22ND
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST DOMINIC OF SORA; ST BERTHWALD OF
RAMSBURY; ST ANASTASIUS THE PERSIAN; ST BLESILLA; ST VINCENT PALLOTTI; & ST VINCENT OF
SARAGOSSA." |
| 22ND |
1371 |
"KING ROBERT II STUART" OF SCOTLAND CROWNED. |
| 22ND |
1771 |
THE FALKLAND ISLANDS WERE CEDED TO
BRITAIN FROM SPAIN. |
| 22ND |
1879 |
THE GREAT ZULU MASSACRE TOOK PLACE AT ISANDHLWANA. |
| 22ND |
1918 |
30 PEOPLE DIE WHEN CYCLONE HITS MACKAY,
QUEENSLAND. |
| 22ND |
1959 |
BRITISH WORLD MOTOR RACING CHAMPION "MIKE HAWTHORN"
WAS KILLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE GUILFORD BY-PASS. |
| 22ND |
1969 |
"BILLY PRESTON" BECAME THE
FIFTH "BEATLE." |
| 22ND |
1970 |
"BARRY RICHARDS" MADE HIS TEST CRICKET DEBUT FOR
SOUTH AFRICA v’s AUSTRALIA, AT CAPE TOWN. |
| 22ND |
1972 |
THE U.K., THE IRISH REPUBLIC, &
DENMARK, JOIN THE ‘COMMON MARKET.’ |
| 22ND |
1973 |
U.S. BOXER, "GEORGE FOREMAN" KNOCKS OUT "JOE
FRAZIER" IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA, BECOMING THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION. |
| 22ND |
1976 |
A BANK ROBBERY IN BEIRUT NETS $20 - 50
MILLION. |
| 22ND |
1976 |
A MECHANICAL ‘BIONIC’ ARM IS FITTED TO CAR CRASH
VICTIM, "DR. GERALD SHANNON" IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. |
| 22ND |
1983 |
FIVE TIMES WIMBLEDON CHAMPION,
"BJORN BORG" RETIRES AT THE AGE OF 26. |
| 22ND |
1984 |
U.S. SOUL SINGER, "JACKIE WILSON" 49, DIES AFTER
EIGHT YEARS IN A COMA. |
| 22ND |
1985 |
"ZAK STARKEY" THE SON OF
"RINGO STARR" MARRIED "SARAH MENIKIDES." |
| 22ND |
1988 |
TWO EARTHQUAKES HIT "TENNANT CREEK," "NORTHERN
TERRITORY;" ONE REGISTERED 7 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. |
| 22ND |
1992 |
"PRINCESS SARAH FERGUSON"
WEARS PAPER BAG OVER HER HEAD ON AN AIRLINE TRIP. |
| 22ND |
1995 |
TWO PALESTINIAN SUICIDE BOMBERS FROM THE GAZA STRIP DETONATE
A BOMB AT A MILITARY INSTALLATION IN ISRAEL, KILLING THEMSELVES & 19 ISRAELI’S. |
| 22ND |
1998 |
SYDNEY RUGBY PLAYERS, "TROY DEAN
BURTON," & "MARK IAN MacDONALD," OF LIVERPOOL CLUB, DIED WHEN A BUCKLE
BREAKS ON A BUNGY TYPE JUMP IN BALI. |
| 22ND |
1999 |
"DAVAA," A RARE MONGOLIAN FOAL, WAS BORN AT MONARTO
ZOO, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
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