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Associated Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Today in History: Friday, January\u00a0 22, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
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1901<\/td>\nQueen Victoria died at age 81 after 63 years on the British throne.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1905<\/td>\nRussian troops opened fired on marching workers in St. Petersburg, killing more than 100 in what became known as “Bloody Sunday.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1922<\/td>\nPope Benedict XV died.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1938<\/td>\nThornton Wilder’s play “Our Town” premiered in Princeton, N.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1944<\/td>\nAllied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy, during World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1953<\/td>\nThe Arthur Miller drama “The Crucible” opened on Broadway.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\n“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” premiered on NBC.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\nThe Boeing 747 went on its first regularly scheduled commercial flight, from New York to London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nLyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, died at his ranch in Johnson City, Texas, at age 64.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nRose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the mother of President John F. Kennedy, died in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 104.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nThe Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the nation’s first female secretary of state.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nTheodore Kaczynski pleaded guilty in Sacramento, Calif., to being the Unabomber in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nJose Padilla, once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up a radioactive “dirty bomb,” was sentenced by a U.S. federal judge in Miami to more than 17 years in prison on terrorism conspiracy charges.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nPresident Barack Obama ordered the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay closed within a year and banned harsh interrogation of terror suspects. (The prison remains open.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nConan O’Brien ended his brief tenure as host of “The Tonight Show” after accepting a $45 million buyout from NBC to leave the show after only seven months.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Diane Lane turns 51 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Birch Bayh<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, D-Ind.<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Piper Laurie<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joseph Wambaugh<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Hurt<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve Perry<\/td>\nRock singer (Journey)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Bossy<\/td>\nHockey Hall of Famer<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linda Blair<\/td>\nActress (“The Excorcist”)<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jazzy Jeff<\/td>\nActor, rapper (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”)<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guy Fieri<\/td>\nCelebrity chef<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olivia d’Abo<\/td>\nActress (“Wonder Years”)<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beverley Mitchell<\/td>\nActress (“7th Heaven”)<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Director Jim Jarmusch turns 63 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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