January 22 in History

• 1857

  January 22, 1857:

  The National Association of Baseball Players is established in New York.

• 1901

  January 22, 1901:

  Queen Victoria dies, bringing an end to her over 60-year reign as the Queen of the United Kingdom.

• 1968

  January 22, 1968:

  Aretha Franklin releases her 12th studio album, “Lady Soul”.

• 1981

  January 22, 1981:

  The last portrait taken of assassinated former Beatles member, John Lennon and his wife, Yoko graces the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

• 1987

  January 22, 1987:

  Robert Budd Dwyer, the former State Treasurer of Pennsylvania shoots himself to death in front of reporters at a televised press conference.

• 1992

  January 22, 1992:

  Roberta Bondar makes her way into space aboard the Discovery space shuttle as the first Canadian woman and first neurologist.

• 1998

  January 22, 1998:

  Theodore Kaczynski receives a life imprisonment sentence without the possibility of parole for killing three people and injuring over 20 people through his bombings.

• 2006

  January 22, 2006:

  Evo Morales is sworn in as Bolivia’s first indigenous president.

• 2008

  January 22, 2008:

  Actor, Heath Ledger is found dead after an accidental overdose of drugs.

• 2010

  January 22, 2010:

  Conan O’Brien appears as the host of “The Tonight Show” for the last time.