WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014

Today is Wednesday, January 22, the 22nd day of 2014. There are 343 days left in the year.

1771 ― Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain

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

1939 ― Uranium atom first split, Columbia University

1951 ― Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter

1953 ― Arthur Miller’s “Crucible” premieres in New York City

1970 ― First commercial Boeing 747 flight (Pan Am), New York to London in 6 hours

1980 ― Dissidents Andrei Sacharov and Jelena Bonner banished to Gorki

1982 ― Up to 75 percent of North America is covered by snow

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

1994 ― 51st Golden Globes “Schindler's List,” Steven Spielberg