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Sitting here, catching up on the banter and I almost forgot to flip.

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Today is Thursday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2015. There are 343 days left in the year.

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Today's Highlight in History:

On Jan. 22, 1901, Britain's Queen Victoria died at age 81 after a reign of 63 years; she was succeeded by her eldest son, Edward VII

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In 1498, during his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus arrived at the present-day Caribbean island of St. Vincent.

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In 1908, Katie Mulcahey became the first — and only — woman to run afoul of New York City's just-passed ban on women smoking in public establishments. (Declaring, "No man shall dictate to me," Mulcahey served a night in jail after refusing to pay a $5 fine; the law, which did not specify any fines, ended up being vetoed by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr.)

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In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson pleaded for an end to war in Europe, calling for "peace without victory." (By April, however, America also was at war.)

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In 1922, Pope Benedict XV died; he was succeeded by Pius XI.

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In 1938, Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town" was performed publicly for the first time in Princeton, New Jersey.

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In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy.

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In 1957, suspected "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky was arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut. (He was later found mentally ill and committed until 1973; he died in 1994.)

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In 1968, "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiered on NBC-TV.

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In 1970, the first regularly scheduled commercial flight of the Boeing 747 began in New York and ended in London some 6 1/2 hours later.

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In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, legalized abortions using a trimester approach. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died at his Texas ranch at age 64.