January 22

Happy Birthday RIP David Llewelyn Wark Griffith(1875–1948) Samuel Cooke(1931–1964) Wilfred "Bill" Bixby III(1934–1993) ; "Piper Laurie"(Rosetta Jacobs)–84 Seymour Cassel–81 John Hurt–76 Stephen "Steve" Perry–67 Linda Blair–57 Diane Lane–51 Gabriel Macht–44 Paul Balthazar Getty–41 Nicholas Simmons–27 ; 1968 – "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiered on NBC. ; 1973 – the Supreme Court handed down its Roe vs. Wade decision, which legalized abortion.