2002 - Kmart becomes largest retailer to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
1947 - KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
1944 - World War II: Allies begin Operation Shingle (an assault on Anzio, Italy).
1917 - World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
1905 - Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
This Day In Business
1970 - Aviation has an outstanding day - as the first ever commercial Boeing 747 flight is a success from New York to London in under 7 hours.
2008 - Actor Heath Ledger dies in New York City at age 28 from a combination of prescription drugs.
1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
2006 - Kobe Bryant stuns the NBA when he scores 81 points against the Toronto Raptors in Los Angeles.
January 22nd Holiday
Unification Day (Ukraine)- Celebrates the unification of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic in 1919.
Today's Birthday Trivia
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Today's Birthday Horoscope
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