THE DAY IN HISTORY · JANUARY 22
January 22 in history
What happened on January 22: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1905 and 1973, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Bloody Sunday
22 Jan 1905 — Troops fire on a peaceful procession of workers bringing a petition to the Winter Palace; hundreds are killed. The myth of the Tsar as the people’s father dies in an afternoon. A memorial, not a battle.
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— Roe v. Wade
22 Jan 1973 — The Supreme Court rules 7–2 in a case filed in Dallas in 1970 on behalf of Norma McCorvey (“Jane Roe”) that the constitutional right to privacy covers a woman’s decision to end a pregnancy, striking down most state bans.
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