Today in History in 1968 Apollo 5 lifts off, carrying the first lunar module into space; and in 1984 the Apple Macintosh computer is introduced.

The On This Day In History archives at “Simple English Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia” contains over 200,000 events, birthdays and deaths from 6,000 years of history. Here is a roundup of a few of them:

January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining until the end of the year.

EVENTS

565 – Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.

1462 – The Portuguese reach Sao Vicente, Cape Verde.

1506 – The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrive in Vatican City.

1517 – The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures the area that is now Egypt in the Battle of Ridaniya.

1521 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor opens the Diet of Worms.

1555 – The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now present–day Burma.

1689 – The Convention Parliament convenes on whether James II of England/James VII of Scotland abandoned the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.

1771 – Spain gives Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England.

1824 – The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast, present–day Ghana.

1840 – British colonists reach New Zealand.

1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.

1863 – The January Uprising begins the Poland, Lithuania and Belarus against Russian rule.

1873 – The British clipper Northfleet collides with Spanish steamship Murillo off Kent, killing 293 people.

1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: In the Battle of Rorke's Drift, 139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an onslaught by 3 to 4,000 Zulu warriors. On the same day, Zulu warriors defeat British troops at the Battle of Isandlwana.

1890 – The United Mine Workers of America trade union is founded in Columbus, Ohio.

1899 – Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss uniting.

1901 – Edward VII becomes King after Queen Victoria, dies. Her death ends the Victorian era, having reigned longer than any British monarch before her.

1905 – Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg: Start of the 1905 Revolution in Russia.

1906 – The ship SS Valencia runs aground on Vancouver Island, killing more than 130 people.

1915 – Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when their train plunges off the tracks into a canyon.

1917 – World War I: US President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.

1924 – Ramsay MacDonald becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He is the first Prime Minister from the Labour Party.

1927 – Teddy Wakelam gives his first live video commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal FC and Sheffield United.

1931 – Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian–born Governor-General of Australia.

1941 – World War II: British and Commonwealth forces capture Tobruk in Libya from the Italians in Operation Bypass.

1944 – World War II: Allies begin Operation Shingle (an attack on Anzio, Italy).

1946 – The "Central Intelligence Group" is created. It is a forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.

1953 – The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, starts on Broadway.

1957 – Israel leaves the Sinai Peninsula.

1959 – The Knox Mine Disaster occurs in Patston City, Pennsylvania kills 12 people, as water breaches the mine.

1962 – The Organization of American States (OAS) makes Cuba no longer a member.

1963 – The Elysee Treaty of cooperation between France and the Federal Republic of Germany is signed by French President Charles de Gaulle and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off, carrying the first lunar module into space.

1969 – A gunman attempts to kill Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.

1970 – The world's first jumbo jet, a Boeing 747, enters commercial service for the first time, flying from New York City to London.

1971 – The Singapore Declaration, an important part of the treaty of the Commonwealth of Nations.

1973 – A Boeing 737 of the Royal Jordanian Airline explodes at Kano Airport in northern Nigeria, killing 176 people.

1973 – George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the World Heavyweight Boxing champion.

1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States shows its decision in Roe vs. Wade, stopping laws that limit abortion during the first six months of being pregnant.

1980 – Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.

1984 – The Apple Macintosh computer is introduced.

1987 – Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a live press conference.

1987 – Philippine Security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000 to 15,000 demonstrators in Manila, killing 13 people.

1991 – Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one patriot missile hit Ramat Gan, Israel, killing 96 people.

2003 – The Netherlands vote for a new parliament after the one before had only been into power for 86 days.

2006 – Anibal Cavaco Silva is elected President of Portugal.

2006 – Evo Morales becomes President of Bolivia.

2006 – Russia uncovers that the UK spied through a device disguised as a rock.

2007 – More than 88 people are killed in two car bombings in Baghdad.

2015 – After Houthi rebels seize the Presidential palace in the capital, Sana'a, Yemen's President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi resigns following months of unrest.

2018 – Former footballer George Weah becomes President of Liberia.