Important Events From This day in History January 22

 

1970 Boeing 747

1970 : The Boeing 747 makes its first commercial passenger trip to London, England. This flight had departed from New York City, and had carried 332 passengers and 18 crew. Although most passengers enjoyed the flight, one had mentioned that this plane is too big for commercial travel (too big to give anyone proper service.

1929 Prohibition

1929: New "Dry Bill" (Alcohol Prohibition) being Introduced to Congress

A new "dry bill" was introduced to the congress on this day (Jan 22, 1929) by Senator Bryant. The purpose of this bill was to place stiffer penalties on both buyers and sellers of alcoholic beverages, which were prohibited during this time in American History.

Those who possessed liquor would receive a fine for the first offense between $50.00 to $500.00. Those who were caught a second time with liquor on them would be fined $250.00 to $2,000.00.

Additionally, effort was being made by the State of New Mexico during this time to make it a crime to buy liquor. The possession of liquor for personal use by those in a state political office would also be prohibited pending the passing of new legislation.

1973 Roe Vs. Wade

The legalization of abortion within the first three months of pregnancy was allowed as of this day. This decision was based on a ruling by the Supreme Court upon adjournment of the Roe Vs. Wade Case that women had a constitutional right to obtain an abortion.

1930 Empire State Building

Excavation for the Empire State Building began. When completed only 410 days after the construction began, it stood as the world's tallest building.

1984 - Apple Macintosh

A new Apple Computer was introduced . The ad for the new Macintosh computer was first displayed during the Super Bowl.

1901 Queen Victoria

1901 : Queen Victoria passed away in the Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. She had become queen when she was 18 and had ruled for nearly 64 years of her life. She was succeeded by Prince Edward VII, her oldest son, who was 59 years old at the time, and reigned for nine years until his death.

1929 Sammy Mandell

Light Weight Champion Sammy Mandell had won a match on this day in 1929 against Jack Gillispie. He was victorious even though he broke a rib about four months ago, against a match with former champion Jimmy Goodrich.

1929 Gas Tax Exemption

Gas Tax Exemption for Farmers Rejected by Senate

The bill that would make farmers exempt from a five cents gas tax was rejected by the Senate on this day. An identical bill was being introduced in the House of Representative chambers as well, during the same time it was voted out by the Senate.

1941 World War II Tobruk

British and Australian forces enter the port at Tobruk, in Libya, and tens of thousands of Italian occupiers are taken prisoner.

1942 Wartime Production

Ernest Kanzler was put in charge of wartime car production operations in Detriot, Michigan. Kanzler was a former associate of Henry Ford. He was in charge of making decisions that would lead to the highest amount of productivity (i.e. making tools for other companies).

1943 Benito Mussolini

Americans had bombed Italian Railroads in an effort to thwart a lecture being given by Hitler addressed to the Italian leader Benito Mussolini. The bombing was an attempt to force Italy to resist Hitler's Power.

The people of Rome were convinced by Mussolini that the Allied Powers (United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, China, and France) would never bomb Rome, which was considered a holy city. People everywhere ran for cover under Rome's capital building.

1957 Mad Bomber

This was the day when a New York man, known as the "Mad Bomber" had confessed to the planting of approximately 30 bombs within New York City. This man has claimed to have had pent up anger built inside of him for many years.

1968 Lunar Module

1968: America's first Lunar Module (space probe) was to be launched on this day. This module was said to be shaped like a huge bug, and weight about 16 tons. The Lunar Module would be unmanned and the plan was to send it to the moon.

This launching was scheduled in order to test this unit's capability for landing on the moon, as well as its ability to lift off properly. The Apollo 5 mission was schedule was schedule a year after the fatal accident that took place while launching the manned Apollo I rocket.

1972 Rail Accident

1972 : A petroleum rail car had ruptured and exploded while switching tracks on the East St. Louis, Illinois railway. No deaths were reported as a result of this incident, but at least 150 people were injured-mostly by cut glass that flew for quite a distance.

1979 England - public sector workers Strike

Tens of thousands of public sector workers including hospital workers, rubbish collectors, school caretakers, grave diggers and airport staff take part in a day of action - the biggest mass stoppage since 1926 - in support of a claim for more pay.

1990 Soviet Union Azerbaijan

Following the entry by soviet troops into the republic of Azerbaijan attempting to try and end the undeclared conflict between Muslim Azeris and Christian Armenians, and put down a separatist insurrection by Azerbaijani nationalists. Reports say up to 60 people died when tanks rolled into the republic's capital, Baku.

1991 Israel SCUD Missiles

Iraq launches Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile on Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people, hoping to draw Israel into the Gulf War which would force other Arab countries to join on Iraq's side. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.

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