It happened on this day, January 22
Events:
1490 – The king of Granada, Abu Abdullah Muhammad XII, sends a letter in response to the Catholic kings Fernando II and Isabel I, rejecting their threats and ceding his city to them.
1517 – Victory of the Ottomans, led by Selim I, over the Mamluks during the Battle of Raydaniya and fall of the Mamluk state.
1824 – Ashanti tribes defeat British forces on the Gold Coast.
1840 – Start of English occupation of New Zealand.
1879 – Zulu forces defeat British forces at the “Battle of Isandlwana” in what is known as the “Zulu War”.
1899 – Leaders from six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
1901 – Edward VII is named King of the United Kingdom after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
1923 – An earthquake in Cape Mendocino, California measures 7.2 on the Richter scale, one of the largest earthquakes in the United States.
1924 – The first Department of Labor is established in the United Kingdom, headed by Ramsay MacDonald.
1941 – British forces capture Tobruk from Nazi forces during World War II.
1970 – The first wide-body passenger plane lands at Heathrow Airport from New York for its maiden flight.
1979 – A car bomb explodes in Beirut, leading to the assassination of Palestinian leader Ali Hassan Salama, after he left the home of his wife, Miss Universe Georgina Rizk.
1984 – The Apple Macintosh computer is presented as the first personal computer equipped with a mouse through a television commercial during the 18th American football Super Bowl.
1988 – An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale in the northern regions of Australia was felt over two-thirds of the Australian territory.
1989 – An earthquake in Tajikistan measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale kills 274 people and causes mudslides in the Gisar region.
1997 – Madeleine Albright officially assumes the position of Secretary of State of the United States, becoming the first woman in its history to hold the position.
1998 – The Turkish Constitutional Court orders the dissolution of the Islamic Prosperity Party and prohibits its president, Necmettin Erbakan, from engaging in any political activity, after the party's big victory in municipal and parliamentary elections.
2006 – Evo Morales is elected president of Bolivia, becoming the first socialist to win elections.
2009 – US President Barack Obama orders the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison for up to one year.
✴️ China sentences two dairy factory traders to death for deliberately mixing melamine with milk to increase its protein content, causing the death of 6 children and putting more than 300,000 infants at risk of food poisoning .
2014 – The Geneva II conference was launched in the Swiss city of Montreux, as part of efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis. Scientists discover that the dwarf planet Ceres emits water vapor.
2015 – Resignation of Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi and his government led by Khaled Bahah.
2016 – A cold wave hits several parts of East Asia, killing at least ninety people.
2020 – A new strain of coronavirus spreads in China, killing more than 80 people and infecting more than 2,000 others to date.
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Births:
1263 – Ibn Taymiyyah, jurist and Islamic jurist.
1440 – Ivan III, Tsar of Russia.
1561 – Francis Bacon, English philosopher.
1592 – Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and astronomer.
1729 – Ephraim Lessing, German writer and philosopher.
1788 – George Gordon Byron, English poet.
1796 – Karl Ernst Claus, Russian chemist and botanist.
1849 – August Strindberg, Swedish novelist.
1891 – Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and activist.
1892 – Marcel Dassault, French businessman and aircraft manufacturer.
1893 – Conrad Veit, German actor.
1906 – Robert Howard, American novelist and poet.
1908 – Lev Landau, Soviet physicist who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1962.
1909 – U Thant, Burmese diplomat and third secretary-general of the United Nations.
1920 – Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager.
1927 – Abdel Aziz Ali Farag, Egyptian reader.
1932 – Pepper Laurie, American actress.
1934 – Bill Bixby, American actor.
1936 – Alan Heger, American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000.
1939 – Maher Al-Attar, Egyptian singer.
** Alfredo Palacio, president of Ecuador.
1940 – John Hurt, English actor.
1943 – Ibrahim Al-Desouki Sheta, professor of oriental studies and Egyptian translator.
1954 – Bernd Heinemann, German politician and football referee.
1955 – Ladislav Visek, Czechoslovakian footballer.
1958 – Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek footballer and coach.
1959 – Linda Blair, American actress.
1961 – Shigeru Nakahara, Japanese voice actor.
1962 – Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Sultan of Malaysia.
1965 – Suhair Fahd, Jordanian actress.
** Diane Lane, American actress.
1967 – Caterina Sabo, Romanian Olympic gymnast.
1968 – Franck Leboeuf, French footballer.
1970 – Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist.
1972 – Rumi Baku, Japanese actress.
1973 – Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian football goalkeeper.
1975 – Norman Asaad, Syrian actress. Balthasar Getty, American actor.
1977 – Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer.
1980 – Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer.
1981 – Ibrahima Sonko, Senegalese footballer.
1982 – Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer.
1984 – Maceo Rijters, Dutch footballer.
** Ahmed Khaled Mustafa, Egyptian writer and pharmacist.
1985 – Abdullah Al-Shuhail, Saudi footballer. Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer.
1986 – Nisreen Imam, Egyptian actress.
1987 – Shan Long, Irish footballer.
1990 – Alizé Cornet, French tennis player.
**Logic, an American rapper.
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Death:
1666 – Shah Jahan, one of the rulers of India and builder of the famous Taj Mahal shrine.
1901 – Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.
1922 – Frederik Bayer, Danish writer, politician and peace activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908.
** Pope Benedict XV, Pope of the Catholic Church.
** Camille Jordaens, French mathematician.
1929 – Ataa Al-Khatib, Iraqi Muslim scholar, journalist and poet.
1968 – Duke Kahanamoku, American Olympic swimmer.
1973 – Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of the United States.
1974 – Abdel Hamid Gouda Al-Sahar, Egyptian writer.
1979 – Ali Hassan Salama, Palestinian intelligence officer.
1993 – Kobo Abe, Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor.
2002 – Muhammad Yusuf Aina, Afghan poet and journalist.
2005 – Consuelo Velazquez, Mexican composer and pianist.
2006 – Raouf Ayyad, Egyptian designer.
2007 – Abi Pierre, French priest.
2008 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor.
2021 – Abdullah bin Salem bin Dhiban, popular Emirati poet.
2022 – Bassam Al-Mulla, Syrian director.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⬅️ Commemorative Day of Franco-German Friendship.
⬅️ Curry Day in Japan.
