This Day in History

By The Associated Press - 01/21/2007

Today Sunday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2007. There are 343 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight: In 1917, President Wilson pleaded for an end to war in Europe, calling for ‘‘peace without victory.’’ (By April, however, America also was at war.) On this date: In 1901, Britain’s Queen Victoria died at age 82.

In 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion.

In 1973, former President Lyndon Johnson died at age 64.

Birthdays Former Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., is 79. Actress Piper Laurie is 75. Actor Seymour Cassel is 72. Author Joseph Wambaugh is 70. Actor John Hurt is 67. Country singer-musician Teddy Gentry (Alabama) is 55. Movie director Jim Jarmusch is 54. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Mike Bossy is 50. Actress Linda Blair is 48. Actress Diane Lane is 42. Actor-rapper DJ Jazzy Jeff is 42. Country singer Regina Nicks (Regina Regina) is 42. Actor Balthazar Getty is 32. Actress Beverley Mitchell is 26. Rock singer-musician Ben Moody is 26.

Worth repeating ...

‘‘To be capable of respect is today almost as rare as to be worthy of it.’’

— Joseph Joubert, French moralist (1754-1824)