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January 22 - the day over the years
On this day in 1760, the French were defeated by British under Eyre Coote at Wandiwash near Pondicherry, ending French presence in India.
Today is Saturday, January 22, the twenty second day of 2005.
There are 344 days left in the year.
Highlights in history on this date:
1517 - Turkish troops take Cairo, Egypt.
1528 - England and France declare war on Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
1655 - Oliver Cromwell dissolves Britain's Parliament.
1760 - French are defeated by British under Eyre Coote at Wandiwash near Pondicherry, ending French presence in India.
1771 - Spain agrees to cede Falkland Islands to Britain.
1808 - King Joao VI and the Portuguese royal family flee from Napoleon's troops and move the court from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro.
1811 - France's Napoleon Bonaparte annexes Oldenburg and alienates Russia's Czar Alexander.
1879 - King Cetewayo and 20,000 heavily armed Zulu warriors assault British troops and win the battle of Isandlwana in South Africa, where 139 soldiers repel attacks for almost 12 hours.
1905 - In what is called the "Bloody Sunday" incident, the Russian Czar's troops massacre about 100 peaceful protesters in front of the St Petersburg palace.
1917 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson pleads for an end to war in Europe, calling for "peace without victory."
1944 - Allied forces begin landings at Anzio in Italy, but fail to exploit the surprise gained to take Rome, just 53 kilometers (33 miles) away.
1957 - Israeli forces complete withdrawal from Sinai Peninsula, but remain in Gaza Strip.
1968 - US B-52 bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs plunges into Greenland Bay.
1970 - The first regularly scheduled commercial flight of the Boeing 747 begins in New York City and ends in London some 6 1/2 hours later.
1986 - Three Sikhs are convicted of 1984 assassination of India's Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi are sentenced to death.
1990 - Azerbaijani parliament threatens to secede from the Soviet Union.
1994 - Twenty-one firefighters die after they are trapped in a brush fire in southern Argentina.
1995 - A suicide mission by Islamic militants kills 19 Israelis and wounds about 60 at Beit Lid Junction, Israel.
1996 - The Galileo probe plunges into Jupiter's atmosphere and finds it windier and drier than expected, with less helium and less lightning.
2000 - An International Atomic Energy Agency team begins searching Iraqi nuclear sites in the first inspection by a world body in more than a year. Their job is to make sure Iraq's nuclear stocks are not used for military purposes.
2002 - China moves 17,000 mostly Chinese and Muslim settlers to a traditionally Tibetan region in its remote west, reviving a plan abandoned after protests by critics of China's Tibetan policies.
2003 - The French and German governments issue a joint statement expressing their opposition to immediate military action against Iraq.
Today's Birthdays:
Francis Bacon, English statesman-essayist (1561-1626)
Andre Ampere, French physicist (1775-1836)
George Lord Byron, English poet (1788-1824)
August Strindberg, Swedish author (1849-1912)
Piper Laurie, U.S. actress (1932--)
John Hurt, English actor (1940--)
Jazzy Jeff, U.S. rap DJ/actor/producer (1965--)
Diane Lane, U.S. actress (1965--)
