On this day …
January 22, 2018
- In 1506, the first contingent of Swiss Guards arrived at the Vatican.
- In 1808, the Portuguese royal family arrived in Brazil after fleeing a French invasion of Portugal.
- In 1890, the United Mine Workers of America union was formed in Columbus, Ohio.
- In 1901, Edward VII was proclaimed King of England after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
- In 1947, the television station KTLA, the first west of the Mississippi River, began broadcasting in Los Angeles.
- In 1970, the Boeing 747 entered service for Pan American Airways.
- In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark abortion ruling in the case of Roe v. Wade.
- In 1984, the Apple Macintosh was introduced in an iconic commercial during Super Bowl XVIII.
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