January 22 is the 22nd day of the year. 343 days (344 in leap years) remain in the year after this day.
- 1869 — Thomas D. Carr is apprehended.
- 1906 — Pierre Basson is apprehended.
- 1906 — Pierre Basson died.
- 1925 — Herbert Copeland died.
- 1930 — Daniel Camargo Barbosa is born.
- 1931 — Elfriede Blauensteiner is born.
- 1951 — Anatoli Neželski is born.
- 1952 — Robledo Puch is born.
- 1954 — John Kalhauser is born.
- 1962 — Oscar Bolin is born.
- 1962 — François Vérove is born.
- 1969 — Shelly Andre Brooks is born.
- 1976 — Kiyoshi Ōkubo died.
- 1983 — Richard Biegenwald is apprehended.
- 1990 — Shim Young-gu is apprehended.
- 2015 — Bartolomeo Gagliano died.