January 22: Reunion Day in Ukraine (1919)
Modern Swiss Guard
- 1506 – The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards (modern soldier pictured) arrived at the Vatican in Rome to serve as security for the Pope.
- 1689 – The Convention Parliament convened to justify the overthrow of James II, the last Roman Catholic king of England, who had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.
- 1905 – Russian Revolution: Peaceful demonstrators, led by Father Gapon, a Russian Orthodox priest, were massacred outside the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
- 1946 – Iran Crisis: The Republic of Mahabad declared its independence, seeking autonomy for the Kurds within Iran.
- 2006 – Aymaran Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia, the country's first democratically elected, fully Amerindian leader.
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