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January 22

1689--England's "Bloodless Revolution" reaches its climax when parliament invites William and Mary to become joint sovereigns.

1807--President Thomas Jefferson exposes a plot by Aaron Burr to form a new republic in the Southwest.

1863--In an attempt to out flank Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, General Ambrose Burnside leads his army on a march to north Fredericksburg, but foul weather bogs his army down in what will become known as the "Mud March."

1879--Eighty-two British soldiers hold off attacks by 4,000 Zulu warriors at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in South Africa.

1944--U.S. troops under Major General John P. Lucas make an amphibious landing behind German lines at Anzio, Italy, just south of Rome.

1982--President Ronald Reagan formally links progress in arms control to Soviet repression in Poland.

Born on January 22

1440--Ivan III (the Great), grand prince of Russia.

1561--Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, essayist (The Advancement of Learning).


JOKE OF THE DAY

It was Christmas Eve. A woman came home to her husband after a day of busy shopping. Later on that night when she was getting undressed for bed, he noticed a mark on the inside of her leg. "What is that?" he asked. She said, "I visited the tattoo parlor today. On the inside of one leg I had them tattoo 'Merry Christmas,' and on the inside of the other one they tattooed 'Happy New Year.'" Perplexed, he asked, "Why did you do that?" "Well," she replied, "now you can't complain that there's never anything to eat between Christmas and New Years!"