TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013

Today is Tuesday, January 22, the 22nd day of 2013. There are 343 days left in the year.

1517 ― Turks conquer Cairo

1771 ― Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain

1816 ― Lord Byron completes ``Parisina” & ``The Siege of Corinth”

1859 ― Brahms' first piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover

1905 ― ``Bloody Sunday”; Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops

1953 ― Arthur Miller's ``Crucible” premieres in New York City

1964 ― World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin

1970 ― First commercial Boeing 747 flight (Pan Am), New York to London in six hours

1973 ― Roe vs. Wade U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions

1992 ― Princess Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride