This Day in History: January 22, 2024
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1901
Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for 63 years (the 4th longest among longest-reigning monarchs and the longest for queens).
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1905
500 workers were killed by the Czar's troops in "Bloody Sunday" in St. Petersburg.
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1938
Thornton Wilder's play Our Town first performed publicly in Princeton, N.J.
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1973
The Supreme Court legalized some abortions in Roe v. Wade.
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1997
The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the first female secretary of state.
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