On this day January 22nd 393 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year old son Honorius co-emperor. 971 – In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song dynasty troops. 1002 – Otto III died, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980) 1199 – Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur died, Moroccan caliph (b. 1160) 1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. 1516 – Ferdinand II of Aragon died (b. 1452) 1556 – The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. 1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such. 1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1579 – The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. 1719 – The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire. 1737 – John Hancock was born, American politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1793) 1789 – Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.) 1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States first female doctor. 1855 – The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, a crossing made today by the Hennepin Avenue Bridge. 1870 – In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre. 1897 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction. 1899 – The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. 1899 – Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic. 1912 – The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague. 1941 – Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler. 1943 – World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. 1950 – The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. 1957 – American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the Frisbee. 1960 – The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean. 1964 – The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified. 1973 – United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam. 1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. 1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. 2002 – American Taliban John Walker Lindh returns to the United States in FBI custody. 2002 – Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered. 2003 – Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10. 2005 – Johnny Carson died, American talk show host (b. 1925)
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