What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
01/22/1561
  Francis Bacon, English statesman, essayist (Novum Organum)
01/22/1788
  George Gordon, Lord Byron, English Romantic poet
01/22/1802
  Richard Upjohn, American Gothic architect (Trinity Chapel, NY)
01/22/1875
  D.W. Griffith, movie producer (Birth of a Nation)
EVENTS
01/22/1850
  The Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif.
01/22/1939
  Aquatic Park dedicated.
01/22/1968
  Apollo 5 launched to moon, Unmanned lunar module tests made
01/22/1975
  Lansat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, is launched

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