WHAT HAPPENED ON 22. JANUARY
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The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission. (22. January 1973)

A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176. (22. January 1973)

The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous "1984" television commercial. (22. January 1984)

Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism. (22. January 1987)

Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañan Palace, Manila, killing 13. (22. January 1987)

Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm. (22. January 1990)

Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks. (22. January 1991)

Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation. (22. January 1992)

Space Shuttle program: Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space (22. January 1992)

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre – In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis. (22. January 1995)

Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India. (22. January 1999)

Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (22. January 2002)

Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president. (22. January 2006)

At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq. (22. January 2007)

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