Friday, January 22

Today is Friday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2010. There are 343 days left in the year.

Highlights in history on this date:

1517 - Ottoman troops take Cairo, Egypt.

1528 - England and France declare war on Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

1655 - Oliver Cromwell dissolves Britain's Parliament.

1760 - French are defeated by British under Eyre Coote at Wandiwash near Pondicherry, ending French presence in India.

1771 - Spain agrees to cede Falkland Islands to Britain.

1808 - King Joao VI and the Portuguese royal family flee from Napoleon's troops and move the court from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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