxing title.
1973 – Roe vs Wade: US Supreme Court legalizes some abortions.
1987 – Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a
press conference on live national television, leading to debates on
boundaries in journalism.
1988 – Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in 4 for heavyweight boxing title.
1989 – Super Bowl XXIII: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals
20-16 in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Jerry Rice, San Francisco, WR.
1990 – 17th American Music Award: Paula Abdul & Bobby Brown win.
1998 – Rickey Henderson, rejoins Oakland A’s for 4th time.
2006 – Kobe Bryant scores a career-high 81 points in a victory against the
Toronto Raptors, the second most in NBA history in one single game.
HOROSCOPE
As an Aquarius born on January 22nd, your adaptability and originality are amongst your most defining qualities. You take little interest in the mundane, instead choosing to embrace new situations, experiences and environments. Similarly, you love social settings, where you can display your unique viewpoint to those around you. People often gravitate to your original personality, but they might be surprised to find out exactly how nontraditional you can be. In all aspects of your life, you rarely conform, as you much rather develop a one of a kind way of thinking.
