This Day In History

January 22
1905
Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
1946
Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chuwarchira Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad.
1971
The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
1991
Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people.
1995
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.